Release Date: April 28, 2011
Contact: Elizabeth Luna, 643-0864
Metro Health Public Relations Manager, Lorraine Pulido, Ph.D., 669-2413
San Antonio Launches Fitness in the Park Showcase and Mayor’s Fitness Council Walk
WHAT: City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) and the Mayor’s Fitness Council are hosting a free fitness walk and a giant public exercise classes to inspire San Antonio to get healthy. Members of the Mayor’s Fitness Council will participate in a three-mile walk. After the walk, participants and their families are invited to participate in several exercise classes, including Zumba, yoga, fitness for beginners, self-defense, kid’s moon bounce house, and the YMCA’s “Y on Wheels” interactive kid’s play and fitness area.
WHO: Metro Health and Mayor’s Fitness Council
WHEN: Sunday, May 1, 2011, 9 a.m. - Mayor’s Fitness Council Walk
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Free giant exercise classes
WHERE: Brackenridge Park at Lambert Softball Field (corner of Hildebrand and Brackenridge)
MORE: Metro Health, through its Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant (Find Your Balance – for your health, your family, your future) and the Mayor’s Fitness Council, is proud to host the Fitness in the Park Showcase.
This fitness event is one of a series of free outdoor Fitness in the Park exercise classes available now through May 31st across the city in local parks.
Free, family friendly classes range from yoga, Zumba, fitness for beginners and more. A complete list and schedule is available at www.sabalance.org.
