Kids and Strength Training

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Thom Tombs

Strong Kids Healthy Kids

I have a couple of reading recommendations for you.  First, if you have school-age children, pick-up a copy of Fred Hahn’s Strong Kids Healthy Kids.  Hahn writes, “as a parent, you naturally want your child to be as healthy and as fit as he or she can be.  You may worry that your child seems to out of breath after gym class, or that he or she is much too skinny to even engage in serious exercise.  Even if your child is a star athlete, you want to make sure that he or she becomes stronger and faster to perform at his or her very best… Current research indicates that strength training is the single most effective exercise methods for improving strength and fitness, and can dramatically alter and improve a child’s body composition.  Whether your child is a competitive athlete or is just trying to get leaner, the truth is that he or she can get stronger and healthier no matter what his or her fitness level.”

The Cardio-Free Diet

The second book is The Cardio-Free Diet by Jim Karas – I recommend reading the first several chapters to convince yourself to give-up trying to lose weight by burning-up additional calories with time-consuming, mind-numbing, joint-jostling “cardio” routines.  Karas writes, “Cardio kills your weight-loss plan, your joints, your immune system, your body composition, your time, and most of all, your motivation to stay committed to losing weight. But there’s one thing cardio doesn’t kill: your appetite.”

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About Thom Tombs

My introduction to SuperSlow took place in a rather nondescript office park in Southern California. Every day, I would walk by a nondescript "by appointment only" sign to get to the nondescript office park delicatessen. Then, I would walk by the sign again with my lunch order back to my office. Some days, I walked by the sign several times... for breakfast, for lunch, and then again for dinner. My expanding waist line and I were working a lot of hours in those days. As the Senior Director of Information Technology at a fast-growing company, I honestly believed I didn't have enough time to exercise. One day, out of curiosity, I ignored the sign and poked my head in the door. I didn't know it then, but what I discovered in that nondescript office park was about to change the course of my life forever. What I discovered was that I absolutely did have time to exercise, and that I had not even known what exercise really is. After just a few workouts, this computer nerd was actually gaining muscle! Having new muscle was inspiring me to eat better. As I began to pay attention to what went into my mouth, I started losing fat. I felt better physically, and my clothes fit better. As time went on, it seemed to me that I didn’t catch every flu bug that came by. I even stopped smoking. I’m so happy with the results I’ve achieved and the benefits that I continue to enjoy that I quit my former career, I studied to become a certified SuperSlow Instructor (now I’m a Level III Qualified Certifier for the SuperSlow Zone Institute), and together with my fiancé, we opened our own SuperSlow Zone so we can share this remarkable workout with others.
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2 Responses to Kids and Strength Training

  1. Fred Hahn says:
    May 29, 2011 at 5:59 am

    Thanks for the kind words Thom. I’m happy to speak to any parent or caregiver who is interested in the SKHK program. And, if the principle of your school OK’s it, I’ll mail a copy of the book as a donation to your school’s library. Please make sure to get the principle’s OK first however and the send me the exact address of where it should be mailed.

    Yours in strength,
    Fred
    FHahn@seriousstrength.com