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Mayor's fitness challenge holds first class at Daisy Stocking Park
Summary
The mayor's fitness challenge launched its first community fitness class at Daisy Stocking Park on Saturday, featuring line dancing, strength training led by instructor Clinton, a health fair, a superhero theme and a recipe-based raffle to promote participation.
The mayor's fitness challenge held its first community fitness class at Daisy Stocking Park on Saturday, organizers said, combining line dancing, strength training and a small health fair to promote local wellness.
Organizers said the event drew community members for a mix of warm-ups, cardio and strength-training segments. Lisa led a line-dancing portion, and Clinton led the strength-training exercises and a high-intensity interval segment. Organizers encouraged participants to try a healthy recipe from the event newsletter, baked salsa chicken, and offered an extra raffle ticket to people who had tried it.
The event host said the week's theme was “superhero,” telling attendees, “It's time to save your health,” and praised the turnout and costumes. The host also noted printed copies of the newsletter were available for people who had not received the emailed version. The host reminded participants that another session would be held again on Saturday with the same superhero theme.
Clinton, the instructor, led a progressive session with a brief stretching warm-up, a 60-jumping-jack segment, bodyweight modifications for participants who needed them and a HIIT block. “Now I'm not gonna try to hurt you. We're gonna do it nice and easy, but we're gonna move your body,” Clinton said while guiding participants through modified and full versions of push-ups, burpees and plyometrics.
The class included guided counting and group pacing, light weight-movement substitutes for people without dumbbells, and a calming breathing exercise to close the session. Organizers said a small health fair followed the class (attendance and vendor details were not specified).
Organizers asked attendees whether they had tried the recipe sent in the newsletter; one person indicated they had. Monique was asked to hand out an extra raffle ticket for the participant who had tried the recipe. The host said the newsletter had been mailed the day before and offered help at the event to fix email delivery issues for attendees who had not received it.
Event materials and class structure emphasized accessible modifications for varying fitness levels. Participants named in the session — Denise, Jerome, Jackie, Kevin and Mary Henry — were called on during counting and pacing, and instructors repeatedly offered modified movements for those unable to perform floor exercises.
Organizers said the class will be repeated on Saturday with the same theme and that health-fair activities and recipe promotions will continue. Specific attendance figures, organizer affiliations and vendor lists for the health fair were not specified.
