Ringling Bros. CircusFit Partners with HOPSports to Get Fit While Having Fun

To kick off the new partnership between Ringling Bros. and HOPSports, one hundred elementary children from Mooresville, NC were invited to get CircusFit. Check out this video for some footage from the event and to hear what the children, Ringmaster, and clowns have to say about the newly created CircusFit!




Ringling Bros. CircusFit and HOPSports announced a new partnership that will allow children around the world to get physically fit while having fun. CircusFit will be powered by the HOPSports Training System combining circus skills with state of the art technology to encourage youth to stay active and healthy.

To kick-off the partnership, Ringling Bros. and HOPSports invited one hundred elementary school children in Mooresville, NC to get CircusFit. The students were the first in the world to participate in the newly created CircusFit content featured on the HOPSports Training System.

In 2005, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® launched CircusFit, an innovative national youth fitness program that is designed to teach kids fun ways to stay active, physically fit, and healthy. Kids learn the fundamentals of fitness through age appropriate activities that incorporate basic circus skills and lessons covering topics such as proper nutrition, hydration, stretching, and exercise.

HOPSports is an award-winning educational media network, content library and production company. It developed a K-12 platform designed to restore and revitalize physical education and movement programs while delivering accelerated learning in schools and after-school programs. Currently in 900 locations in 45 states and 6 countries, HOPSports serves an estimated 3.5 million youth a week around the globe.

For more information on CircusFit, visit www.circusfit.com and for HOPSports go to www.hopsports.com.

A 140-year tradition that combines the classics -- extraordinary animal performances, captivating clown escapades and daring high-wire acts -- with contemporary surprises and thrills to make the circus-going experience memorably unique and a family tradition handed down from generation to generation With three independent units, Red, Blue and Gold, Ringling Bros. hosts millions of visitors and travels to more than 90 cities in North America each year.

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