The gym at Shawnee High School was full of energy today, as students from grades 4 through 8 got a first look at the Team Tressel Fitness Challenge.
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Health is more than diet and exercise, and Activate Allen County is working to make sure other avenues of good health are being met. The group is accepting applications for its annual Faith Community Challenge. It is to encourage area churches and faith-based organizations to increase their support of the health and well-being of their parishioners. The challenge provides financial assistance and technical support for those efforts.
August 1, 2024, Press Release from Mercer Health: Mercer Health and Community Sports and Therapy Center are again collaborating to offer a Healthy Waves Challenge to motivate and encourage the community to be more physically active. This FREE challenge requires participants to complete 1,020 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic activity from August 8 through September 19, 2024.
Spending time in the water this summer is a great way to stay cool. It can also be a great way to stay in shape. Collin Kitchell, MD, family medicine physician for Cleveland Clinic Florida, highlights the health benefits. Water exercise can also help with your cardiovascular health, strengthen muscles, improve flexibility and endurance, and even reduce stress. So, what are some good exercises for the water?
Whether you are a fitness nut or thinking about getting fit, you won't want to miss out on the newest park in Lima. It's called the "Lima Fitness Court," and it's an outdoor gym that allows users to leverage their own body weight to do a workout. The court has seven stations that are adaptable for all fitness levels. The city applied for a Healthy Cities campaign grant through the Ohio Mayor's Alliance and received $30,000 to install the fitness course, which is a part of the national fitness campaign.
Activate along with Mercy Health, the Mental Health Recovery Services Board of Allen Auglaize and Hardin Counties, and the Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Board of Putnam County awarded more than 25-thousand dollars to 11 schools for programs that are helping children to be both physically and emotionally fit.