I was recently on a field trip with my son in Denver, with about ten other schools from around the state.  While there I could not help but noticing how rampant the obesity epidemic is in this state, and the sad thing is we are the fittest state in the country.  The really unfortunate thing I noticed is the kids are following in the parents footsteps. ( I have to say that I did not notice this being as much of an issue for the kids or parents at my son's school.)  A few weeks ago I was up at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail and was talking to a friend of mine that is a physical therapist, and mentioned how fit everyone seemed to be at the games in comparison to the people I saw at the field trip.  He agreed and said that he has seen an alarming trend not only in overweight kids, but high school athletes that are overweight and out of shape. These athletes are coming into him with major injuries caused from being out of shape, not training properly or enough, and even those athletes that do train do so very one dimensionally as opposed to a proper sports conditioning program.  We all know the long term effects of living an unhealthy lifestyle, and most of us know that we are passing it on to our kids, but now even those kids that are supposed to be somewhat healthy, involving themselves in youth sports, are getting hurt and taking longer to heal because they are out of shape or do not train properly.  I am not sure what has changed in high school athletics since I participated many years ago; is it the budget cuts that have led to unqualified volunteers coaching our kids instead of someone who is qualified but may need to be compensated for their time and expertise?  Is it that our coaches are out of shape and so they think that they are getting the players into shape because what they have them doing seems like a lot?  Or is it that kids are getting lazy and do not want to put the extra time in to condition themselves like they should?  I really have no idea, I just find it scary what this country is becoming when it comes to health and fitness.  I know that I am biased, but I truly believe that around 98% of this country needs a personal trainer or coach, even the trainers, athletes and coaches need help as we all have weaknesses.  I really hope that we start to see a change in our culture's lifestyle, or none of us will ever be able to afford health insurance,  but seeing that our kids are obese and overweight and even young athletes are out of shape it does not fill me with a great deal of confidence. Healthy living is truly something that I am passionate about and want to share with others as I believe it can improve and empower your life more than most people realize.  So as an offer to anyone, members of this website, your family, friends, kids, Facebook friends, I am offering a 50% discount off any of my personal training, group training, or sports conditioning sessions or packages to the first 10 (ten) people that email me, call me, or send me a friend request through this page or Facebook.  My hope is to help someone to get into shape, live a longer, healthier life, or prevent someone from having an injury that could cost them the rest of their athletic career.  By offering this promotion I hope that someone that could not afford personal training will give it a try and I can help to do a small part in turning our culture in the right direction.

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