Personal Trainers in Bangkok

Your best options for personal training in Bangkok for getting in great shape with a dedicated team of professionals at Fitcorp Asia.

The first step people take when wanting to kick start their fitness routine and new lifestyle, the majority hit the internet. Google searches for Bangkok personal trainers, or Bootcamps in Bangkok, personal training Bangkok is where they start.

They key here is personal. The research that supports the success of those working with personal trainers as opposed to working out themselves is evident. Aspire is the personal training center of choice in Bangkok. Establish for 10 years, Fitcorp Asia has revolutionized the health, fitness and personal training industry here in Bangkok, Thailand and raised the bar for the fitness industry throughout Asia.

Why is personal training with Fitcorp Asia so effective? We are all unique. Losing weight, shedding fat, improving health, optimizing energy and changing your behaviours is a science. It’s well documented. The human body and the brain is extremely complicated and intricate. We, as human beings having developed through hundreds of thousands of years of evolution adapts to certain stimulus. We are all unique, and finding the right stimulus for your body to respond most effectively is based on a collection of strategies. Science based, experience based, proven by the tremendous success of our clients over the years.

The personal trainers at our Bangkok personal training center have developed a unique system for success. Developed over 15 years in the industry, training, mind set, nutrition, adaptation to get you the best results possible in the least amount of time.

Our experience, systems, service and exclusive private personal training facility is what makes the difference. It’s what differentiates us from the rest. Support, education, passion and outstanding results. We have successfully created a solid community of health and fitness enthusiasts in Bangkok. All focused on one thing. Achieving results, and being the best they can possibly be.

One essential tool we use which is exclusive to Aspire and the team at Fitcorp Asia is the Aspiration map. The Aspiration Finder tool help us determine and understand what motivates you.

Try It here www.aspirationmap.com – it’s totally free even for non members and personal training clients.

The biggest common denominator among our personal training and Bootcamp clients in Bangkok? All are driven towards outstanding success. Being surrounded by like minded individuals with similar goals aspiring to be the best they can be. Aspire by Fitcorp Asia, Bangkok’s leading personal training center is where we all come together.

Altitude Training Bangkok for sports performance and weight loss

The Personal Trainers at Aspire by Fitcorp Asia Bangkok are passionate, committed and completely dedicated to helping you achieve outstanding results. In addition to passion, our expertise rests with our systems to motivate, support and motivate you towards successful lifestyle change. Education in nutrition, how to eat strategically, how to order health Thai food, make simple easy to prepare meals, salads, snacks – everything you need to fuel your body, manage your energy levels and eat intelligently towards your health, fitness and fat loss goals. 100% commitment, 100% of the time.

Our personal training and lifestyle change systems are designed to support you even when you are not here in Bangkok. When you are travelling, on days in between your personal training appointment with us, in doors, outdoors, in gyms, on holiday, at the beach in the mountains. We also run strategic and education health and fitness holidays and retreats in Thailand, Vietnam, Maldives and throughout Asia.

Safe, effective, progressive and corrective programs to not only get leaner and maximize your energy , also to help you move better, performance and stay injury free.

You get what you pay for. Results, support, education, an exclusive and private training environment in addition to quality service and expertise.

For your complimentary health and lifestyle consultation and goal setting session, drop us an email or use the form below to book in and find out why Fitcorp Asia and the Aspire Club is leads the fitness and personal training industry in Bangkok See for yourself how we can help you be the best you can possibly be.

Email us Today

Here’s what IYCA Member Paul Clarke had to say in response to my question about the biggest problem in youth fitness and sport training:

“The major problem as I see it is coaches that advocate and live the mantra of working harder instead of smarter. Invariably this leads to a quantity over quality approach.”

I couldn’t agree more with Paul.

It’s being popularized in a different circle right now, but for roughly ten years, I’ve been saying…

Any fool can make a young athlete tired, but it takes a real COACH to make them better.

My first job out of college was as a Performance Coach at a training center for professional, Olympic and National Team athletes in Canada.

We also did a lot of work with young athletes.

One of my first meetings as a staff member at this facility is a moment in time that I will truly never forget.

The Head Performance Coach was suggesting that we needed to work a touch harder as a group in order to “beef up our v-factor points” for this coming month.

Being new and open to learning as much as I could, I naturally inquired about what that meant (figuring it had to do with some sort of super secret training system!)

“Shocked” and “confused” are the only two words I can think of when I was given the definition.

A “V-Point” was something that each of us Coaches were awarded when we trained a young athlete hard enough so they puked.

Vomited.

Tossed Cookies.

You get my point.

But the truly disturbing thing is that here in 2009, a full decade and change later, there are many facilities and Coaches that still live by that mantra.

Disgusting isn’t the word…

But Stupid comes to mind.

Blunt, I know, but if we aren’t prepared to advocate for kids and teenagers than what exactly are we doing this for?

Do you Teach or Train your young athletes?

If you are like most coaches and trainers I am familiar with, you likely ‘train’ your athletes as a means to elicit biomotor improvement.

You work on various forms of sprints and jumping in order to develop ‘blazing speed’.

You lift weights or perform bodyweight exercises to increase ‘mammoth strength’.

You set out cones and have your young athletes practice elaborate movement drills as a way of improving their ‘stealth-like agility’.

These types of exercises in themselves are not problematic or bad per say…

But they are only quasi-beneficial and extremely narrow-scoped if you aren’t looking to teach your young athletes the skills they need to perform these drills and set them up to improve on the next level.

Early Years – Wrong Focus

We tend to overemphasize the whole notion of winning or succeeding in youth sports.

Translated into what that means from a training perspective – coaches and trainers often look only to this year when considering the growth and evolution of their young athletes. Instead of developing either specific or general skill in a teaching format that will lay the foundation for continued success and future improvement, many coaches and trainers take a narrow-scoped approach and look to make changes now… so that the benefit and gain is immediate.

Incorrect Assessment Styles

This is in large part due to the considerable attention we place on testing and assessing performance markers with young athletes. Many training facilities for instance, conduct both pre and post testing battery’s that will show the degree to which their training regime improved the basic elements of speed, strength and flexibility.

Young athletes, as are their parents, become mentally conditioned to ‘buy into’ a given trainer or facilities training program when they see improvements being made… Even in the pre-adolescent years!

What should become the goal of every trainer, coach, parent and young athlete is to learn and systematically improve on his or her skill levels.

I have long maintained my belief that we, as an industry, must move to a more pragmatic and reasonable method of both programming for and testing our youngsters. In that, I hold firm to the notion that markers for improvement should be monitored by using a system that allows the trainer to observe and record the technical ability of a young athlete during specific exercises.

Rate of Technical Ability

A simple way of doing this is to create and utilize a tracking plan that illustrates an athletes ‘Rate of Technical Ability’ (RTA). Develop a 1 – 5 scale that has technical performance markers evident at each ascending score. In a squat for instance, an RTA scale may look like this –

1 = Knees are valgus (inward)/lumbar spine is either rounded or arched/head is down/weight is on toes or ball of foot
2 = knees are valgus/lumbar spine is either rounded or arched/head is down
3 = lumbar spine is either rounded or arched/head is down
4 = lumbar spine is either rounded or arched
5 = Perfect form

Start with bodyweight squats and teach proper form and execution. Grade your young athletes on a piece of paper as to where they are on your ’5′-point scale. Progress in volume or load only when they have reached a ’5′.

This lays the foundation for future developed skill and allows for a safe progression.

Technical/Fun Development In Sport…

There are two relative types of coordination training; General and Specific.

General – This is the basic level of coordination and is based on versatility. In early pre-adolescents, spend a great deal of time creating fun exercises and games that establish a base level of coordination through exposure to all of its elements. Future sporting success and functionality in life will be dependant on developing a global foundation of general coordination.

Specific – Specific coordination is a means by which to improve or increase the ability within a given task or sport. By improving the basic elements of coordination that apply to a particular skill, you can increase the proficiency of that skill. Here are some examples:

* Unusual Positions – Throwing a baseball or shooting a basketball for example. In the early years of training, always teach unilateral skills using both sides of the body. Breakdown throwing and shooting motions into finite skill progressions and spend time teaching them with the non-dominant hand, foot or side of the body. This practice of non-dominance will serve to increase the kinesthetic understanding of the skill and improve the athletes’ ability to perform it with the dominant side and lead to an increased ambidextrous ability, which is very advantageous in sport. Another example of this would be to teach how to swing a bat from both sides of the plate in baseball.

* Altered Speeds – Change the speed of movements to increase an athletes understanding and control. Teach somersaults and jumping rotations to a competent level. After that, start developing exercises that ask for the young athlete to increase or decrease the speed of the turns. This control of speed variance will increase the ability of the young athlete to understand the complexity of the skill and be able to reproduce it with more precise detail and aptitude.

Added Movements – Add movements in the form of rotations, jumps and level changes (i.e. starting from one knee and then progressing into the skill) leading up to or following a standard sporting skill. Again, as with the other two examples, this increased sense of body control and awareness will improve the young athletes ability to perform the specific skill in question. For example, have a young baseball player perform a 360-degree turn with bat in hand before hitting a baseball off a tee. Have a young basketball players dribble a ball towards a basket and perform a jumping 360-degree turn before making a lay-up. Have a young soccer player perform a somersault and then a tuck jump in proper and seamless sequence before performing a corner kick. These elements can also be included in youth training programs. Have young athletes perform a forward roll or 180-degree jump before demonstrating a sprint start sequence.

Brian Grasso

Daniel Remon B. HMSc, TPI-GFCI.

Golf fitness is a catch phrase these days, just like functional training. But how can exercise benefit the average golfer? And what ‘is’ a good golf fitness program and how can it help?

Like any sport specific training programs, we must break down the components of the sport and develop specific integrated movements and exercises that replicate the transition of each movement. We take into account joint movement, speed of contraction, repetitions, weight loading, range of movement and overall objective of the exercise.

A well designed golf fitness and conditioning program will help you play better golf in a number of ways. These include improved core stability and posture, better rotation, shoulder turn and range of movement to create a longer smoother swing arc, enhanced power to drive the ball further, and perhaps most importantly, to prevent injuries, especially later on in life.

It is essential to correctly assess a golfers needs. Being a certified TPI golf fitness professional we use the same testing procedures as the PGA and LPGA, and have learnt from those who actually train the PGA and LPGA professionals and access the same research from the last 11 years studying the human body and how it relates to golfing performance.

Conditioning the body will not only improve the above mentioned areas of the golf swing, it will create more efficient movement and biomechanics. This leads to much lower pressure on the lower back. Those with a less efficient swing biomechanics will try to generate more torque and power from the lower back, causing the muscles in the lower back to work much harder, fatigue faster and be more susceptible to injury.

Research shows that professionals generate 34 percent more club head speed than amateurs, yet amateurs produce spinal forces 50 to 80 percent higher, and 50 percent more trunk muscle activity than the professional. This comes down to positioning, conditioning and sequencing.

Ever wondered why professionals seem so effortless off the tee yet drive the ball 300 yards? Swing mechanics. After years of training, practise and conditioning, professionals are more efficient, can achieve more power with less integration and better integration and co-ordination, therefore minimising the strain and pressure on the lower back. And making millions of dollars along the way!

So make sure your ‘golf fitness’ program is specific to the game and work with a golf pro to work on your swing mechanics.

Bring this article to receive your Free Report: The 5 Most Important Pre-Round Stretches to Help You Drive Further Off the First Tee AND get 50% off your TPI Golf Fitness Assessment.

Daniel is the Managing Director of Fitcorp Asia. Thailand’s leading health, fitness & performance company. Daniel is Thailand’s first and only TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) Certified Golf Fitness Specialist, featured author and contributor.

www.fitcorpasia.com , www.golffitnessasia.com , www.bangkokbootcamp.com

Part 1 – Flexibility
By Daniel Remon – B. HMSc
TPI Certified Golf Fitness & Conditioning Specialist

Physical limitations of some kind or another are responsible for the majority of swing faults for most golfers. Many swing faults are generated through poor technique throughout the back swing and are the result of poor flexibility, strength, posture and stability throughout the hips, lower back, abdominals, shoulders and legs. Regardless of level or experience, most golfers are affected by these areas of potential weakness and limitation. Possible swing faults caused by poor flexibility through the backswing include loss of posture, flat shoulder plane, reverse pivot, reverse spine angle and sway.

During the backswing, the physical limitations are very easy to define. All components of fitness are required during this technically challenging phase of the swing however in this article we will cover flexibility only.

At least 80% of golfers lack sufficient flexibility through the hips and shoulders to get into a desirable position at the top of the back swing. The bad news is that’s probably you. The good news is that both these areas of can be improved considerably from a properly designed flexibility program. There is no one size fits all approach, and once the precise physical limitations have been identified, we can then proceed with an accurate and specific flexibility routine to improve your back swing position and swing mechanics.

Let’s go through the swing phase to determine some more common physical limitations and exercises to correct them.

From address the shoulders start to turn. Here you need a strong lower base of strength to maintain good hip stability and prevent any early hip rotation. As the club continues to rise, and the hands reach hip level, the hips start to turn and your body weight starts to shift from front the back. This would mean the weight is shifting from the left foot to the right foot for a right handed player.

A lack of flexibility through the left shoulder will prevent you from maintaining a strong postural position. Therefore to get the club into a higher position the body will do one of two things, if not both. One, you will start to lose your posture, your hips will move forward to leverage the shoulder joint and your club into a higher position. This takes you out of alignment and makes it very difficult to correct your position for the down or forward swing. Two, with the extra extension in your spine it will be virtually impossible to attain good shoulder position. To compensate, your left shoulder will be forced to externally rotate resulting in a flat shoulder plane. Lets wok on these flexibility limitations.

The two primary muscles responsible for restricting your back swing are your Deltoids and Latissimus Dorsi. Both muscles cross the shoulder joint and are prime movers. Both of these muscles are in a static phase of contraction, meaning they are lengthening throughout the entire phase in preparation for the transition and downswing. It is our objective to then lengthen and improve the flexibility of these two major muscle groups to help you get into a more desirable position with less effort, and without losing your posture.

The following flexibility exercises will help you achieve a better shoulder turn.

1) Standing Deltoid Stretch
- Standing tall with your feet shoulder width apart, extend your left arm and keep parallel to the floor.
- Bring the arm in and across the front of your body and place your right forearm vertically and against the forearm, just in front of the elbow.
- It is essential to completely extend the elbow of the right arm to create a sufficient lever for an effective stretch.
- Repeat on the other side
- Hold for 30 seconds and repeat on the other side.

2) Bent Over Deltoid Stretch
- Now take a 5 iron posture, and perform exactly the same stretch.
- Maintain complete hip control and stability.
- Do not rotate the shoulder, no shoulder turn and keep the shoulders square and parallel to the ground.
- Hold for 30 seconds and repeat on the other side.

3) Latissimus Dorsi Stretch
- Kneel on the ground, and extend both arms out in front of you.
- Keep your bottom in contacts with your heels and slowly walk your fingers out in front of you till you feel the stretch.
- Now take your left hand and place 11 o’clock. Move your right hand and place next to your left hand.
- Extend your right arm further and walk your fingers out until you feel the strong stretch.
- Hold for 30 seconds and repeat on the other side.

4) Standing Reverse Latissimus and Lower Back Stretch
- Stand with your feet outside shoulder width.
- Extend your arms above your head, careful not to compress your lower back.
- Take your right hand and grab your left wrist.
- Tilt to the right hand side, and pull/extend your left arm up towards the ceiling!
- The objective is not to bend as far as you can, rather to extend high and long.
- Now slowly rotate to your right and reach as far behind you as possible.
- Hold for 30 seconds and repeat on the other side.

Here you have 4 very effective stretches to improve upper back and shoulder flexibility to improve your range of motion on your back swing and help you play better golf. I recommend you perform these stretches every day for maximum benefit and make them a part of your pre-round warm up also.

Assessment and recommendations for female junior golfers
Daniel Remon
B. HMSc, TPI-GFI

Having the privilege of working numerous national junior teams throughout Asia as well develop the regions’ leading youth fitness and conditioning programs, we have been able to pin point common areas and needs for junior girl golfers. The combination of being predominantly Asian, also show that hyper flexibility although genetic, can also increase the incidence of potential injury as well as prevent efficient loading and power development.

During the developmental phases of growth, junior girls tend to have the following common limitations:

• Over mobile joint structures
• Lack of strength and stability through the entire posterior chain
• Inability to control anterior and posterior pelvic tilt movements
• Lack active external hip rotation
• Poor hip strength, ankle stability
• Weak and inhibited gluteus muscles
• Poor special awareness and self assessment.

These physical limitations directly lead to the following common swing faults:

• Early extension and loss of posture
• Reverse Spine angle
• Sway and slide.

Generally, young athletes have never been taught how to move correctly, how to load forces, how to generate forces and power and are therefore prone to common injuries.

The most balanced athletes are also those who have played multiple sports, such as volleyball, basketball and soccer. A well rounded athlete will almost always have been exposed to numerous sports and not limited to single sport activities.

Lacking these fundamental physical requirements for sport, especially a dynamic, explosive multi plane sport such as golf (where strength and stability is crucial to a positive outcome, longer drives, consistency and power) will certainly lead to overcompensation injuries and poor performance in the future.

Strength conditioning programs are therefore essential to develop the foundational physical components of junior lady golfers. By strength training, we are not talking about machine based, weight loaded strength training. More like the development of multi joint compound exercises which stimulate the nervous system for prolonged and long term effect.

The following is a general foundation program that all junior golfers, especially girls will benefit from to maximize performance, enhance swing mechanics and injury prevention.

• Single leg bridge
• Lateral (side) plank
• Adductor planks
• Stork turns
• Anterior/Posterior tilt
• Lateral Lunges
• Basic squats
• Lateral Squats

Young athletes, including young golfers must be developed as unique young individuals and not simply the same as the adult population. In addition to specific golf fitness exercises, young athletes need to be taught how to move, with integrated teachings, coordination drills and games to not only make exercise fun, but an integral for of movement that will continue throughout their life. These concepts move way beyond normal golf specific skill acquisition and must be included in the overall development of junior players.

Nurturing our young population, and ensuring progressive skill development and movement modalities are crucial to creating future champions.

The teachings of the IYCA and Brian Grasso have many positive applications towards positive movement and activity habits. Applied to the junior golfer, the benefits and outcomes are immense.

More is not better. Better is Better!

Daniel Remon
www.BetterGolfFitness.com
www.FitcorpAsia.com

Having your very own personal trainer has several great advantages:

Trainers provide motivation, professional expertise, and personalized attention – all key components of reaching your personal health and fitness goals. All Fitcorp Asia personal trainers are certified by an accredited professional organization (ACSM, ACE, etc.) and tertiary educated with a degree in Exercise Science. However, personal trainers vary greatly, not only in educational background and costs, but also in personal philosophy, training and consulting practices.

Before simply hiring the first personal trainer you come across, shop around and meet with them to learn about their personal philosophy, education/credentials, experience, and rates. This way you’ll know if the personal trainer is qualified and likely to meet your personal needs before you spend your hard earned money. Once you’ve narrowed down the list, you should talk with the trainer, make sure your goals and objectives are very clear, and see if the trainer is best-suited to help you. Call or meet with the trainer and ask the following questions:

1. Why did you become a personal trainer? Personal trainers should not only have a passion for good health and fitness, they should also love to share their expertise and help others reach their personal goals.
2. Do you keep current with research? The answer must be yes! Personal trainers need to continually update their knowledge through seminars, workshops, books, etc., in order to provide you with safe and effective information.
3. Can you supply client references? Good trainers have satisfied customers and won’t hesitate to put you in touch. Give two or three of the clients a call, asking about the trainer’s strengths and weaknesses, and if they were professional, informative, and dependable. Also ask them if the trainer explained the reasoning behind their recommendations and program decisions.
4. Do you have liability insurance? Personal trainers should protect their clients by insuring themselves and their services against personal injury and property loss.
5. Are you certified in CPR and first aid? The trainer must know the proper procedures to follow in emergency situations.
6. Are you available on the days and times I’ve selected? The whole point of having a personal trainer is to get the personal instruction and motivation you need, at times that are convenient for you.
7. What are your fees? The answer to this question varies greatly. Personal training can cost as little as 500 Baht, or as much as 4000 Baht per hour. The personal trainer should not only be qualified, he/she should also fit comfortably within your budget. Be sure to ask if there are any additional fees and if the rate includes the use of a local health club.
8. What are your training/business policies? It’s a good idea to find out up-front their policy on extra fees, contracts, cancellations, and billing procedures.

After speaking with the personal trainer, ask yourself the following questions:

1. Did the trainer ask me questions about myself and my lifestyle?
2. Does the trainer promote an integrated program that includes all five components of optimal health (strength training, weight management, cardiovascular exercise, nutrition, and flexibility training)?
3. Did the trainer have good listening skills and communicate well?
4. Am I comfortable with the trainer’s gender and will I get along with this trainer and look forward to working with him/her??

Fitcorp Asia is the premium provider of personal training services in Thailand. Please contact us for further information. info@fitcorpasia.com

Exercise can be a time-consuming affair for people who lead busy lives. Successful business executives and managers exercise regularly.

Time equals money! However, time also equals health! It is no use having all the riches in the world if poor health won’t allow us to enjoy it.

Health is a priceless commodity. No matter how much money we spend on state-of-the-art fitness equipment, expensive nutritional supplements or trendy health club memberships, our personal fitness will always be a long-term investment that requires a minimum amount of time and effort.

Get Serious
Make a commitment
Take responsibility
Make it your Lifestyle

Set Goals
Your road map to success
New investment project or product range without a business plan
Set short, intermediate and long-term goals
Set goals that are attainable.

Get Organised
Schedule a daily appointment with yourself
Make notes in your diary a week in advance
Ask your assistant to remind you take a ‘fitness break’
Home exercise equipment in a corner of your office or at home
Avoid going home before you go to the gym
Get in the habit of packing your workout gear the night before

Surprise Yourself
Forget the rigid workout schedules
Do whatever you can whenever you can
Short bits of exercise are as effective as long workouts

Don’t Give Up
Make up for it tomorrow
Fitness is not an all-or-nothing affair!

Have Some Fun
Bring some fun into your workouts
Train with a friend
Try Boot Camp
Create Corporate activities related to Health and Fitness – Everyone will benefit!
Train with Fitcorp Asia!!!

Fitcorp Asia specializes in Executive Fitness Programming to ensure you achieve more in less time, make your training habitual, part of your lifestyle and guarantees results.

Contact us to see how you can… “Improve your People, Productivity & Performance

Yours in Health,

Daniel Remon
Managing Director/Founder – Fitcorp Asia Co., Ltd.
www.fitcorpasia.com www.personaltrainingbangkok.com

Regular physical activity is essential for kids to develop strong bones, improve their
coordination and movement patterns and help establish good physical activity habits that
will last throughout their entire lifetime.

Research shows that exercise also helps children performance better academically,
increased levels of concentration, creativity and memory and general brain function are all
benefits of regular exercise and activity! So what are you kids going to be doing to stay
active during the school holiday period?

Rather than staying at home glued to the television or playing their play station, get them
moving with these top 10 tips to keep your kids active and happy during the holidays!

1. Learn a New Sport
   With the grown in status and awareness of sports such as golf and tennis, get your kids
   involved in a new sport. In addition to increasing activity and creating a spark of interest,
   sports will always increase a child’s coordination, movement patterns and build confidence
   with their peers. Sports such as golf, tennis, basketball, badminton, martial arts are great at
   keeping them interested and you will find aspiring champions in every child! Kids are great
   dreamers!
2. Set a Good Example
   If you want your kids to be active, you MUST be active yourself! Lead by example, park the
   car away from the entrance of the supermarket, use the stairs instead of the escalator, get
   the kids up early and go for a walk before you go to work, do some exercise drills before
   dinner like push ups, lunges, squats, or jumping jacks.
3. Head to the Park
   Bangkok has plenty of parks around for your children to run around and enjoy themselves
   with their friends. Load bearing exercise like running and jumping keeps their bones and
   muscles strong.
4. Kids Fitness Boot Camp
   A totally new fitness experience for kids, Kids Boot Camp allows children to exercise in a fun
   and effective gym environment run by fitness professionals. Kids learn how to move safely
   and challenge themselves using only their body weight, exercise tubes, bands, and medicine
   balls. Created and run by the professionals at Fitcorp Asia.
5. Home Duties
   Give some responsibilities around the home while are on school break, such as walking the
   dog, vacuuming and dusting. Not only will this help to develop a sense of responsibility, it
   will help build strong bonds with your children.
6. Family Fitness!
   Get the entire family involved for weekend activities. Play catch, or tag around the back
   yard or in the park. Make exercise fun, and something you enjoy as well. If you show that
   you enjoy the exercise, they will to.
7. Fun Parks
   In addition to having a fantastic time on all the rides, a day at the fun park such as Dream
   World will require hours of continuous walking from ride to ride. Fond memories and great
   for the whole family.
8. Ask and You Will Receive
   Ask your kids what ‘they’ would like to do! More often than not there are influences from
   school or from friends which has sparked some interest. Ask and you will be surprised.
9. Fun Activities at Home
   Crab Soccer, tag, jump rope, Hide and Seek or set up a fun circuit for your kids and their
   friends to do. Stair running, hoola hoops, hopscotch, skating, jumping jacks, balance drills,
   frog jumps, arm circles and skipping ropes make for a fun and very effective workout!
10. Set up a Rewards System
    Create a points system for exercise that encourages your kids to exercise regularly. Use
    rewards such as trips to the movies, tickets to sporting events, new sporting equipment like
    jump ropes, roller blades, exercise tubing. Never use food as a reward.

Daniel Remon is the founder and Managing Director of Fitcorp Asia, an innovative health,
fitness and performance company specializing in fitness for kids and healthy education
programs as well as personal training, fat loss, golf fitness and corporate health programs.
www.fitcorpasia.com Tel: 02 661 7900.

Download PDF