Lakers ’ coach Luke Walton and UCLA Health team up to help students live healthy, balanced lives

With the personal and financial support of Los Angeles Lakers ’ head coach Luke Walton,UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind opened its newest state-of-the-art fitness center at El Sereno Middle School in Los Angeles.Sound Body Sound Mind donates fitness equipment, professional development for staff and a curriculum that uses high-intensity intervals targeting aerobic fitness and muscular endurance to middle and high schools in the Los Angeles area.El Sereno received all new equipment including 27 spin bikes, three rowers, three steppers and three KRANKcycles, plus a full set of fitness accessories, including sand bells, jump ropes and agility ladders. Walton joined hundreds of students and administrators at a school assembly and ribbon cutting on April 5 to celebrate the center ’s grand opening.“It’s incredible to see how excited you are about taking your health into your own hands and wanting to be better,” Walton told the students. “And for us to be able to provide a place with the equipment, it’s an unbelievable honor and privilege for myself and the Lakers organization.”Previously, El Sereno Middle School had a patchwork of exercise equipment and ultimately, a defunct fitness center because of safety concerns. As a result, a relatively small number of students have passed the California Fitnessgram test, which evaluates students ’ physical fitness. The newly renovated room will enhance the school’s physical education department and the program’s curricu...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news