"9 Kids Challenge: Progress Report" is the second quarterly update on NewsChannel 9's long-term partnership with SUNY Upstate Medical University, to fight childhood obesity. In addition to the premiere broadcast on January 29th, it will also air several times on WSYR 9.2 (Time Warner Digital Cable Channel 890):
- Wednesday & Friday at 9pm
- Thursday at 9:30pm (after the Syracuse University All-Access Show)
- Saturday & Sunday at 6:30pm
NewsChannel 9 anchor and "Family Healthcast" reporter Carrie Lazarus hosts the show. She will update the progress of our team of young champions, who've been working hard to build a healthier lifestyle since the end of June.
Carrie will also talk with the owner of Training Champions Instititute, the gym where our team is working out. Ron Patulski presents a healthy eating plan... with breakfast and snack options, and his concept that five meals are better than three. (You can download Ron's nutritional charts above.)
And we'll show viewers a fitness test they can do as their family... parents testing kids, and kids testing parents. (You check details of Joel's Fitness Test below, or download it from the link above.)
FAMILY FITNESS TESTPersonal trainer Joel Brown of Training Champions Institute shared this five-part fitness test with us. Try it soon, and then compare your times and scores after working out for a few weeks. It's fun when parents test their children... and kids test their parents!
PUSH-UPS:
- Try for five push-ups. Boys should be up on their toes, girls can rest their knees on the ground.
- This tests your upper body and core strength.
SHUTTLE RUN:
- Set up three cones in a line. The end cones will be ten feet apart, with one in the middle.
- Start at the middle cone. Run to the right, touch the cone, run all the way to the left and touch that cone, then return to the center cone.
- You want to be able to do that in six seconds.
- This tests speed and the ability to change directions.
LEFT TEST:
- Spread the cones 30 feet apart.
- First, run from one cone to the other and back
- Then, shuffle sideways between the cones and back.
- Finally, do a carioca step... shuffling sideways while alternating your feet in front and behind you.
- This checks agility, speed, and quickness. It also looks at the ability to start, stop and change direction during a variety of functional moves.
BOX STEP:
- Use a box or step that is 12" high.
- Step up, then down quickly. One foot up, then the other, then one foot down, then the other. Try to do a complete circuit every second.
- Count how many times you can do it in 10 seconds.
THE MILE
- Walk or run a complete mile in under 16 minutes.
