Health & Fitness Programming
STAYING FIT IS MORE THAN JUST SPORTS.
Our health and fitness programming is meant to provide our coaches and athletes with the resources and tools they need to lead a healthy lifestyle outside of sports. Learn more about the programs we offer to help promote this lifestyle outside of sports!
FIT 5
SPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS FIT 5 PROGRAM
Fit 5 is a program designed and led by coaches/coordinators to keep track of their athlete’s exercise, nutrition, and hydration. Staying fit is more than participating in sports. It’s a lifestyle. The program consists of tracking and recording your athlete’s exercise 5 days per week, eating 5 fruits/vegetables per day, and drinking 5 bottles of water per day. Coaches will be given a toolkit that will provide them with information and resources on how to achieve the Fit 5 goals of their athletes. These tools include Fitness Cards for exercise, a week-by-week fitness guide, and tracking charts for their athletes. Fitness can start at home and transcend onto the playing field. Carrying out Fit 5 as a coach is easy and helps your athletes prioritize health and wellness. Implementing Fit 5 can mean your team’s fitness is on the right track.
FIT 5 GUIDE
Fit 5 is based on the three simple goals of exercising 5 days per week, eating 5 total fruits and vegetables per day and drinking 5 water bottles of water per day
FITNESS CARDS
These Fitness Cards offer endurance, strength, flexibility and balance exercises to challenge all abilities. The Fitness Cards exercises can be done at practice, at the gym, or even at home. View or download the full set of cards here.
HIGH 5 FOR FITNESS
High 5 for Fitness is a set of resources for youth ages 8 – 21 to help you take control of your own fitness by making healthy choices. Being fit means that you eat well, drink plenty of water, and move a lot every day. Fit kids feel good and have lots of energy because their bodies are strong and healthy.
FIT FAMILIES AND FRIENDS
This fitness challenge is designed for individuals with disabilities and their supporters to be active and eat healthy. Participants track their physical activity and nutrition to collect incentives while finding success in a healthier lifestyle.
FIT FAMILIES CHALLENGE
Fit Families is a 6 week fitness/wellness program designed to encourage persons with intellectual disabilities and their supporters to focus on a healthier lifestyle. Families/Team Participants will track success in health and wellness through monthly submitted journals tracking weight, blood pressure etc. Success will be celebrated with a family team reward! Enter the 6 week challenge by completing the Enrollment form.
COMMITMENT CARD
When families choose to make healthy living a priority, athletes are more successful in their sports and motivated to make healthy choices on their own. Post this commitment card at home in a prominent area.
LOGS
Record your nutrition and physical activity in a tracking log.
SOFIT
SOfit offers individuals with and without intellectual disabilities a journey toward improved health through comprehensive wellness education and regular physical activity. Participants leave each session with the knowledge and skills to make healthy lifestyle choices.
WHAT IS SOFIT?
SOfit™ health promotion program is a Unified approach to improving and protecting health and wellness for people with and without intellectual disabilities. SOfit offers participants a comprehensive, 360 degree look at wellness and the human spirit. Together, athletes and Unified Partners are empowered to challenge and change the way they look at nutrition, daily exercise and lifestyle choices.
INTODUCTORY LESSON
Look at an introduction to SOfit through a sample lesson on wellness. The lesson breaks down the definition of wellness and talks about the four categories of SOfit wellness: social, physical, emotional, and nutritional. Includes an activity and a wrap-up discussion.
MANUAL
Wellness is a personal, intimate process and should be approached with patience, resolve and understanding. The decision to put time into wellness is for ourselves and for our loved ones. Truly it is a responsibility to take care of our health, but that doesn’t mean it has to be done alone. This manual breaks down each aspect of wellness with lessons and activities to do together.
