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Department of Kinesiology

Adapted Lifetime Fitness Program

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Department of Kinesiology

Address:
Sturzbecker Health Sciences Center 306
West Chester, PA 19382


Phone: 610-436-2516
Email: Dr. Monica Lepore

Adapted Lifetime Fitness Program

The goal of the Adapted Lifetime Fitness Program is to help adults with cognitive disabilities improve their cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and group comradery! PEID minors meet once a week with participants in the Sturzebecker Fitness Center. This program also has a nutrition component in which WCU nutrition majors and faculty develop nutrition education programming. This is a joint program between the APA minors, exercise science minors and nutrition minors.

Student assisting a child perform an exercise
Students teaching exercises
Student and participant in the program smiling