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International Fitness Day ’12 is scheduled for Saturday, October 13.
It is the day dedicated to celebrating health and fitness around the world; and to raise money for organizations focused on healthy living.

International Fitness Day was created in October 2009 to celebrate health & fitness around the world by Dina Skulte, founder and owner of Fit for Kids' Sake! LLC who envisioned creating a day recognized by the world as the day dedicated to health and fitness – a day when families, friends, neighbors and colleagues join together to have fun being physically active and making healthy choices throughout the day.

International Fitness Day is celebrated on the first Saturday after Columbus Day (US)/ Thanksgiving (Canada) every year.


The Background

So many world-wide recognized holidays involve making and offering unhealthy food choices, buying flowers, and/or buying gifts. The purpose of International Fitness Day is to celebrate our health and love for being healthy and fit and not focusing on unhealthy temptations! Many of us believe that everyday should be celebrated in this honor. And you are right!!! We have a day dedicated to protecting our Earth (Earth Day) and we have a day dedicated to celebrating the ones we love (Valentine's Day), so let's dedicate a day to our most precious asset - our health!!

Who Should Celebrate?

Everyone! The event is designed for everyone around the world!! It is targeted at anyone with any level of interest in health and fitness – from the novice to expert – to learn, network and celebrate. It is designed for the individual as well as groups, communities, teams, companies and more to participate locally and online. To encourage local participation… gym owners, personal trainers, nutritionists, dieticians, hospitals, physicians are invited to host their own fun, family-friendly event to celebrate the day. Much of the world is suffering from obesity and being overweight, International Fitness Day is an ideal way to help those people who need help to kick-start a healthy lifestyle and to become educated about how they can become healthier, as well as help those fitness fanatics gain cutting edge fitness information from experts in their industry.

International Fitness Day should also be recognized as the day for charitable giving toward organizations dedicated to helping encourage healthy living around the world.

So, if you’re on board, let’s get busy and celebrate International Fitness Day together!