This spring, Lifestyle Family Fitness will sponsor the Good Life Games in Pinellas County, Florida. The Good Life Games is a non-profit organization that promotes healthy lifestyles and encourages adults 50+ to enhance the value and vitality of their lives through athletic and recreational competition, social events, volunteerism and other activities.

Throughout the year, local and regional events, such as the Good Life Games, are held and some of the competitions are qualifiers for the Senior Games of Florida. Each of the local senior games competitions is sanctioned by the Florida Sports Foundation (FSF), the official sports promotion and development organization of the State of Florida. The FSF and Florida Senior Games State Championship are members of the National Senior Games Association.

“We are excited to host the Good Life Games this year at our clubs,” said Dan McDonald, Vice President of Marketing for Lifestyle Family Fitness. “These active adults are a great testimony to a healthy and fit lifestyle, proving age isn’t a factor when you incorporate physical activity and training into your everyday life.”

The competitions held April 19th through April 23rd at five Lifestyle Family Fitness locations are Bench Press Endurance, Power Lifting and Fitness Challenge (two minutes each of push ups, sit ups, and pull ups). These events, are held exclusively at Lifestyle, unique to the Pinellas County Goodlife Games for the second year.

“Lifestyle Family Fitness is a great partner for us. They provide an ideal environment for the strength and conditioning events. We look forward to a great turnout of participants and exciting competitions this year,” said Bob Simons, PhD, MS, CHES, President, Board of Trustees for Good Life Games, Pinellas County.

In addition to the events held at Lifestyle Family Fitness, there are over 50 athletic competitions and recreational games for individuals and teams offered throughout Pinellas County for 2,000+ adults aged 50-90 competing for gold, silver and bronze medals in dozens of divisions.

Currently 70 percent of athletes are 50-69 years old, and 75 percent are males. Over 80 Florida cities and 20 states are represented each year. With the maturing of Baby Boomers, and the coming of age of Title IX female athletes, the Good Life Games is actively pursuing dynamic growth. Events offer something for every interest and level of “personal best”— from intense competitions like Track and Field, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, and Cycling, to the mental challenges of Senior Smarts and Mahjong.

The Good Life Games qualifies participants finishing in first through fifth place in each age division in 14 events for the Florida Senior Games Championship. The top two winners may advance to the National Senior Games held every two years. The 2009 National Senior Games will be held in Palo Alto, CA, from August 1st-15th, 2009.