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Mar 24

Flash Fitness Health Mob to hit Fred Miller Friday – Citizentribune

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By Friday afternoon, temperatures in Hamblen County should reach the 70s, with no rain predicted a perfect setting for a little fitness in the park.

As part of the Healthier Tennessee Initiative, local supporters will meet at 3:30 p.m. at the Fred Miller Park pavilion for Morristowns inaugural Flash Fitness Health Mob.

The theme is designed much like the flash mobs of YouTube video fame, but fitness activities will be substituted for the typical song and dance.

Local fitness instructors Sharon Bauer, Christi Coates and Becky Hodge will lead participants in a variety of healthy activities for around 10 minutes. The activities will focus on the fun side of fitness, according to organizers.

The Flash Fitness Health Mob will kick off Healthier Tennessee Week, March 27 April 1.

As part of the Healthier Tennessee Initiative, the Healthier Hamblen Committee is holding quarterly events to promote health and wellness opportunities within the community. In February, the committee kicked off with the FX3 (fun, fit and fabulous) fitness fest.

The Healthier Tennessee Initiative is a movement to make the community healthier to help its citizens be more physically active, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and to stop using tobacco. The goal of the movement is to ensure Hamblen County is officially named a Healthier Tennessee Community.

A healthier community such as ours doesnt happen by chance but by choice and change. This is highlighted by the many opportunities we have in our county with our park systems, growing greenways and activities, Chad McCoige, Hamblen County Health Council chairman, said.

In addition to the Healthier Hamblen Committee, the Flash Fitness Health Mob is supported by the Hamblen County Health Department, Hamblen County Health Council and Morristown Parks and Recreation.

Healthier Tennessee Week was proclaimed by Gov. Bill Haslam and Secretary of State Tre Harget, citing the states greatest resource is its citizens and their health and well-being is critical to its success.

Tennessee consistently ranks in the bottom 10 compared to other states in overall health measures and improving the health of Tennesseans will directly affect the quality of life in the state, attracting more quality jobs, lowering healthcare costs, increasing productivity and reducing absenteeism in the workplace and bettering life in communities.

According to the proclamation, the Governors Foundation for Health and Wellness is dedicated to encouraging and enabling Tennesseans to lead healthier lives through its Healthier Tennessee Communities initiative and by providing a series of free, online wellness tools to help individuals quit tobacco, get more physical activity and eat healthier.

More than 2,000 workplaces and faith congregations, 77 communities and 80,000 individuals throughout the state are engaged with the foundation and its tools, and the Centers for Disease Control shows improvement in the past two years in rates of obesity, exercise and overall health rankings.

We are building a healthier Tennessee, community by community, with each other, one step at a time, Haslam said.

For more information on the Flash Fitness Health Mob or how to become involved in the Healthy Hamblen Initiative, call Frankie Cox, Morristown Parks and Recreation Department, at 423-586-0260.

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