{"id":17525,"date":"2021-02-05T22:41:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T04:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/?p=17525"},"modified":"2021-02-05T22:42:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T04:42:37","slug":"introducing-gigis-playhouse-gigifit-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/2021\/02\/05\/introducing-gigis-playhouse-gigifit-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing GiGi\u2019s Playhouse GiGiFIT Program!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0GigiFIT\u00a0Program is a targeted approach to health and wellness developed by physical therapists specifically for people with Down syndrome of all ages!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The program\u00a0<\/span>focuses on improving areas of fitness including strength, endurance, joint stability, balance, movement control and more.\u00a0 It\u2019s structured to allow participants to develop goals based on their individual fitness level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

GiGiFIT\u00a0also promotes wellness through nutrition, pushing through barriers and building\u00a0self confidence!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Participants in\u00a0GiGiFIT\u00a0are motivated by their peers as they strive for their own personal best.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>We launched our very first\u00a0GiGiFIT\u00a0Teen\/Adult Pilot Program in November 2020!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another favorite part of the program are the take-home materials with visual step-by-step guides to all of the exercises as well as a nutrition journal.\u00a0 At the end of the program participants have a structured plan that they can continue to do at home!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Meet our\u00a0GiGiFIT\u00a0Teen and Adult Program Leads!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(from left to right: Pat Ehrle, Craig Blackburn, and Lisa\u00a0DiRe\u00a0Harris)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0GigiFIT\u00a0Program is a targeted approach to health and wellness developed by physical therapists specifically for people with Down syndrome of all ages!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The program\u00a0focuses on improving areas of fitness including strength, endurance, joint stability, balance, movement control and more.\u00a0 It\u2019s structured to allow participants to develop goals based on their individual fitness level.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GiGiFIT\u00a0also promotes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}