The Texas Round-Up is a statewide fitness initiative that encourages all Texans to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles through regular exercise and general physical fitness. Texas Governor, Rick Perry, created the Texas Round-Up in 2004 to counter the trend of increasing obesity and sedentary lifestyles among Texans and to serve as a model for other states as they considered similar initiatives.
The Texas Round-Up includes two main components: a free, online system for individuals to keep an ongoing record of their activities throughout the year and the Texas Round-Up Fitness Festival, which is held in Austin, Texas on the last Saturday of April. Additionally, cities across Texas are getting involved and promoting the Texas Round-Up in their local communities through outreach and even events of their own.
Anyone can join the Texas Round-Up—even people who don’t live in Texas! Just sign in to the GetFitTexas program to start keeping a record of your activity.
The only part of the Texas Round-Up that is in Austin only is the Fitness Festival on the last Saturday of April. You can still get involved throughout the year for free with the online GetFitTexas program. You can also check out our Events page to see if there are any events closer to where you live.
The Affiliate Cities Program invites cities across Texas to join the Texas Round-Up and help get local communities across Texas involved. Affiliate Cities may either promote the online GetFitTexas program or they can promote the program as well as a local fitness event of their own. If you’d like more information about the Affiliate Cities Program, please
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