Emmanuel Staff and Faculty Complete 11-Week GETfit Challenge
May 02, 2007
On April 15th the College’s staff and faculty wrapped up the inaugural GETfit Emmanuel program.During the 11-week, team-oriented fitness challenge that began January 29th, the 105 participants combined for 293,420 minutes worth of exercise, which calculates to over 200 days of health-related effort. Of the 24 teams that participated, 17 reached the weekly minimum exercise-minute threshold during nine of the 11 weeks, qualifying for awards at the completion of the event. Throughout the challenge, the exercise threshold increased from 100 to 220 minutes of fitness-related activity, with each participant striving to match or surpass the goal.
Of those who participated in the pre- and post-tests which measured blood pressure, heart rates, body fat percentages and weight, a significant drop was calculated in each category, proving members of the Emmanuel community truly took to the challenge of getting fit.
“I am extremely happy with the way things turned out,” said Assistant Director of Athletics/Head Athletic Trainer Sue Scaffidi. “People did an absolutely fantastic job. To have 17 out of 24 teams meet the minimum thresholds at least nine out of 11weeks is amazing. It has been fun and now I am looking forward to improving things for next year.”