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Get Fit With 6

Get Fit with 6: 93 year old Jack Custer staying fit

Get Fit with 6: Staying strong and healthy at 93

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 6:59 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
While fall is a time to celebrate the change in season and cooler temperatures, it’s also a time when health experts want to promote fall prevention for aging adults.

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Get Fit with 6: September challenge

Get Fit with 6: September challenge

Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 7:09 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
This month we’re using sliders to work on strengthening your inner and outer thighs, core and quads, as well as improving balance.

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Tips on making healthy and affordable school lunches.

Get Fit with 6: Tips for packing a healthy lunch

Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 7:35 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Aim to include a protein, fruits and veggies, healthy grains and a fun snack.

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Get Fit with 6: August challenge

Get Fit with 6: August challenge

Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 6:27 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
The Get Fit with 6: August challenge involves three exercises using exercise bands to work the inner and outer thighs, glutes, hamstrings and core.

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Get Fit with 6: Summer camp

Get Fit with 6: Woman who lost 100 pounds now encouraging children to stay active, exercise

Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 7:54 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
A Columbus County woman who lost 100 pounds is teaching the importance of a healthy lifestyle to children.

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Get Fit with 6: July challenge

Get Fit with 6: July challenge

Updated: Jul. 4, 2023 at 9:18 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
The Get Fit with 6 July challenge features three exercises using a kettle bell

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Healthy and easy snacks for kids

Get Fit with 6: Healthy snacks for kids and athletes home for the summer

Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 7:31 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
While many kids are home for the summer, there are a few things that parents can do to provide healthy options throughout the day.

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Get Fit with 6: June challenge

Get Fit with 6: June challenge

Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 7:06 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
The exercises will help strengthen your muscles but they are also good stretching exercises, and will help with flexibility.

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Get Fit with 6: morning milers program

Get Fit with 6: PE teacher starts ‘morning milers’ program at local elementary school to get kids moving before class

Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 8:09 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Any student who wants to participate can show up before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays to run as many laps around the track as they can in 20 minutes.

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Get Fit with 6: May challenge

Get Fit with 6: May challenge

Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 7:29 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Three basic exercises using your body weight for the May Get Fit with 6 challenge

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Get Fit with 6: Life changing medical benefits

Get Fit with 6: Taking the first step can have life-long medical benefits

Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 7:34 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Life is busy. Between work and family, it is often times hard to find the time to exercise.

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Get Fit with 6: April challenge

Get Fit with 6: April challenge

Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 7:18 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
We're using long resistance bands for our April challenge. Working the quads, hamstrings, glutes, and core.

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Get Fit with 6: 84 year old stays active and independent

Get Fit with 6: Eighty-four year old stays active to preserve her mobility and independence

Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:37 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
In this month's Get Fit with 6 report, we go to an 84-year-old woman's home with a physical therapist to show the importance of exercises that help with strength and balance to remain independent in your senior years.

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Get Fit with 6: March challenge

Get Fit with 6: March challenge

Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 7:59 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6 March challenge can be done with or without ankle weights to work the inner and outer thighs, core, quads, and glutes

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Get Fit with 6: Nick Kentrolis back in the gym after having a stroke

Get Fit with 6: Stroke survivor shares his story to help others

Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 10:12 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Nick Kentrolis knows the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. For years he was a competitive bodybuilder, gym owner and personal trainer. Two years ago, he suffered a stroke and wasn’t sure he would survive let alone be around to talk about it.

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Get Fit with 6: February challenge

Get Fit with 6: February challenge

Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 5:27 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
The Get Fit with 6 February challenge consists of three exercises using a stability ball.

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Get Fit with 6: Lifestyle change not just a resolution

Get Fit with 6: Make your New Year’s resolution a lifestyle change

Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 5:53 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6: Tips to make your New Year's resolution a lifestyle change.

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Get Fit with 6: January challenge

Get Fit with 6: January challenge

Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 6:02 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6 January challenge using ankle weights

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Get Fit With 6: Holiday exercise tips

Get Fit With 6: Tips to help you keep up your workout routine during the holidays

Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 4:19 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Tips from personal trainer LaMaine Williams on easy ways to stay fit during the holidays

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Get Fit with 6: December challenge

Get Fit with 6: December challenge

Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 3:47 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6 December challenge uses resistance tubes to work your core, shoulders, quads and biceps

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Get Fit with 6: Wilmington Spartan team

Get Fit with 6: Wilmington team competes in Carolinas Spartan race

Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 5:06 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
More than six thousand people signed up to take part in the Carolinas Spartan race at the Tryon Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, N.C. over the weekend.

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The Spartan Race is a series of obstacle races of varying distance and difficulty ranging from...

Get Fit with 6: Taking your workout up a notch, training for a Spartan race

Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 4:23 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
This month's Get Fit with 6 report is about challenging yourself physically and mentally. We train for a Spartan race.

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Get Fit with 6: November challenge

Get Fit with 6: November challenge

Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 3:43 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6: November challenge, three exercises concentrating on core, hamstrings, glutes, and quads

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Cooki with paws4people

Get Fit with 6: paws4people introduces Cooki, discusses foundation’s mission

Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 10:37 AM EDT
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By WECT Staff
Cooki, a 5-month-old puppy in training, came into the studio with paws4people ahead of WECT’s Get Fit with 6 Race and Festival.

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Get Fit with 6: Without Limits Youth helps get kids interested in running

Get Fit with 6: Getting kids interested in running, Without Limits Youth

Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 3:46 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6: Running club Without Limits Youth helps get kids interested in running at an early age.

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Get Fit with 6: October challenge

Get Fit with 6: October challenge

Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 4:00 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
The Get fit with 6 October challenge includes three push up exercises and two exercises using a bender ball

Events

The Get Fit with 6 Race and Festival has been postponed due to weather concerns on Saturday...

Get Fit with 6 Race and Festival postponed due to weather risks on Saturday morning

Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 11:14 AM EDT
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By WECT Staff
Due to the possibility for rain and flooding Saturday morning, WECT has chosen to postpone the Get Fit with 6 Race and Festival to a later date with the recommendation of our First Alert Weather Team.

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Get Fit with 6: September Challenge

Get Fit with 6: September challenge

Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 3:58 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6: September challenge features four exercises using a medicine ball working your core, quads and arms

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With school starting up again, one St. Luke’s nutritionist is reminding parents how to keep...

Get Fit with 6: Back to school healthy lunch and snacks

Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 4:21 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6, a registered dietitian shares tips for packing a healthy lunch and snacks

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Get Fit wit 6: August challenge

Get Fit with 6: August challenge

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 3:31 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get fit with 6: August challenge offers exercises with bands working the inner thighs, core, quads, and hamstrings

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Get Fit with 6: Fit for Fun Center

Get Fit with 6: Starting your child’s fitness habits early

Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 6:45 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6: Wilmington's Fit for Fun Center offers parents a safe place to bring young children for physical activity.

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Get Fit with 6: July Challenge

Get Fit with 6: July Challenge

Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 7:32 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
This month we’re using ankle weights for exercises that help strengthen your inner and outer thighs, core, glutes.

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Get Fit with 6: Keep kids active thru Summer

Get Fit with 6: Keeping kids active thru the Summer

Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 7:03 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get fit with 6, Keeping kids active during the Summer months

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Get Fit with 6: June Challenge

Get Fit with 6: June Challenge

Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 4:44 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6 June Challenge working glutes, core, hamstrings, inner and outer thighs

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Get Fit with 6: Fit4mom

Get Fit with 6: Special exercise program allows mothers to bring their children to class

Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 4:46 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get fit with 6: Fit4mom exercise program

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Get Fit with 6; May Challenge

Get Fit with 6: May challenge

Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 5:14 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6 May Challenge, pilates related exercises with resistance tubes.

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Get Fit with 6: Parkinson's patients find relief in boxing

Get Fit with 6: Boxing helps Parkinson’s patients

Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 4:04 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6: Parkinson's patients find physical and mental relief taking boxing classes at Rock Steady Boxing in Wilmington.

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Get Fit with 6: April Challenge

Get Fit with 6: April challenge

Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 4:20 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
The Get Fit with 6 April Challenge involves core, thigh and glute exercises using an exercise band

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Get Fit with 6: Healthy Snacks

Get Fit With 6: Healthy snack ideas

Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 7:15 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
March is National Nutrition Month. Many of us are trying to eat healthier meals so we don’t want to derail that by choosing unhealthy snacks.

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Get Fit with 6: March Challenge

Get Fit with 6: March Challenge

Updated: Mar. 1, 2022 at 4:39 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get fit with 6 March challenge. Core exercises to get you ready for Summer

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Get Fit with 6: Losing weight and keeping it off

Get Fit with 6: Brunswick county woman sticks to her New Year’s resolution and loses 100 pounds

Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 6:46 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Latrice Tatum set a New Year's resolution in 2021 to lose 100 pounds. She did and is still maintaining her new weight by changing her eating habits and exercising from home.

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Get Fit with 6: February Challenge

Get Fit with 6: February challenge

Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 8:48 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get fit with 6 February challenge exercises using a stability ball

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F3 fitness groups offers fitness, faith, and fellowship

Get Fit with 6: F3 Cape Fear combines faith, fitness, and fellowship to change lives and bring communities together

Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 4:45 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6: F3 stands for fitness, faith, and fellowship, offering men a place for physical activity, support among like minded men and it focuses on diversity.

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Get Fit with 6: January challenge

Get Fit with 6: January challenge

Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 9:12 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6 January challenge

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Get Fit with 6: Affordable exercise equipment

Get Fit with 6: Easy, inexpensive items to get you or someone you love on the path to a healthy new year

Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:41 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get Fit with 6 detailing affordable exercise equipment for gift ideas or if you want to star a gym at home.

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Get Fit With 6: December challenge

Get Fit With 6: December challenge

Updated: Dec. 7, 2021 at 3:40 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
The Get Fit with 6 December challenge includes exercises for several body parts

News

Get Fit with 6: Yoga Village

Get Fit with 6: Non-profit aims to bring the physical and mental benefits of yoga to more people

Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 3:54 AM EST
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By Kim Ratcliff
Yoga Village is a non-profit group that provides classes to community organizations and the general public.

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November challenge inner thigh workout

Get Fit with 6 November Challenge

Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 7:57 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Exercises for inner thighs also work the glutes and helps with balance, flexibility,

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Get Fit with 6: Get a jump start before the holidays

Get Fit with 6: October is a great time to get a routine started before the holidays

Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 7:57 AM EDT
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By Kim Ratcliff
Get started on a workout routine now and get some momentum going before the holidays.

Sports

Colin Hackman finished the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:49:56

“I saw my family and turned on the jets”: WECT’s Colin Hackman finishes Boston Marathon three seconds under goal

Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 12:53 AM EDT
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By Frances Weller
Hackman finished the Marathon in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds.
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