PlayStation^® Offers New Ways for You to Join the Active Play PALA Challenge

Get in on the Fun by Playing to Earn PALA+ Using PlayStation^®Move and Sports Champions™ 2 for PlayStation^®3 (PS3™) System!

The entertainment software industry is proud to team up with the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition to help the nation’s youth lead healthier, more active lifestyles!

The Active Play PALA Challenge is a collaborative effort between the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and its member companies and the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition (PCFSN). It will strive to harness the excitement surrounding active video games to provide a long-term, sustainable approach in establishing healthy lifestyles by making video game screen time truly "active." Active gaming is a great way to work towards earning your Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA+), and PALA+ is a great tool to motivate and track activity levels to help you live a healthier lifestyle!

Participate in PALA+
PALA+ is the next phase of PALA (Presidential Active Lifestyle Award), a program of the President’s Challenge, designed to motivate Americans to make physical activity and healthy eating part of their everyday life.

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We recently showed you how you can earn PALA+ by playing MLB^® 12 The Show™, and now we’re introducing a brand new way to help you stay active using PlayStation^®Move.

Sports Champions™ 2 for PlayStation^®3 (PS3™) system offers even more fun-filled options to help you start earning your PALA+ with PlayStation Move. Sports Champions 2 lets you work up a sweat while competing in a pulse-pounding lineup of sporting events including Skiing, Boxing, Tennis, Golf, Bowling, and a fully updated Archery experience.

You can meet the PALA+ physical activity requirements with just 60 minutes of gameplay per day for kids and 30 minutes of gameplay per day for adults, repeated for five days a week for six out of eight weeks.

Adults can pick one of the following activity routines to reach their 30 minutes of daily gameplay and kids can mix and match any two routines to reach their 60 minutes of daily gameplay.

Sports Champions™ 2 Activity Routines

Cup Play Workout [Beginner] - (30 min)

Select Cup Play and choose the following matches:

1. Tennis- Play the first 2 matches of cup play on Bronze difficult – 5 min
2. Skiing- Play the first 2 matches of cup play on Bronze difficulty – 5 min
3. Boxing- Play the first 2 matches of cup play on Bronze difficulty – 5 min
4. Golf- Play the first 2 matches of cup play on Bronze difficulty – 5 min
5. Archery- Play the first 2 matches of cup play on Bronze difficulty – 5 min
6. Bowling- Play the first 2 matches of cup play on Bronze difficulty – 5 min

Exercise Party! [Beginner] (Compete with 2 or more players) - (30 min)

Select Party Play and customize a party with the following challenges:

1. Archery Bronze challenge - 5 min
2. Bowling Bronze challenge – 5 min
3. Boxing Bronze challenge – 5 min
4. Golf Bronze challenge – 5 min
5. Tennis Bronze challenge – 5 min
6. Skiing Bronze challenge – 5 min

Arrowbics! Best of 7 [Intermediate] - (30 min)

Select Free Play and choose the following settings:

1. Archery - Silver difficulty – Shooting Gallery – Balloons 6 min
2. Archery - Silver difficulty – Shooting Gallery – Mix 6 min
3. Archery - Silver difficulty – Shooting Gallery – Wheels 6 min
4. Archery - Silver difficulty – Shooting Gallery – Bullseyes 6 min
5. Archery - Silver difficulty – Rally – Double Cube 6 min

Free Play Workout [Advanced] - (34 min)

Select Free Play and choose the following settings:

1. Tennis- Gold difficulty - Best of 5 Sets, First to 4 Games – 15 min
2. Skiing- Gold difficulty - Full Course – 2 min
3. Archery- Gold difficulty -  Race- Best of 3 – 2 min
4. Boxing- Gold difficulty - 10 Rounds – 15 min

Check out the list of additional activities you can use to earn PALA+.

PALA+ Nutrition Tips

The nutrition component requires participants to add a weekly healthy eating goal and build upon those goals throughout the six-week period.

Explore these tips for eating well:

• Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.
• Make half the grains you eat whole grains.
• Choose fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk, yogurt, or cheese.
• Drink water instead of sugary drinks.
• Choose lean sources of protein.
• Compare sodium in foods like soup and frozen meals and choose foods with less sodium.
• Eat some seafood.
• Pay attention to portion size.

Individuals who achieve the physical activity and healthy eating goals will receive a certificate signed by PCFSN Co-chairs and are able to purchase a certificate signed by the President of the United States!

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