The Unified Fitness Program involves a pair of similar-age people with and without intellectual disabilities training together at least twice a week for structured workouts over twelve weeks. You are training partners: encouraging, motivating and pushing yourselves and each other to do your best.
This program can be conducted in the off-season, and/or in-season, in addition to any sport-specific training you may be doing. Over the course of the upcoming twelve weeks, participants will meet a minimum of twice a week at your workout location such as a school/university, gym/fitness center or home together for 60 minutes. Each workout will consist of 5 parts: warm-up, cardiovascular endurance, strength and cool down using flexibility and balance exercises.
The Athlete in the pair is the individual with an Intellectual Disability. The Unified Partner in the pair is the indivdiuals without intellectual disabilities.