"Mens sana in corpore sano": A healthy mind in a healthy body. The ancient Greeks believed it was essential to cultivate a mind capable of positive, free thinking inside a body that is healthy, strong, and free of disease. Fast-forward about 3,000 years to modern times. Many high schools in the U.S. find themselves strapped for money, and spend what little they have on academic needs. These schools can only watch helplessly as their physical-fitness facilities fall into disrepair.
Enter the Lift Life Foundation. Bodybuilding.com’s nonprofit foundation is dedicated to giving underserved students access to the equipment they need to improve their fitness levels, boost their self-worth, and become the best versions of themselves, both physically and mentally, through exercise. Since January 2016, the foundation and its partners have remodeled the weight rooms at four U.S. high schools, improving the lives of more than 3,200 students. And they've done it all for...
Source: Give The Gift Of Fitness To Underserved High School Athletes
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