Fit For Life Program

The Fit for Life Program (FFL) gets people moving! It inspires adults over 40 to include physical activity in their daily routines. It also creates easily available physical activity services and provide support for beginners around Finland.

The goal of local projects is to lower the threshold of people over 40 to become physically active by offering them guided group exercises, beginners courses in different events, fitness testing, or individual fitness training and to establish permanent physical activity services that are close to the adult population.

Several Finnish organisations provide educational opportunities in the area of adult physical activity. The Fit for Life does not provide its own instructor, peer instructor or other equivalent training, but it informs people about the educational offerings of other organisations. Our educational links will direct you to the web-sites of organisations that provide different types of training. The FFL provides information about the importance, effects and proper dosage of physical activity, and about organising physical activity services for adults. The program has published brochures, videos, guide books and presentation materials. The Fit for Life program's own educational events include an annual symposium, a fitness/ education cruise as well as regional seminars.

The national Fit for Life Program is funded by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The Program started over 600 local projects and spreads information about the importance of physical activity via the media and via its own products. At the local level, FFL activities are organised by municipal sports and health services, occupational health care, workplaces, sports clubs, associations, etc. At the national level, FFL is managed by LIKES - Foundation for Sport and Health Sciences. The FFL projects are organised in cooperation with different organisations, such as municipal services, workplaces, occupational health care, sports clubs, various associations and public health organisations. The Fit for Life is continually looking for new partners to become active in moving the middle-aged population. Local projects can apply for funding from the national FFL-program. The Fit for Life also publishes a magazine Kipindt that has feature stories on successful projects.