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The food industry spends a lot of money to get our kids interested in, and us buying, their snacks.  They put on labels like “Organic” and “All Natural” to appeal to our healthier sides and they market with millions of dollars to make it look good to our kids.  The food industry is a business. ...
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Both of the kids classes worked on interval running tonight.  The difference is that each our sprints ended with 10 burpees.  Sometimes the fastest sprinters ended up finishing the round last, until they learned to sustain their effort for a longer period.  The elementary kids worked ona 50m dash x4 rounds and the older kids completed 5x100m. ...
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The Advanced Kids class is cancelled this week, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a day off.  There are so many ways to get in a good workout that you don’t have to wait for a class to get faster or stronger.  In place of our class this week, here is a...
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The advanced class got familiar with Tabata intervals tonight.  We started out by fatiguing them with 4 rounds of tabata sprints, then we moved on to 4 rounds each of pushups, squats and lateral hops over a 9-inch barrier.  For only 8 minutes of work, the kids were exhausted when they finished.  Those 10 seconds...
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Sometimes getting stronger doesn’t mean lifting heavier weight for more reps, especially for kids.  Kids don’t need to fatigue a muscle in order to get stronger, instead they get stronger with higher reps and lighter loading.  That means lots of plyometrics, running and lightly loaded ressitance exercises (eg. wallball).  Today’s workout focused on this...
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Next Saturday is the Furious Fundraiser to raise money for the family of fallen officer Travis Murphy.  This looks to be a great event and we are expecting a great turn out.  For the kids 5-12, there is a Fun Run of a 650 meter obstacle course.  We have heard a lot of kids...
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