What do you get when you mix a woman yelling, “Get into your combat stance,” with purple balls, squats, exercise hoops and 125 people?

If you were mixing on Saturday morning in Roberts Hall Auditorium at Rhode Island College, you got the kickoff for Shape Up RI’s spring 2010 competition.

Shape Up RI uses teamwork and competition to promote fitness, as groups participate in three divisions: how many minutes of exercise the team logs, how much weight they lose and how many steps they tally on pedometers, a device that automatically counts the number of steps taken by the person wearing it. The 12-week competition begins on Monday.

Full Story: Shape Up RI kicks off its spring competition Source: Providence Journal, February 7th, 2010 Author: Paul Edward Parker Added on February 9th, 2010 at 12:20 pm, by Matt Mikula