Time Spent

Core Kids Fitness for those of you who do not know, began as an opportunity for myself to play a key role in ensuring my son was able to benefit from a structured physical fitness program from the time he was 2 years old.

Personally having grown up in a time where you could just go outside to play without much supervision if any at all know now this is not the case for our young children of today.

Now more than ever fitness programs are not just for adults. While as adults we are always doing what we can to stay active & healthy and now taking stock in how our children are too!
When fitness professionals talk about "making fitness & nutrition a lifestyle choice" it really is true just remember it truly only sticks if the entire family is on board.

I encourage all parents to begin with one week of tracking your family's fitness time versus screen time!
"Screen Time" includes computer work or play, video games and TV or movies.
The goal is that our children do not spend more than 2 maximum hours per day. To compare also track your time spent on fitness or active play including going for a walk, exercise, gym (if any at school), structured fitness / sports programs you may be in per week.

It is always best to know where your starting point is before setting some realalistic goals for your entire family!

Be well,
Coach Shanon

CORE KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTIES!

Hi Everyone,
Planning your child's birthday party can be most exciting for all you "party mamma's" or very stressfull for others. Either way we all want our children's birthdays to create an amazing memory with some form of family tradition.
It doesn't have to break the bank your back and house all in one fell swoop.
Especially when your children are in the age range of 3-6year alot of parents come with and stay for the party, this can add alot of bodies to feed and acomodate. It is good to keep the focus on the children and know the parents understand this.
Tips:
1. Rent space out a community center or an all in one facility
2. Food - keep it simple healthy with the big treat being the cake, less energy highs & lows
3. Loot bags - sometimes one cool toy is easier than arranging an entire bag of goodies for example: bubble wands, skipping ropes, hoola hoops or fun dress up hats
4. Time - keep to a schedule allow 15 minutes prior to starting your activity for late comers, 60 minutes of the activity of your choice followed by 30 minutes for snacks and cake then 15 minutes for gift opening or one more activity such as a scavenger hunt before they go home (2 hours is the perfect length)
5. Don't be against hiring one of your regualar teenage babysitters to assist with feeding the children, clearing and cleaning up) It is worth it.

CORE KIDS BIRTHDAYS
We bring super fun equipment to where the party is located to provide 60 minute Fun Fit Party combining gymnastics, yoga, music, movement & fitness all in one!
$90 + HST for one hour
Call or Email Coach Shanon for Details

coreshots@gmail.com  / 647 290 8685

Why Stretch?

Why Stretch?

What Is My Sport Doing to My Body?

* Cyclists have shortened hip flexors (the muscles in the area where the thigh meets the torso that bend and raise the knee) and often tight necks.

* Jujitsu fighters have short hip flexors plus contracted abdominals.

* Kick boxers develop contractions in the muscles at the side of the buttocks, as well as lower-back pain.

* Tennis players are vulnerable to tennis elbow, shoulder injuries, and lower- back pain.

* Contact sports (e.g., wrestling, football, hockey, and basketball) are particularly destructive. They cause bruising when players crash into each other and cause overstretch injuries when they react to each other’s moves. Wrestlers who lift and throw opponents torque their backs and wind up with back pain.

We all have tight muscles from time to time... but did you know about Facia?

What is FASCIA
Fascia is a part of the connective tissue system to which relatively little attention has been given in the past.

 Whenever there’s an injury, the fascia adheres to itself and to other soft tissues, and administering a sudden twist can cause all these tissues to tear. But in order to make the kind of changes in the body structure that can really heal an injury, the fascia must be actively stretched. 

There are tremendous benefits of fully functioning fascia for both performance and injury prevention.The fascia unites all the structures of the body. It’s the one tissue that touches every single organ, nerve, joint, and blood vessel. That’s why whatever your problem is—arthritis, worn cartilage in your knee, stiff neck—stretching the fascia helps. The fact that the fascia connects all the parts of the body explains why the stretches often focus on an area far from where you feel pain.remember: no matter what injury your sport may cause, stretching and massage can prevent or fix it.

Myofascial release treatments is a whole body approach to treatment. A good example is the chronic low back pain client; although the low back is the primary area of injury, the client may also have significant discomfort in the neck. This is due to the gradual tightening of the muscles and especially of the fascia as the tightness creeps its way up the back, eventually creating neck and head pain. Experience shows that optimal resolution of the low back pain requires release of the fascia of both the head and neck. If the neck tightness is not also released, it will continue to apply a downward drag until fascial restriction and pain returns to the low back.

Muscle provides the greatest bulk of our body's soft tissue.  Because all muscle is enveloped by and ingrained with fascia, myofascial release is the term that has been given to the techniques that are used to relieve soft tissue from the abnormal grip of tight fascia.

The collagenous fibers of fascia are extremely tough and resistant to stretch.  In fact, it is estimated that fascia has a tensile strength of as much as 2000 pounds per square inch. No wonder it causes pain when it tightens!

Thai Stretch Massage can help and this awesome treatment will leave you feeling 

longer and taller than ever! 

Be well and stretch every day:)

Coach Shanon

MILA for Kids!

Now that summer is almost over and the new school year right around the corner I am looking forward to getting back on a regular schedule for me and my son!
Gone will be the late summer nights, trips to the icescream shop and saying okay to "just one more treat" to your kids.
I would like to share with  you the benefits of MILA for your kids. We all know how important Omega 3's are for brain development but getting your kids to take fish oil is less than easy. Mila is a plant based Omega 3 with does convert to EPA/ DHA. The fact is anyone can buy chia seeds but Mila's strain of chia has been proven well above the norm for fiber, selenium, zinc and other antioxidants as well as iron.
Personally my son has very low iron where his body does not have to ability to retain any iron he intakes through diet so he has to take a supplement daily. The down side is iron supplements are very constipating and that can be very unconfrontable for his little tummy. MILA has been his saving grace keeping his digestive tract in true form even with the supplement of iron. I have also found  he is sleeping better and less highs and lows throughout his day.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about MILA and would like to try some with your family!
Be well & live well,
Shanon    http://shanonmcmillan.lifemax.net/