Keeping up with KEEN KEEN Chicago

After a bit of a hiatus, the podcast is BACK! This past week, Laura and Amy gathered the coaches committee to plan out our newest KEEN sessions!!! During the meeting, our coaches tell everyone a bit about themselves. You might hear about some favorite sports, favorite ice creams, and even our plan for surviving a deserted island... Excited for everyone to tune in!

KEEN's mission is to empower youth with disabilities by providing free, non-competitive one-to-one programs of exercise, fitness, and fun led by volunteer coaches. To learn more about how you can get involved email info@keenchicago.org.

This week, Amy is joined by one of our favorite guests, Michael! They talk a bit about summer concerts and Michael's love for Queen and Bad Bunny. Michael also talks about some of his friends in the KEEN family, specifically how he loves Jui JItsu with Vincent. Michael also sneaks in that he has been on the honor roll at school for over seven years! We are so lucky to have such a smart cookie as one of our KEEN athletes. 

KEEN's mission is to empower youth with disabilities by providing free, non-competitive one-to-one programs of exercise, fitness, and fun led by volunteer coaches. To learn more about how you can get involved email info@keenchicago.org.

This week Amy is lucky enough to spend time with Lia! They talk about Lia’s experience with KEEN, her love of dancing, and even get to hear her beautiful voice sing a song. This conversation made us very excited to see “Princess” Lia back in person for her to lead our “Hokey Pokey” dance! 

KEEN's mission is to empower youth with disabilities by providing free, non-competitive one-to-one programs of exercise, fitness, and fun led by volunteer coaches. To learn more about how you can get involved email info@keenchicago.org.

On today's episode, Amy gets a masterclass in Jiu Jitsu thanks to our friends Vincent, Michael, and Alex. Athletes Vincent and Michael tell us all about how they got into jiu jitsu and what they're favorite moves are, while Bel Aire instructor Alex tells us about the actual program and his experience with the athletes. Be sure to tune in... this episode kicks butt!!

If you're more interested in the Bel Aire team, you can find information at https://www.teambelair.com/ 

KEEN's mission is to empower youth with disabilities by providing free, non-competitive one-to-one programs of exercise, fitness, and fun led by volunteer coaches. To learn more about how you can get involved email info@keenchicago.org.

As many of our listener's may already know, we are approaching the KEEN ANY K! Our team and athletes couldn't be more excited to get moving all of June for the event. Walk? Run? Swim? Bike? Pogo-stick? Meditate? We're going to see it all next month!

To begin talking about this great event, Amy is joined by FOUR guests! Listen in to see how some of KEEN's leadership team is planning to get active not only next month, but all Summer! Registration for KEEN ANY K can be found at https://www.kilterrewards.com/events/keen-any-k

KEEN's mission is to empower youth with disabilities by providing free, non-competitive one-to-one programs of exercise, fitness, and fun led by volunteer coaches. To learn more about how you can get involved email info@keenchicago.org.

As our very FIRST recurring guest, Kristopher returns to the podcast to talk about how he's prepping for his return to school. He tells Amy about putting a lot of effort into focusing during class, as well as trying to be a role model for his friends. Kristopher also talked about how he benefits from clear instruction, and is looking forward to using his phone during breaks. Tune in for another amazing episode!

KEEN's mission is to empower youth with disabilities by providing free, non-competitive one-to-one programs of exercise, fitness, and fun led by volunteer coaches. To learn more about how you can get involved email info@keenchicago.org.