Strong Kids Healthy Kids

More evidence that strength training is the "bomb" of all exercises. Though very poorly written, I'm glad Gretchen Reynolds presented it. "It shows that people... who regularly complete muscle-strengthening exercises of any kind are about 20 to 30 percent less likely to become obese over time than people who do not, whether they also work out aerobically or not." Gasp - what a run on. "The most effective way to deal with obesity, then, is probably to prevent it." Jesus wept. You mean, like, the best way to prevent type II diabetes is to not get it? I mean, c'mon... "The results suggest that you can get a lot of benefit from even a little weight training, says Angelique Brellenthin, a professor of kinesiology at Iowa State, who led the new study." Amen to that. Something Michael Eades and I have said since 2002...ok, down ego, down...

Strong Kids Healthy Kids featured on CBS News talking about kids and strength training! http://newyork.cbslocal.com//medical-myth-weightlifting-d/

Strong Kids Healthy Kids is #1 on Amazon for fitness books for kids! http://www.amazon.com//bo/282937/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_4_last

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High-intensity training increases spontaneous physical activity in children: a randomized controlled study. http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(09)00806-3/abstract

My conversation with Oprah's trainer Bob Greene

In this video you will see and example of two children (my daughters!) being trained on two exercises for the upper body. This video will give a good example of how we train our children at Serious Strength with commentary by me on many of the specifics.