Getting Healthy During The Pandemic

A Mower County man is biking his way to better health while raising awareness about childhood cancer.

A mower county man is biking his way to better health while raising awareness about childhood cancer.

Kimt news 3's maleeha kamal has the story.

I'm here on a stationary bike at my gym and this is one way mike chavez says you can make a difference.

In february doctors told mike chavez needed to make his health a priority.

What pushed chavez to make a change were the pandemic... and his loyal friend danielle.

In just six months chavez droped almost a 100 pounds.

He's now set a goal of logging a thousand bicycle miles in september to raise money for the battle against childhood cancer while whipping himself into shape.

"i was definitely overweight.

It was defintiely knowing if youre out of shape and weren't as healthy then there was a chance when exposed that youre body wouldn't be able to fight chavez says he needs to bike 34 miles a day to reach his goal.

And, it's looking good because right now, he's