Athlete Health Resources

At-home training and wellness

Monthly wellness challenges

Stay tuned for monthly challenge calendars starting up again for daily health and wellness challenges!

Calendar template

If you want to create your own challenge program, you can use SOBC's monthly challenge calendar template to plan your daily workouts and wellness activities!

Calendar template here

If you would like tips for using the fillable PDF document, please click here.

In addition to using your calendar, please join the SOBC Wellness Challenges Facebook Group to share encouragement and motivation!

 

Activity Ideas

Looking for activities to fill your calendar? Pick challenges from the below lists!

Physical activity ideas

 

Health and wellness activity ideas

 

SOBC Challenge Games

In spring 2021, athletes across the province accepted the challenge to compete and connect with the Special Olympics BC Provincial Challenge Games!

Click here to find highlights  

Past calendars and Facebook Live recordings

Please click here
 

Upcoming health opportunities

Find SOBC health events in our calendar!

Find events here
 

Special Olympics at-home workouts

Need a new workout routine? Check out some of the awesome options below!

SOBC Facebook Live workouts

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Active Athlete Alphabet

Matthew Hender's No Pain, No Gain

Special Olympics BC – Quesnel athlete and Health Messenger Matthew Hender has you covered with his “No Pain, No Gain” circuit! Watch his presentation on a Facebook Live session with SOBC

Work out with Matthew's circuit

Fit 5

Athletes want to perform their best at every competition. You can do this by being fit. The Special Olympics Fit 5 program is a plan for physical activity, nutrition, and hydration. It can improve your health and fitness to make you the best athlete you can be. The fitness cards and videos offer exercises to challenge all abilities. These exercises can be done at practice, at the gym, or even at home! 

Special Olympics School of Strength

Special Olympics athletes and WWE Superstar Becky Lynch teamed up to launch an awesome series of at-home training videos! Work out with these videos five times a week to help you stay fit and reach your athletic goals.

Please click here to join the School of Strength

Bonus School of Strength class with WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre

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Get moving with Shayla McLean

Work out with Special Olympics BC – Kelowna coach Shayla McLean, who delivered at-home Club Fit sessions on Facebook three times a week through spring and summer 2020!

Find the recordings

1 per cent better every day with Steve Topham

Improve your athletic performance and daily lives by completing at-home workouts with Special Olympics Team Canada strength and conditioning coach Steve Topham!

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Yoga and Mindfulness with Shelbi Snodgrass

Yoga is an important part of any athlete’s routine. So our very special guest Shelbi Snodgrass created a series of calm, stretchy, and welcoming Yoga and Mindfulness sessions specifically for the Special Olympics BC community! 

Please click here
 

Special Olympics athlete wall sit

More physical training tools

Mental training tools

 

Nutrition & wellness tools

  • Find nutrition and wellness resources as well as as some quick and healthy recipes you can start creating today on our Nutrition Resources page!
     

Healthy Athletes program info

 

Info on COVID-19 and staying healthy at home

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