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Ready to enact EnhanceFitness at your organization? Here are the steps you need to take:

1. Obtain a Project Enhance license from Senior Services (Seattle, WA). This requires signing a license agreement, citing site locations, and paying for the training and licensing fees. To learn more about the many available EnhanceFitness packages and associated licensing fees, please visit the Expenses page.
   
   
2. Recruit a certified fitness instructor(s). If the instructor(s) is not certified by a nationally recognized fitness organization, begin the certification process. In addition, the instructor must have current CPR certification.
   
   
3. Negotiate a personal service contract with the instructor(s) that includes wage, hours, days.
   
   
4. Send the instructor to the EnhanceFitness New Instructor Training. Instructors will receive 12 hours of in-depth training and the EnhanceFitness Instructor Manual.
   
   
5. Purchase soft wrist and ankle weights (approximately $850). Weights can be ordered through the Project Enhance administrative office. For more information, go to the FAQs page.
   
   
6. Schedule classes (3 days/week, 1 hour/class).
   
   
7. Recruit participants. Try for 12 to 20 participants per class, but smaller classes can work well, too.
   
   
8. Collect class fees, if appropriate. Class fees are decided by each site and are collected from participants unless program expenses are funded through another source.
   
   
9. Conduct baseline fitness checks (outcome measures) within the first three classes.
   
   
10. Complete required program paperwork — participant information forms, letters to physicians, health history forms, fitness checks, evaluation forms, and attendance forms.
    
    
11. Be monitored by an EnhanceFitness Master Trainer.
    
    
12. Attend the EnhanceFitness Annual Workshop in Seattle, WA (optional for non-local sites). This workshop provides the latest research on physical activity and older adults and provides the opportunity for instructors to network with their peers.
    

For a flowchart of the implementation steps, click here.

For a complete description of the costs of implementing EnhanceFitness, please click here.

Have other questions? Find more answers on our FAQs page or contact us.