Additional Wellness Opportunities
Special Olympics Arkansas strives to create a healthy environment that will also extend to our Athletes daily lives. We remain determined to increase wellness opportunities for our athletes to participate in throughout the year. There are two different avenues that we focus on:
- Community Wellness Opportunities: Community Wellness Opportunities help engage Special Olympics athletes in the community by providing opportunities to participate in community programs that exist outside of Special Olympics. Examples include: participation in fitness classes, joining local walking clubs, taking part in community gardening.
- Special Olympics Wellness Opportunities: Special Olympics wellness programs are opportunities for athletes taking place within Special Olympics but outside Healthy Athletes. These opportunities can be tailored to address the specific localized health needs of athletes in a particular community. Examples include: SOAR Fit Families Challenge, Athlete Nutrition captains, etc.
- Fitness Challenge
- UAMS Therapy Center Aqua Moovin & Groovin Class
- SOAR Workout Video
- Fitness Tracker
- Central Arkansas Cooking Matters Classes
- Cooking Matters
- Cooking Matters in the Store
Wellness Tools:
Fit 5 Resource Series:
School of Strength (NEW): Developed in partnership with WWE superstar Becky Lynch, this series of videos, a fitness tracker, a coach’s playbook and a caregiver toolkit all contribute to helping athletes focus on nutrition and fitness and getting the most out of their workouts
Strong Minds Activity Guide - Strong Minds is an interactive learning activity focused on developing adaptive coping skills.
Yoga Examples for Relaxation
Fit 5 Resource Series:
- Fit 5 Guide: Educational guide and tracker for athletes to focus on fitness
- Fitness Cards: A series of leveled exercises in endurance, strength and flexibility. These cards can be done at home and with little equipment.
- Fitness Videos: Videos portraying the exercises in the fitness cards. Athletes can follow along to with the videos to get a great workout.
School of Strength (NEW): Developed in partnership with WWE superstar Becky Lynch, this series of videos, a fitness tracker, a coach’s playbook and a caregiver toolkit all contribute to helping athletes focus on nutrition and fitness and getting the most out of their workouts
Strong Minds Activity Guide - Strong Minds is an interactive learning activity focused on developing adaptive coping skills.
Yoga Examples for Relaxation
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