The Rockville Senior Center is again challenging its fitness members to take part in an eight-week fitness challenge that will begin Monday, Sept. 24.
About 40 people took part in the first challenge, which started in March, and participants racked up more than 30,000 minutes of activity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity weekly for older adults. Prizes will be awarded for the three Senior Center members who exercise the greatest number of minutes during the challenge.
An organizational meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, for all participants to receive the fitness challenge packet and to review the program’s guidelines. Registration is required for this free program. Registration closes Sept. 17.
Register with course #7116 at www.rockvillemd.gov/registration. (Participants must be senior center fitness members or fitness class participants.) For more information, call 240-314-8822 or 240-314-8825.
To see Rockville 11’s video on the results of the first eight-week challenge, visit www.youtube.com/cityofrockville, and search for “senior fitness challenge.”