Texas Round-up Encourages 30 Minutes a Day of Exercise

The Texas Round-Up statewide fitness program encourages all Texans to become more active and incorporate healthy choices into their daily lives. The Texas Round-Up offers a variety of methods for encouraging activity. Two of those methods are a free online training and tracking program and a Texas-sized fitness festival on April 26 in Austin, Texas.

Every year, building up to the festival, Gov. Rick Perry issues a six-week fitness challenge to all Texans to incorporate at least 30 minutes of exercise into their day at least five days a week.

The Texas Round-Up GetFitTexas! activity tracker is a great way to help you track your activity for the six-week challenge and through out the year. The tracker is free and provides a variety of incentives and resources to help you feel better and adopt a healthier lifestyle.

Texercise and the Texas Round-Up have joined to offer Texercise participants with an exciting array of opportunities to encourage participation in the upcoming Texas Round-Up.

Be part of the Governors Challenge from your community with the free, online six-week training program

Go to the Texas Round-Up website to create a personal profile, track your progress and access tips and training techniques. Participants who complete the program will receive a certificate of completion signed by the governor.

Groups can create teams to help strengthen the commitment to exercise, as well as create some good-natured competition. Teams are eligible for the "Governor’s Challenge" — a competition based on completion of the six-week activity training program. The Governors Challenge categories include city, agency, organization, corporation, school district and family. The teams from those categories with the highest participation rates (per capita) are named "Fittest in Texas" and will be recognized at the Texas Round-Up event in Austin.

Texercise has created a team in the Texas Round-Up Activity Training Program named "Texercise Tango 2008." Texercise participants are encouraged to track their activity as part of this team. The most active team will receive an award based on the percentage of individuals who successfully complete the Activity Training Program by April 21. With enough Texercise participants completing the six-week challenge we stand a chance of winning the Governors Challenge for our team category.

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About TEXERCISE

TEXERCISE is a statewide fitness campaign, developed by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) to educate and involve older Texans and their families in physical activities and proper nutrition. The TEXERCISE campaign promotes activity among individuals, as well as community events and policies that support fitness in all life areas.

With the assistance of Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Honorary State Chairman, our partners in the aging network, and other corporate sponsors, DADS works to disseminate information and sponsor promotional activities throughout Texas.

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Contact Us

For more information or any questions, please give us a call at:
1-800-889-8595
or
e-mail us at: texercise@dads.state.tx.us

Statewide partners

Activities can occur in the office, your neighborhood, in a health clinic, or just about any setting. If you are interested in partnering with DADS to promote Texercise in your community , please contact DADS at 1-512-438-4293.

Click here to learn more about our Texercise partners.

• Area Agencies on Aging
• Arthritis Foundation
• Cooper Aerobics Center
• Gold's Gym
• Humana
• Luke's Locker
• Pilgrim's Pride
• RunTex
• Sam's Club
• Texas Department of State Health Services
• Walk Across Texas

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Texercise is a Partner of

Updated: March 18, 2008