“I don’t have time to train, I have kids!” If you have kids then you do not have the luxury of not training. Your life is now an example of the habits and doings of someone who is constantly being watched and emulated. Your desire to train for health, long life, quality of life, energy, bone health, flexibility, vitality, stress relief and sheer enjoyment has just gotten the best reason in the world to intensify, not diminish.
I have two children. From the start of parenthood my wife and I were on the same page, these little Combat Trainers would become part of an already fitness and training as well as loving and supporting family structure. Although it took some planning and adjustment, our training schedules have been steady and a source of family fun. It is not uncommon to see me and my training partners as well as my wife and kids all at the field, busy with different physical activities, taking time to enjoy training and this extra time together.
One of the best bonuses that has come from including my children into our lifestyle has been my two year old’s natural curiosity about physical activities and fearlessness of trying new physical things.
“I do it!” can be heard many times in our home, yard, park, and even in the driveway during prowler pushes. She surprised us all this last week during a training session with her aunt and myself by dragging her plastic lawn chair to the driveway and using it as a prowler. She pushed it up and down the driveway multiple times behind the real prowler and as you see even took a dive at the end. As in all training and life, there will be times we face plant and meet our match with the pavement but we, as she does ,will get right back up to push another day.
