Marion Launches Fitness Court Studio, Prioritizing Health and Wellness Share

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On Sept. 24^th, the City of Mar­i­on will unveil an out­door Fit­ness Court® Stu­dio at Charles Mill Park, improv­ing and enhanc­ing qual­i­ty of life for Indi­ana res­i­dents. The project is a fea­tured part of the nation­wide ini­tia­tive launched by Nation­al Fit­ness Cam­paign, a well­ness con­sult­ing firm on a mis­sion to change health out­comes in Amer­i­ca. Nation­al Fit­ness Campaign’s award-win­ning ini­tia­tive wel­comed its 500^th healthy com­mu­ni­ty in 2023 and is poised to deliv­er vital out­door well­ness pro­grams to 1,000 healthy com­mu­ni­ties by 2025 to increase out­door move­ment and to help fight ris­ing fis­cal and human­i­tar­i­an costs of phys­i­cal inac­tiv­i­ty. This year, Mar­i­on, IN and dozens of oth­er select recip­i­ents around the coun­try were award­ed fund­ing from NFC to help sup­port the pro­gram. In addi­tion to NFC grant fund­ing, local fund­ing from mul­ti­ple groups and indi­vid­u­als con­tributed to make the project pos­si­ble in Marion.

May­or Mor­rell said, ​“We are thrilled to intro­duce the NFC to Mar­i­on as part of our administration’s com­mit­ment to pro­mot­ing health and well­ness. This ini­tia­tive aims to inspire and moti­vate our cit­i­zens to engage in phys­i­cal activ­i­ty and improve their over­all fitness.”

The new Fit­ness Court Stu­dio at Charles Mill Park fea­tures two work­out areas sep­a­rat­ed by a mur­al wall from local pho­tog­ra­phy to show­case the set­ting and to inspire peo­ple as they enjoy the ben­e­fits and ener­gy cre­at­ed by out­door exer­cise. The Fit­ness Court Stu­dio deliv­ers the pow­er­ful sev­en-minute full-body work­out on one side and a ver­sa­tile out­door class area for yoga, Zum­ba, Pilates and oth­er pop­u­lar group well­ness activ­i­ties on the oppo­site side. Cre­at­ed with peo­ple aged 14 and over and with all abil­i­ties in mind, the work­outs are adapt­able for all fit­ness lev­els, allow­ing par­tic­i­pants to move at their own pace. Users also may down­load the free Fit­ness Court App which acts as a coach-in-your-pock­et, and enhances the out­door gym into a dig­i­tal­ly sup­port­ed well­ness experience. 

“We are excit­ed to have Charles Mill Park join us in the jour­ney to improve health and well­ness as we work to make a pow­er­ful and long-last­ing impact on longevi­ty and hap­pi­ness by build­ing healthy com­mu­ni­ties across Amer­i­ca,” said Mitch Menaged, founder of Nation­al Fit­ness Cam­paign. ​“The addi­tion of the Fit­ness Court Stu­dio, along with dig­i­tal well­ness pro­gram­ming, demon­strates a tremen­dous com­mit­ment to the health and well­be­ing with­in the community.”

Res­i­dents are invit­ed to attend an Open­ing Day launch on Sep­tem­ber 24^th at 10am to try the Fit­ness Court Stu­dio and dis­cov­er the pos­si­bil­i­ties of com­mu­ni­ty well­ness events and pro­gram­ming through out­door stu­dio. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Parks Office Man­ag­er Rose Cade­na at 765.382.3761.

About Nation­al Fit­ness Campaign

Found­ed in San Fran­cis­co in 1979, Nation­al Fit­ness Cam­paign is a well­ness con­sult­ing firm that pro­vides pro­grams and ser­vices to cities, schools and spon­sors. Our mis­sion is to build healthy com­mu­ni­ties nation­wide. The cam­paign deliv­ers an inte­grat­ed well­ness ini­tia­tive cen­tered around the Fit­ness Court^®– the world’s best out­door gym. Nation­al Fit­ness Cam­paign wel­comed its 500^th healthy com­mu­ni­ty in 2023, as it con­tin­ues to grow the country’s largest pub­lic-pri­vate part­ner­ship in sup­port of well­ness with the goal of build­ing a Fit­ness Court^® with­in a 10-minute bike ride of every Amer­i­can. Fol­low along with Nation­al Fit­ness Cam­paign at nation​al​fit​ness​cam​paign​.com or on Insta­gram, Face­book and LinkedIn.

City of Mar­i­on Media Con­tact: Jeff Reyes | jreyes@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov | 765.662.9931

NFC Media Con­tact: Lind­say Valen­ti | lindsay@​nfchq.​com | 518.596.3944