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First and foremost in teaching physical education, we want our children to learn to love exercise. Once we have taught them a new skill, exercise or movement, it will take repeating it about 10,000 times before it becomes a habit that they can do with ease. So enjoy the moment and realize...

I recently went on a road trip with my eighteen year old son and twenty year old daughter. We were biking, hiking and swimming in Colorado. It's amazing how easy it is to travel with kids compared to the days we were escorting six kids around Disney World. Everything was very relaxed and easy. If...

Malcolm Gladwell once said, "It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success. It’s the rich who get the biggest tax breaks. It’s the best students who get the best teaching and most...

Fast-paced, full body, body weight training is the most effective way for both moms and kids to safely burn fat and develop a base of fitness. They are challenging, fun and intense enough to get results in a minimum of time, even as little as fifteen minutes a day. Intensity is relative and you...

I enjoy the fact that I'm writing from Zolfingen, Switzerland a few hours from the combined ITU Long Course Duathlon Worlds and Zolfingen Powerman but I am less excited about the fact that I am still awake. My first Worlds two years ago in Perth, Australia, I blogged about everything...