Posts Tagged ‘Toddler Fitness’
Lemme tell ya bout Kurt and Mel
As I see it there are 3 areas of influence on a child that forms them into the person that they will be: The family, The school and The friends. The family is responsible for teaching the child the love, honor, respect, to be responsible, to share and follow values. The school teaches them skills…
Read MoreIs this really worth it for our kids?
It’s after 5:00 and you had to stay a few minutes later at work. Now the stress piles on, you have to get home, get her to gymnastics and him to the swimming practice and you have 15 minutes to do it. You don’t want to be that parent, the one who comes in late…
Read MoreLets get ready for the Olympics
I am very excited about the upcoming Olympic games. Granted there will be no gymnastics, trampoline or swimming but I still feel that I have caught Olympic fever. Watching athletes come together in peace to battle through sport is exhilarating. Knowing that when the games are over the athletes will part as friends who shared…
Read MoreBacking it up
Recently I stated that there are many studies that indicate that physical activity enhances academic learning and I was questioned by a few people. I really appreciate comments from people because it means that, at the least, they are reading Gymfinity’s blog posts. But I digress…. Physical education may be disappearing from some schools, but…
Read MoreKids getting gifts shouldn’t embarass you
I have always been vocal about “give to get” policy when it comes to gift season. I also am not big on getting gifts, I often ask people who intend to honor me to give it to someone who has need, and that acn be a better gift to me. Most of my friends know…
Read MoreTreat for a trick? Of course.
I remember Halloween as a kid. I went out until I was about 14 years old (I was small for 14) because, with candy as a motivation, I would do anything. We set out at sunset and came back around 10. It was a job for us. We took it pretty seriously. It’s a bit…
Read MoreStretch-schmetch and warm up-schmarm up
I have long said that gymnasts waste a lot of time doing stretching before practice. Traditionally coaches have felt that stretching before practice is very important because it reduces the likelihood of injury during practice. That is wrong. First off, lets clarify two very different terms; stretching and warming up. Warming up is a very…
Read MoreHey Canada, go back to being Canadian
Think of Canada. Beautiful right. Think of Canadians… earthy, natural, warm, friendly healthy people. Usually nicer than us stress packed Americans to their south. But things are changing. Canada, as well as the rest of the world, is turning more “American-ish”. Many of the multi-national food production companies are American based. Fast food as a…
Read MoreFitness for Americans: Fitness from the neck up, or getting your head fit: (part 3 of 3)
When I talk about “head fit” I’m not talking about shopping for hats. There is so much that happens to our bodies when our head is not healthy. It sounds like I am constantly insulting Americans but the fact is we have many attributes that open us up to ridicule. This time I will say…
Read MoreFitness for Americans: If it hurts, you’re doing it wrong (part 2 of 3)
Last time we discussed how getting healthy and fit was so overwhelming and scary. So much so that it becomes a deterrent to itself. The landscape of confusing consumerism that bangs us over the head with new plans and programs that are “guaranteed” has us so confused that it’s easier to just do nothing. Pass…
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