585-210-9542 info@thefitnessinitiative.org 🏠 East Rochester, NY · Serving Monroe County
Our programs

Movement and nutrition, together — for everyone

Every Fitness Initiative program pairs exercise with nutrition and is led by certified professionals.

Cooking with Exercise adaptive class
Flagship

Cooking with Exercise

Adaptive fitness and hands-on cooking for people living with Parkinson's and movement disorders — in partnership with the Rochester Parkinson's Network.

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ReNewMe chronic disease program
Chronic disease

ReNewMe

A supervised fitness and nutrition program to help people affected by chronic illness return the body toward balance — and rebuild a full, healthy life.

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Fitness 101 family program
Youth & family

Fitness 101

A family-based childhood-obesity program built on a simple truth: a fit child requires a fit family.

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Youth & family

Fitness 101 — "Fitness is a family function"

Fitness 101 is a twelve-week childhood-obesity program that involves parent or guardian and child together, because the best results come when the whole family learns new habits side by side.

  • Two one-hour fitness classes each week — cardiovascular, balance, and strength training in a fun, non-competitive setting
  • A weekly half-hour interactive nutrition class with hands-on food-journal review
  • Progress tracked confidentially through simple body measurements and step goals

The goal is a foundation for healthy living that families carry with them long after they leave the gym.

Young participants in a Fitness 101 class
Our approach

The same principles run through everything we do

Fitness

Safe, progressive movement using body-weight and functional exercise for all abilities.

Nutrition

Practical, hands-on nutrition education that fits real budgets and real kitchens.

Community

Group settings that build connection and counter the isolation that worsens chronic illness.

Access

Welcoming and accessible, delivered through partners the community already trusts.

Bring a program to your community

We deliver our programs in partnership with local nonprofits and community groups that already have engaged participants. Let's build something together.