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Athlete Inclusive Health Resources

Check out inclusive health and wellness resources that will help athletes thrive on and off the field!

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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!
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CAMH x Special Olympics Canada

Access resources on five key topics, developed with Special Olympics athletes in mind: Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Health Check Ins, Mindfulness, and Sleep.

Access the resources
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Nutrition Resources

Find nutrition and wellness resources as well as some quick and healthy recipes you can start creating today!

Nutrition Resources

Movement Resources

Check out at-home workout ideas (YouTube videos, SOI workouts, and so much more) for all sorts of different ways you can move your body!

Movement Resources
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Mental Wellness Resources

Check out ideas for mindfulness, yoga, and mental wellness activities!

Mental Wellness Resources
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Create Your Own Wellness Challenge Program

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

Featured Special Olympics At-Home Workouts

  • 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.

  • Work out with Matthew's circuit

    Special Olympics BC – Quesnel athlete and Health Messenger Matthew Hender has you covered with his “No Pain, No Gain” circuit!

  • Active Athlete Alphabet

    Check out this resource created by Emma Lainchbury, Special Olympics BC – Kelowna Club Fit coach!

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Healthy Athletes Screenings

Through Healthy Athletes, health care professionals receive training about the specific health care concerns of people with intellectual disabilities and how to ask the right questions, helping them draw out issues. Their interactions with Special Olympics athletes lead to referrals back into the health care system that ensure the individuals will get the treatment they need.