Burke's Fitness Battle

Fall 2025 Burke's Fitness Battle is in the Books! 

Form your teams and join the Battle.  This isn't a fitness competition, this is a team-based support community to remind you to be a little active each day and hopefully build your sense of community at BCC! 

Reach out to Michael Carnevale mcarnevale@berkshirecc.edu with any questions!

Rules

  • Battle begins on Sept. 22 and runs through Nov. 3
  • Burke's Fitness Battle is open to BCC students, faculty, and staff
  • Teams can have a maximum of 4 members
  • Teams get a point for every day a member of their team logs a fitness activity
  • All activity for the week must be logged by Monday at noon
  • Teams can get bonus points each week (see scoring below)
  • The week runs Monday through Sunday
  • Team scores will be updated on the Paterson webpage each Monday afternoon
  • Prize announcements coming soon!

Scoring

  • Each team member can get 1 point a day by logging a fitness activity (see examples of activity below)
  • Each team can get 1 extra point per week by taking a photo of at least two teammates doing something active together paterson@berkshirecc.edu
  • Team members can get one additional point by attending Burke's Activity of the Week. Activity of the week will be posted on the Paterson website Friday night
  • It should be noted a select few of Burke's Activities of the Week will only be open to BCC Students

Activity

Activity is anything active that is a minimum thirty minutes in duration. Here are some examples of acceptable activity:

  • 30-minute walk
  • 30-minute hike
  • Weight Lifting 20 minutes, Exercise Bike 20 minutes
  • Pickleball
  • Raking Leaves for 30 minutes
  • Yoga Class
Past Winners

Fall 2025 First Place - Peter, Paul and we should have Asked Mary
Fall 2025 First place Student Team - Cool
Fall 2025 Second Place - Dogs are Barking
Fall 2025 Third Place - Win the Day Warriors

Fall 2024 First Place 5-Person Team - Trying Our Best
Fall 2024 First Place 4-Person Team - Wander Women
Fall 2024 Second Place - Corn Queens
Fall 2024 Third Place - Dogs are Barking

Spring 2024 First Place - Preguicosos
Spring 2024 Second Place - Wander Women
Spring 2024 Third Place - Dogs Are Barking

Paul

Peter, Paul and we should have Asked Mary

Burke's Fall 2025 Activities of the Week:
  • Week 1: (9/22-9/28) Stop by Paterson & Complete 30 minutes of Activity
  • Week 2: (9/29- 10/5) Ashuwilliticook Rail Trail Bike Ride/Walk Friday October 3 
  • Week 3: (10/6-10-12) Can Jam/Frisbee
  • Week 4: (10/13-10/19) Yoga at Paterson on Wednesday or Badminton on Friday
  • Week 5: (10/20-10/26) Pilates at Paterson (Tuesday or Saturday)
  • Week 6: (10/27-11/3) Circuit Training with Michael
HR

HR Hustlers

Final Fall 2025 Standings 
Team Captain
Peter, Paul and we should have Asked Mary 191
Dogs are Barking 181.5
Win the Day Warriors 170
Corn Queens  163
Excel-lent Athletes 157
Learning Curves 135
The Hobbitual Overachievers 125
Cool (Student Team) 115
Burke's Best 95
The Iron Giants 80
HR Hustlers 58
Toned & Tacky (Student Team) 54
SGA Strong (Student Team) 48
The Taylors (Student Team)Falcon FireBirds 20
Falcon FireBirds 12
Kewl

Cool