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Here’s another example of what interval training might look like… bursts of speed (or panic, depending on your perspective!) followed by short rest periods.
This is THE best type of exercise to incorporate in order to shed maximum fat and drop excess pounds.
I always say that when we let kids play like kids and provide them [...]

In our home, we have this tiny little outdated bathroom that has the dubious distinction of being the warmest room in our house! This is very important to know when the temperatures drop!
Recently, I discovered two small people hanging out in this sauna of a room. They were my kids… doing math lessons! Too funny! [...]

Friday was a cardio day in the hotel gym. I’d rather do something outside for cardio, but we didn’t pack the running stroller or bike gear in order for the kids to come along, so we hit the gym.
While the kids played on the exercise mats, rode the bikes and played a healthy game of [...]

Yesterday, we combined our Environmental Discovery Center field trip with a cardio work out for mom and dad, and a cardio/power work out for the kids!
My hubby and I rode our bikes around the entire metropark, pulling the kids behind us. Great work out! (This time, HE actually pulled the trailer… I would have packed [...]

Ok. It wasn’t really a cardio work out!
Yesterday, we took our kids to Greenfield Village for a field trip. As a result, we walked for HOURS. Yes, hours! That’s got to count for something, right?!
Just to make sure that I fit in a little challenging movement, ‘cuz that’s the way my brain works, my [...]

Part of my focus with home schooling is to make sure I get the kids intentionally moving each and every day. Motion IS life, after all! And regular motion has been proven time and time again to build healthy brains. Kinda’ important in the whole educational process.
Plus, incorporating movement into the kids’ routine is my [...]

I did a nice little running work out while I was visiting my homeland over the weekend!
Running on the same roads that I used to run over and over again years ago while I was growing up is always a trip! I never quite know exactly how it’ll affect me… sometimes it’s a trip [...]

Move, move, move. Your brain depends on it. Your ability to learn, and focus, and remember depends on it. Your immune system depends on it. Your state of mind depends on it. Your body composition depends on it. Your ability to offset chronic pain depends on it. Your LIFE depends on it!
Monday:
Rode bikes with my [...]

I have a couple of work outs to update from the last few days.
Thursday:
25 lunges with front foot on round side of Bosu ball, rear foot up on couch, holding 2 x 25 lb. db’s
Abs on Bosu ball: 50 front crunches (with varying feet/leg positions) and 25 obliques crunches each side
25 2-arm seated rows using [...]

My focus continues to be on daily movement, whether it’s “formal” exercise or not.
Last Thursday, I did a full body work out (will be posted along with other “resistance training” work outs today). Then later that day I took the kids out for a bike ride and ended up doing a crazy series of sprints [...]

With the onset of another school year, many parents are concerned with ADD and ADHD. Rightly so. This is a label placed upon (mostly) children at ever-increasing rates.
It’s challenging for me to buy into the idea of a diagnosis for which there is no quantitative test, and for which part of the affirmative diagnosis involves [...]

Resistance, Cardio and FUN all rolled into one afternoon!

Singing to Chin-ups!
The other day, I had my daughter video a few exercises in my resistance training routine so that I could post them along with the “Motion is Life” work out posts – you know, to give you a clear picture of what on earth I’m talking about in those posts!
The BEST part about [...]

Loopy work out buddies!
You know those work outs I write about that sometimes take a little longer than others? Here’s why!

Yesterday was a running day. I was just getting ready to head out when my daughter asked, “Can I go with you?”
She threw in some puppy dog eyes and an angelic voice, just for effect!
So, I switched gears, figuratively and literally, and took her along for a different sort of run. I was going [...]

Here’s a new “exercise” for you to try if you’re getting bored with your current routine… or life in general! (Or, if you’re tired of having all your front teeth!!)
Enjoy!
A New Way to Use Your Exercise Ball!

This was just too good not to share!
No, these kids aren’t mine… but equally as loopy! Of course, I LOVE the exercise element of this clip, too! It’s not difficult to keep kids moving when they’re having this much fun!
Enjoy! (click on “Continue Reading”, then you’ll be able to click on the link)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn9mE-VvOwo

Yesterday’s article re: kids, television and movement isn’t working properly when you click “Continue Reading” – nobody seems to be sure why just yet!
BUT, the same article seems to be working just fine on my Facebook page (that imports articles from this blog!)
So, if you’d like to read the entire article (it’s short), and see [...]

Here’s a sneak peek inside our crazy little world!
We have a big “rule” in our house about watching television and movies – NO sitting around like a blob… letting your brain turn to mush! If the kids are going watch something, they’ve got to move their bodies! We have an understanding that every time a [...]

Every once in awhile, I find some twisted pleasure in proving to myself that I still have SOME level of control over my children. It’s so wrong, I know. I’ll start saving for therapy!
Call it bribery, call it brain washing… I don’t really care! I call it getting my kids to do what I want, [...]