The Olympics are an exciting event that the world gets to experiance every 4 years.  This podcast we talk to Carter and Kristofer Voyles about how watching the Olympics can help your child's fitness.  For more informaltin log on to www.Childhoodfitess.fit 

In this episode we present 13 fitness hacks to help your child and your family to become more active.  For the full list of activity suggestions and nutrition sugestions go to www.childhoodfitness.fit.

In this episode we finish our discusion about hacks that you can start today to help your child's fitness.  To get a copy of the Fitness Suggestions go to www.childhoodfitness.fit and download the pdf.

In this episode we start the discussin about hacks that you can start today to help your child's fitness.  To get a copy of the Fitness Suggestions go to www.childhoodfitness.fit and download the pdf.  

Tune in next time when we finish our discussion of Nutrition Hacks while talking about ways to create a better relationship with food and ways to decreas calories. 

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For more information visit www.childhoodfitness.fit.

For more information visit www.childhoodfitness.fit.

This episode is the basics of body composition.  Body composition is the percent fat that a persons body contains.  It is rarly actually measured but we can get a good estimate of healthy versus unhealthy body composition from observation and the measurement of weight and height.  With both of these measurments we can calulate BMI or body mass index. These data points give a frame of referance for our children's body composition and are good tools to observe change and progress over times. 

It is a well known foact that body composition is a key driver in our health.  Negative body composition can lead to cancers, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.  It can cause our bodies immune system to not work well and can lead to mecchanical problems like joint disorders and sleep apnea.  

Negative body composition can hinder fitness by inhibiting endurance, decreasing range of motion and decreasing speed and jumping ability.  

An unhealthy body compisition developes from a negative energy balance that comes from taking in more calories than we burn over a period of time.  

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Today we talk about how repetition leads to muscle memory and this is how kids learn skills at a young age.  These skills will be possesed for the rest of their lives to be used for fun and fitness.  

Our guest for this episode is Kristofer Voyles.  He participated in many sports as a youth including football, basketball, baseball, soccer, bmx racing, track, and wrestling.  Presently he is coaching youth soccer and basketball.

This episode provides parents with the many reasons that youth sports helps develop Childhood Fitness.  We first talk about how sports can help kids mentaly.  It helps kids learn about teamwork and tenacity.  It gives them a sense of community.  Youth Sports helps give kids convidence and is associated with children having less anxiety and depression.

This episode focuses mainly on the physical benifits of youth sports.  First of all it gets kids moving and moving is key.  Sports help parents to prioritize fitness by having practices and games that are scheduled.  Also organized sports can provide equiptment that kids may not otherwise be able to use.  Sports helps kids develop skills that they will retain through out their life and be able to use as adults to continue to be active.  

Playing multiple sports can help kids cross train and benifit each sport.  Being involved with multiple sports can also help with kids enjoyment and may prevernt burn out.  

Youth sports can help develop endurance by having kids that practice for 1-2 hours.

In the end youth sports should be about fun so kids have a good experience and will want to continue the sport as long as possible and maybe into adulthood. 

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