Plyometrics. Hate them. Enough already. Jumping around, using your own body weight is so hard to me. How did we do it as kids?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My girlfriends and I just started doing plyometrics. It's a killer - it hurts so much. But when you walk out of there, you're like, 'I can't believe I just did that and my body looks this good.'
If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
As a kid who grew up chubby, I just marveled at the fact that I could be thin.
My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.
I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete.
I never had to try as a kid to stay in shape. In a way, there was no willpower involved.
I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.
I look at how my kids view exercise. They have a complete understanding that nutrition and exercise go hand in hand. I didn't think like that when I was a kid. But they have a real consciousness about it that I'd like to think comes from the years of attention we've put into this.
Most people don't think about plyometrics when they think about powerful strength. But I do lots of them to build mine.
The only exercise I got as a kid was fork to mouth. Food was equated with love in my household. I thought you left the table when the zipper was down and you'd explode if you took another bite. I'd eat my plate and then everyone else's leftovers.