The Overall Goal:   Get Healthy, Feel Healthy, Stay Active, Have Fun, Make a lifestyle change!

The Fitness Challenge is a 6 week fitness/wellness program designed to encourage persons with intellectual disabilities and their supporters to focus on a healthier lifestyle. Anyone can participate as an individual, team or family. Participants will track success in health and wellness through monthly submitted journals, setting goals, tracking weight, and blood pressure.

Fitness Challenge Documents and Details

• Getting Started Help Guide
• Setting Goals Worksheet
• Activity Log
• Commitment Card
• Nutrition  Log
• Lifestyle Survey​
• Fitness Tracker
• SOAR Fitness Challenge Weekly Score Reporting
  • SOAR Fitness Challenge Weekly Score Reporting  (.pdf version)
• Fitness Assessment Instructions
  • Fitness Assessment Tool    / Fitness Assessment Tool (.pdf version)

Rewards -  Successfully complete the Fitness Challenge and you will receive recognition certificates!

• Certificate for each team member for completing the 6 week challenge
• Additional “Master Goal Reacher” certificate awarded to participants who reach their selected personal goals
• The “BINGO Beast” award for participants who complete a BINGO card
• Athletes who repeat the challenge 3 times / a personal goal in each category receive a certificate and special recognition
• Athletes properly completing the challenge will receive  an invitation to compete in the SOAR Fitness Invitational

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​The SOAR Fitness Invitational will be a new opportunity to compete! Athletes will be eligible to compete if they have successfully completed the Fitness Challenge.

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Fitness Resources

•  ​Fitness BINGO
• 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
• ​Staying Fit at Home  - Simple week long calendar that athletes can follow to stay fit.  Week long calendar can be repeated as needed.  
• 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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Health and Wellness videos

 Snack Ideas – trail mix, fruit kabobs, ants on a log:

•  kid friendly snacks    (:32)
•  baked apples   (1:00)
• chocolate banana pudding   (1:00)
• fruit tarts    (:30)
• yogurt parfait   (:53)
• mango salsa    (1:11)
•  northwest apple salad    (:39)
•  pineapple carrot muffins    (1:09)
•  fruit smoothies and veggie super heroes   (5:00)

Reading food labels:   how to read a nutrition facts panel  (:31)
Making a meal plan:   making a shopping list    (1:37)

• Squash 3 ways    (:38)
• Carrots 3 ways  (:40)
• Broccoli 3 ways    (:34)
• How to make weeknight meals healthier  (1:00)
• Compare fresh, frozen, canned    (:31)
• Calculating unit price    (:31)
• How to find whole grains   (:31)

Videos from Health Messenger Stephanie Price

• Arms Workout  (2:27)
• Legs Workout    (3:11)
• Cardio Workout   (2:36)