On Sunday, Sound, Mind & Body gym (SMB) in Fremont kicked off their 12-week long fitness festival, intended to help Fremont and its surrounding neighborhoods to get healthy and fit.
With a mission of "helping people at any age and any level reach their fitness goals by imparting knowledge and giving inspiration," SMB is starting an annual fitness festival and a twelve week program to get people moving.
"We're not expecting profit. We just want to thank and reach out to our neighbors by hosting our first Fremont Fitness Festival," Kelly Risenhoover said.
Risenhoover said she wants this event to be a fun way to get people moving. Because the gym isn't for everyone, SMB will provide resources for community walking and runners groups, as well as recreational sports.
"I wanted to create an environment with different options and make it a celebration of different fitness levels, from getting started the fittest person in Fremont," Risenhoover said.
Risenhoover pointed put that May is National Physical fitness and sports Month, National Women’s health week (8-14th), National Employee Health and Fitness Day (18th), National Senior health and Fitness Day (25th), and Bike Month, so this is the perfect month to get started.
The twelve week program aims to help people reach their individual fitness goals and starts off with an initial fitness assessment, which is based on the President's Challenge. People can come in for that assessment and sign up to participate in the Fest on May 4th or 7th.
For twelve weeks, the participants will receive discounts on personal training sessions and nutrition consultations, complimentary class visits, and invitations to participate in specials at various Fremont businesses, including PCC, Custom Smoothies, Theo Chocolate, Homegrown, and MTI physical therapy.
After the 12 weeks, on July 22nd and 23rd, participants will be asked to come in for a reassessment to see the participant's improvement. There will be a community celebration at SMB where winner will be given prizes and someone will be crowned ''the fittest person in Fremont".
The cost to participate is $15 and includes a participant's T-shirt.
For more information, please visit the Fremont Fit Fest twitter feed at twitter.com/FremontFitFest.
