Unified Fitness Challenge
The Unified Fitness Challenge brings together students with and without intellectual disabilities in grades 3rd – 12th to engage in regular physical activity. Designed with flexibility in mind, the eight-week training program will increase students’ strength, flexibility and endurance and includes basic nutrition, social and emotional lessons. Free student equipment kits allow the Unified Fitness Challenge to be implemented at home or in school. Together, we can create stronger, healthier and more unified school communities through inclusive fitness, sports and educational programs.
Review the Challenge
Learn more about the program and if your school qualifies for free student equipment kits.
Register
Complete the enrollment form and request student equipment kits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Review inclusion and implementation ideas from veteran Unified Champion Schools teachers.
Let's Get Started!
Click on Week 1 below. There you will find an outline of the lessons for that week as well as detailed PDF guides for easy virtual instruction. Each lesson focuses on two or three physical skills with two to three differentiated activities for each skill.
You can then assign individual activities to each student based on their skill level or assign the entire lesson to a student.
You can then assign individual activities to each student based on their skill level or assign the entire lesson to a student.
Resources
Unified Fitness Curriculum
The Unified Fitness Challenge brings together students with and without intellectual disabilities in grades 3rd – 12th to engage in regular physical activity. Designed with flexibility in mind, the eight-week training program will increase students’ strength, flexibility and endurance and includes basic nutrition, social and emotional lessons.
Unified Champion Schools Fitness Guide
This guide for schools was developed to support school-based implementation of Special Olympics Fitness programming encouraging students with and without intellectual disabilities to achieve optimal health and performance through adequate physical activity, nutrition, and hydration.
Unified Champion Schools Physical Education Resource Guide
This document is not a curriculum, but rather a compilation of ideas and examples that teachers may use to bring the Unified Physical Education concept to their school.
Fit 5
Fit 5 is based on the three simple goals of exercising 5 days per week, eating 5 total fruits and vegetables per day and drinking 5 water bottles of water per day.
School of Strength
Introducing a whole new way to exercise, featuring WWE Superstar Becky Lynch. Work out with these videos five times a week to help you stay fit and reach your athletic goals. Watch them in order starting with Video 1. When you can do each exercise in a video correctly, it’s time to move on to the next one.
Nutrition
Eating right is important to your health and your sports performance. The body requires energy as you perform for endurance and to recover post-exercise.
Dynamic Stretching
This dynamic stretching video can be done every day whether you are at home or at practice so you perform at your highest level and avoid injuries during sports.
Printable Dynamic Stretches Guide
Here are 13 different dynamic stretches that target major muscles of the upper and lower body, and core.