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Shelley Peterman Schwarz: Making adaptations to help everyone stay fit

Andy Rooney once said, “Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.” I know of one such teacher. His name is Tim Gattenby, faculty associate in the kinesiology department at UW-Madison and the director and coordinator of adapted fitness and personal training. His program and the students he supervises have changed my life and the lives of many others in ways we never could have imagined.