Cycling Smarts
This project's parent organization is I Challenge Myself
It operates in United States
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport for Health Award
More about Cycling Smarts
Cycling Smarts integrates physical fitness and education to help students break the cycle of obesity and related illnesses that are prevalent in low-income communities and is characterized by the following features:
1. One-of-a kind rigorous non competitive fitness challenges presented to students at the start of each semester currently a 3-hour Winter Fitness Challenge in January and a 1-day 100-miles bike ride in June.
2. Moderate to vigorous cross training program consisting of indoor spinning, outdoor cycling, indoor swimming, resistance training, and/or running 225-450 minutes per week (3-5 days a week) to increase fitness levels.
3. Connection of academic concepts with physical activities every week for 60-90 minutes (calculating caloric intake/serving size, reading food labels, map reading and research of and tours to historic NYC sites).
The NYS Department of Health reports that 30% of high school students in NYC are overweight and obese, with the highest rates among Black (12%) and Latino (10%) teens.These figures are significant since overweight children are at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes during childhood, adolescence, and later in life. Cycling Smarts students are predominantly Latino 70%-72% and Black 23%-25%; 25% are girls and 75% are boys.?????