Fitness Clubs

Welcome! A Fitness Club is a regular group exercise opportunity for athletes to enhance their health goals and grow social relationships. Everyone, with or without a disability, can participate! Clubs are designed to work with minimal equipment and indoor or outdoor locations.
What Clubs Receive
Fitness Club Guidebook

Guidebook

Your go-to resource includes 50+ pages on how to start a Club, warm-ups, cool-downs, adaptive training, incentives, goal-setting, building accountability, intellectual disability, and more!

Fitness Club coaches receive a hard copy of the Fitness Club Guidebook.
Startup Equipment

Startup Equipment

Every registered Club receives a Standard Set and a Requested Set of equipment based on Club parameters and athlete needs. Club leaders will complete the Equipment Request Form and items include yoga mats, medicine balls, therabands, and jump ropes!

Registering Your Club

All Fitness Clubs must be registered through Special Olympics Virginia to be an accredited program that can access and utilize funded resources, volunteer training, general support, and branding.

Complete the online Registered Training Program (RTP) Form below every off-season (summer).
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Club Leadership Paperwork and Certification

All Club leaders must be Class-A eligible and a certified Fitness Coach. Visit the Fitness Leaders page for information about these elements. Additionally, learn about the Fitness Captain program where athletes are trained to help lead fitness in their Clubs and sports teams.

Fitness Club One-Pager

Download the one-pager for a summary of these details!
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Walking Clubs and Fitness Clubs
Find the Walking Club and Fitness Club nearest you!
Walking Clubs and Fitness Clubs
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Area 9 Walking Club
Mondays at Uptown Christiansburg Mall

Contact: Matt Wheeler

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Area 17 Walking Club
Sundays at Brightspot Playground

Contact: Tonya Holmes
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Area 4 Walking Club
Saturdays at Turner Ashby High School

Contact: Dennis Reidenbach
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Area 31 SOVA Step Counters Walking Club
Tuesdays and Saturdays at Henrico County and Richmond parks

Contact Jill Proietti
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Area 6 Diversity FFF Club
Tuesdays and Thursdays

Contact: Julia Stankova
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Area 23 Walking and Running Club
Saturday mornings at Prince William County Park and Locust Shade Park

Contact: Rose Ann Stern
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Area 2 Virginia Beach Fitness Club
Fridays at Harris Fitness

Contact: Marcus Leggett
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Area 26 Youniquely Fit Walking and Fitness Club
Tuesdays Virtual Fitness and Wednesdays at George Mason University

Contact: Mike Frew
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Area 6 ASCV FitAbility Club
Sundays at Apex Jiu Jitsu Gym

Contact: William Hamilton
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Area 2 Chesapeake Fitness Club
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Virtual

Contact: Calvin Nance
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Area 26 Weekend Warriors Fitness Club
Sundas at train. in McLean

Contact: Michael Scheidlinger
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Area 24 Fitness Fun Club
Saturdays at UMC Church, Tuesdays and Thursdays at HHS

Contact: Gena Callahan
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Area 6 Great Day Residential Walking Club
Saturdays at Harry Daniel and Rockwood Park

Contact: Tricia Watkins
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Questions?

Contact Casey Henderson at chenderson@specialolympicsva.org.