Health Trip 2012 registration materials available

Kickoff event set for January 10

Registration materials for Health Trip 2012 are now available at the Wellspring Wellness Center registration desk.  Materials and the $18 registration fee should be turned in to the Sauk Prairie Community Education Center, 730 Monroe Street, Sauk City, by January 6, 2012.  This year’s theme is “Get Fit, Stay Fit, Don’t Quit.”

Health Trip’s kickoff event will be held at 6 pm Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at the Sauk Prairie Community Education Center.  This event will feature a presentation by Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital & Clinics’ (SPMHC) nutritionist Lisa Krayer to emphasize the importance of nutrition to help get in shape.  Following her presentation, participants will have the opportunity to log their first hour of exercise, with 20-minute sessions of core exercises, yoga and Zumba, led by certified instructors.

Health Trip is a 16-week program which encourages teams of participants to exercise.  Participants have two options: A 48-hour trip – an average of 3 hours of exercise per week or a 32-hour trip for individuals who are age 55 or older or have special health limitations.  Individual team members track their progress, reporting to their team captain each month.  Teammates are eligible to receive prizes when their monthly goals are met.  As an extra bonus incentive, any participants who complete 60 or more hours of exercise during the 16-week program will be recognized at the picnic celebration in May for “going the extra mile.”

SPMHC is an organizing sponsor for Health Trip 2012.