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Fight Like A Girl
by Hannah Boyl
On September 29th, we held or number of repetitions com- use, but no strict judging and
a ladies only fitness competi- pleted would determine their the movements could be fur-
tion at Mission 1 Fitness and ranking and contribute to their ther modified if necessary. Our
Performance. This was a breast overall score. A rank of 1st goal was to make this an event
cancer fundraiser event as well. would be 1 point, 2nd place, 2 where anyone who wanted
We ended up raising a substan- points, and so on. At the end of to could come show support
tial amount of money for a local the day, the team with the low- through participation. Just like
woman battling breast cancer est number of points was our in our regular classes, every-
through registration, conces- winner. one was welcome, and every-
sion sales, t-shirt sales, and a thing was scalable.
silent auction. The community I would say that the best
was more than generous in part of the day is that we fig- There was some real com-
donating their time, money, and ured out how to include every- petition going on that day! All of
silent auction items. one. There were 16 teams that our teams worked hard but at
In August we announced that attended; a full house! Nine of the end we only had three po-
we would be holding a fitness those teams were from Mission dium places and three prizes to
competition at Mission 1. We 1, but seven of the teams came award. Our team coming in first
were searching for teams of in from other gyms or weren’t place was “Kim Squared” (Kim-
two in the surrounding com- affiliated with any gym at all! berly Hooton & Kimberly Mc-
munities that would be will- We had a “RX” division which Caslin) and second place was
ing to participate in a 3-event was judged on specific move- “My Mom Made Me Do It” (Lisa
competition. Each team would ment standards to be consid- and Mackenzie Koski) both
participate in all three work- ered for prizes. Even our RX teams from Redefine Fitness in
outs at a scheduled time with division was structured to let Saginaw. Third place was team
the workouts lasting anywhere those who may not feel com- “Kel-Bell” (Kelly Stoick & Marcy
from about 10 to 25 minutes. fortable in larger competition Campbell) from Mission 1.
Each workout contained 3-5 scenes feel confident that they We were thrilled to have so
different movements that were could participate and do well. many teams register despite
split between each teammate. We also had a “scaled” divi- the fact that signing up for a
Depending on the structure of sion. For the scaled division, competition can be intimidating.
the workout, the team’s time there were recommendations I really hope that those in atten-
of movements and weights to dance were able to recognize
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