ATHLETES OF THE
TRI-FITNESS
katie uter
jennifer rosen
FUN FITNESS
ROUTINES
By Ricky Lee Jackson
Photos by: Ed Johnston, Thomas Oed, Tom Yip
gina oakes tanner
tiffany rae
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Natural Muscle Magazine
May 2015
Cheerleading? Gymnastics?
Dance? Figure Skating?
Martial Arts? You might have done
one of these as a child or teenager. Or,
you might have never done one but always
wanted to? Well, now is your time to recreate
or create the chance of getting on stage to
perform a ROUTINE! Fitness organizations
offer an opportunity to do creative fitness
routines.
“Tri-Fitness offers the opportunity for anyone
who wants to challenge themselves and
be creative to perform a routine,” states
Tri-Fitness president and founder Al Rosen.
In Tri-Fitness, the routine is performed on
a cheerleading floor (foam and carpet)
for safety and the athletes are judged in
5 different components: strength moves,
flexibility, choreography, execution, and
overall performance. Similar to the sport of
gymnastics, the routine is scored on a 10
point scoring system with a low of 5 and a
high of 10.0. Rosen explains, “we use 8-10
judges to score the routines and all of them
have backgrounds in choreography, dance,
gymnastics, etc. But, more important than
the score, it is an opportunity for an athlete to
challenge themselves while having fun.”
“I first started training for Tri-Fitness in
1998 and did a fitness routine at the W ܛ