Monday, January 16, 2012
OK, What is Family Finess For Life????
Let's start at the beginning; I have been a workout enthusiast since I first read "Bodybuilding" Magazine when I was about 13. I would climb on my parents' exercise bench and try to do as much weight as I could. I was a somewhat smaller than average kid at the time. I thought that I would turn into Arnold or Lou Ferrigno if I pumped iron. But truth be told, I was always playing sports and running around to ever "pack on" muscle. I discovered weightlifting , real weightlifting and fitness in High School playing football and running track. I have been a fitness enthusiast ever since. I have been watching over the years as "kids" have been getting fatter and more lethargic. They are now regarded as the "diabetic" or "diseased generation". I see "kids" drinking super sugared energy drinks, eating fast food for most meals, and in a state of general laziness, glued to the TV, Xbox, iPod, and Facebooking. (My kids are somewhat included in this.) I see "kids" with visceral fat and such horrible body fat percentages that they literallyt look like they have stuffed a tire into their midsection. I have gotten on my soapbox to friends, family, co-workers, and anyone else that would listen, I have told them what I think about all of this, what I would do if I could change the world. And finally it struck me, the only way i would be able to "change" anything was if I quit ranting and raving and started working on helping. Instead of complaining about the problem, I should become part of the solution. That is where the idea for Family Fitness For Life came about. I am done complaining and whining about obesity, unhealthy living, general disregard for health, and all the "garbage" that is going on in America today. I am now going to be looking for people that want to become part of the solution, looking for people have made a change in their lives for the better, that maybe want to change but maybe don't know where to start, looking for people that are willing to finally take a stand. Family Fitness For Life is not a fad, not a crash diet, not a short term "band aid", it is s collective of people that can educate each other, draw strength from each other, and together set about changing the way we live our lives. It is a change that each family can make together to live a healthier, happier, more fulfilling life. So my question is; What are you? Part of the Problem? Or Part of the Solution?
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I've always been into exercising and people think I'm crazy but I actually love it. I love the feeling it gives me when I'm all done. I agree with the obesity in kids comment. They're sitting in front of t.v.'s playing their games or watching way too much television. Parents should get outside with their kids and play!!!
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