ok, spinning off of the TUT thread about my 11 year old student.
Did the pushups last night w/ the mats stacked up.
He got 3 good pushups off of a stack of mats 24" high.
I talked w/ him about the need to do the exercise with the correct form and that it was more important to do a lesser number correctly than a higher number poorly and that he would get stronger faster this way.
I explained to him that from a base of 3 we would shoot for 5 good ones then drop 2" off of the stack of mats and stay there until he could do 5 at that level and eventually work our way down to where he was doing 5 good ones on the floor.
I meant to say the MY would and could chime in as well since she actually spends more time with him than I do.
and, MY, I did seem to notice that he did pretty well the rest of class but actually chalked it up to the fact that you seemed to be in the groove as well.
I talked to him some about playing more to his strengths, which pumped him up - but he generally motivates well for me.
Do his full situps with the double cross punching drill, he digs that and will crank out 10 more than usual. I’m thinking about holding the mitt for the scissors as well - any thoughts on that?
Originally posted by Oso What the hell are parents doing?
Judging by the physiques and attitudes of our current crop of kids? Sticking their collective thumbs up their collective asses whilst banging their collective heads against a brick wall, all while screaming “I’m a good parent, ******!”
Originally posted by Oso after talking with some of them I realized they weren’t even hitting the USRDA for protein much less for any sort of training regimen.
Wow, the USRDA is like 60g. That’s not much at all. I guess it’s a good amount if you like to sit around and watch tv all day.
Originally posted by Oso but, all that is why, as soon as I have $400-$600 to spend, I’m gonna get some education and certification.
Slightly OT, but a certification doesn’t mean jack **** in regards to education or mastery of the given subject. It just means you dropped some serious dime and have a rudimentary knowledge of the science and application thereof.
Even more OT, a certification, even when coupled with a certain understanding of the science and the application thereof, and the people skills necessary to effectively get the job done don’t guarantee employment . . . even if you were guaranteed it beforehand . . . [size=1]****in *******s . . .[/size]
Originally posted by Oso I’ve got a 17 year old that eats nothing but hot dogs. No ****. Won’t eat vegetables, hardly eats at all from what his mom says.
I heard on the radio a few months back about a teenager in England who only ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Doctors checked him out and he was in reasonable health. His mother said that’s all he’d eaten since he was a young child. I can’t find a link.
Originally posted by Toby I heard on the radio a few months back about a teenager in England who only ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Doctors checked him out and he was in reasonable health. His mother said that’s all he’d eaten since he was a young child. I can’t find a link.
Dude, if he was in England that’d be peanut butter and jam. Don’t give in to the American cirruptions of our language! :mad:
