Welcome Welcome Teen Fitness Champions and Families. Thank you for choosing to
participate in this new and growing program. This monthly newsletter will be
filled with information, events, exercises, recipes and tips about wellness, health and nutrition for you and your whole family. Please read it thoroughly so you will know “how to stay in the know” about what to do and where to be. Teen
Fitness Champions and parents or guardians feel free to contact, Nancy Rogers, Program Manager, at 926-4011, extension 238 if you have questions or concerns
about the program.
About Teen Fitness Champions The Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC), a member of the community-wide FitCity
Campaign, has created The Teen Fitness Champions Program to serve as an age and
culturally specific outreach initiative, to increase physical activity and raise awareness
about obesity among minority youth ages 14 – 19 in Marion County. IMHC has enrolled
a diverse group of more than 280 teens in the program. To participate teens must:
1) Be currently enrolled in high school in Marion County, 2) Participate in physical
activities, scheduled assessments and focus groups, and 3) Be willing to lead and
coordinate an event or change in health/nutrition practice at their school.
Incentives for participation include prizes throughout the program to ncourage teens
to turn in weekly reports and participate in activities as well as two large incentives for
those who stay the course and show progress – a musical concert with VIP treatment
and the opportunity through a competitive process for Finish Line to provide sports
products for the entire selected school.
Set It Off - February! For the entire month of February Teen Fitness
Champs are encouraged to do the following and
report on it. REMEMBER, you can gain points by
reporting each week.
Activity: Three sets of 20 jumping jacks 3 times a week
Three sets of 20 crunches (sit-ups) 3 times a week
Three sets of 20 side bends 3 times a week
Here’s how: Place hands on hips. Palms facing the legs.
Bend to the right letting hand slide down the leg past the
knee then back up. Alternate from side to side for 20 times.
Food: Drink WATER instead of a soft drink or
juice whenever you are thirsty. Water has
zero calories and refreshes the body.
The TeenFitness Program is an initaitive of the Indiana Minority Health Coalition, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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