This is Duncan, AKA--our middle child. :) He works really hard at CrossFit whenever he can come to the gym, whether he's joining in on the workout or helping us out getting people in and out of bands, schlepping weights, marking times...you name it. Whenever he's there though, you can count on him to work on his kipping pull-ups. Here he is during the Lumberjack 20 WOD on Christmas Eve day.
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We think it is so important to get kids involved in fitness as young as possible. The key is to make it fun so they don't know their working out...because that term has that dreaded word in it...'work'. We all need to work off steam, develop muscle and get the blood flowing. It helps every aspect of our lives. This is especially true for our youth. They spend a lot of hours in school, cooped indoors sitting at desks. They will be better prepared to apply themselves mentally if their physical body has been exhausted. They will sleep better, should eat better (stress high quality food here!), feel better and hence study better. It's a whole package!
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*WOD:
Monday--Tabata Something Else
Tuesday--
Elizabeth
21-15-9
Cleans (135/95)
Ring Dips
324 on Tabata, beat the old score by 13 using a green band as opposed to a black one.
ReplyDelete7:34 on Liz
135 cleans
Green band assist on the dips
Improved by 20lbs and 1min.
When I did the Lumberjack 20, Duncan saw how beat I was and ran with me the last 400 and kept a good pace, it was one of my faster 400's thanks to him.
Josh
Duncan (my kindred spirit) ;o) does rock big time!!
ReplyDeleteI wish getting the youth to eat a variety of good food and like it wasn't such a rarity. Setting the example to be active seems to be the easy part for our family. Oh well, we'll just keep trying to do the best we can.
I'm so impressed with my nephews and niece who eat a huge variety of foods and really like it!! Yes, this does have something to do with taste buds but, you know it's from a set of really good parents too!!