GL2012Project: Georgia SHAPE - Fitness Training

[Martin Pearson]

• Project Title: Georgia SHAPE - Fitness Training
• Project Leads:
  • Consultant: Martin Pearson
  • Georgia Shape: Dan Fesperman, Program Consultant  www.georgiashape.org
  • SpeedTracs: Rusty Gordon, Chairman www.speedtracs.com
• Background:
  • Why they collaborated? Georgia SHAPE's initiative is to improve Georgia's future by providing knowledge to young people on their current health-related fitness levels along with a capacity to develop and implement strategies for personal improvement. SpeedTracs is focused on making  best in class fitness equipment and technology accessible to all school programs regardless of socioeconomic level.
  • What was the impact to learning? Students will gain knowledge of proper fitness exercises and equipment that can be used to an adequate work out.
  • What technology was involved? - SpeedTracs tracking and reporting software.
• Moving Forward:
  • Is anyone aware of anything similar to this?
  • What ideas do you have to accelerate the success of this project?
  • What areas can participants help with?
  • What similar projects could be started?

[Martin Pearson]

Attendees:

Steve Cory
Brent Darnell
Guy Chatham
Trisha Hardy
Christi Kay

Notes:

• a small reduction in the state obesity rates makes a significant reduction in costs
• Policy change is essential
• government organizations need access to other organizations involved in the fight agains childhood obesity.
• based Fitness Gram results, only 20% of the students were in the healthy category
• Per Trisha: We need to find a way how businesses can make money reducting childhood obesity.
• unfortunately, the fee structure rewards hosptital for treating the effects of obesity, not eliminating it.
• Per Guy: there is a lot of red tape to sell into schools.
• Per Rusty Gordon: Elevate the concept and activate the concept.