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“Physically fit children experience an increase in vitality today while building the foundation for a healthy tomorrow. Active youngsters are stronger, leaner, and fitter. They have extra energy and feel better about themselves. They get a head start on lifestyle habits that will help protect against heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. There is no better investment in your child’s health than promoting safe, regular exercise.” Jaime Kanter, Founder BeFit
Family fitness programs where no child is left ON their behind!
The BeFit program not only educates children on the importance of a physically active lifestyle, we also reach out to the parents/caregivers with a wealth of information on how to incorporate health and wellness into your home.
The Children:
What we know: Physically fit children experience an increase in vitality today while building the foundation for a healthy tomorrow. Active youngsters are stronger, leaner, and fitter. They have extra energy and feel better about themselves. They get a head start on lifestyle habits that may help protect against heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. There is no better investment in your child’s health than promoting safe, regular exercise. What we hope to accomplish: We want people to take personal responsibility for their own health and wellness. We want to empower each child with an understanding of how participation in regular physical activity contributes to wellness and to offer the knowledge and skills necessary to lead an active, healthful life.
How we plan to do this: At BeFit* we understand that a child who is experiencing success and having fun will embrace physical activity and incorporate it into their lives. We make certain that each child experiences success because unlike most physical education programs BeFit does not emphasize team sports and competition. Instead our emphasis is on finding the athlete in each and every kid. By offering a wide variety of age appropriate activities we allow each child to discover which activities they enjoy most and we help them build on their success. At BeFit we never say ‘give me ten push-ups, we ask for as many as you can do today and we add on each week. So that a child whose initial evaluation had her doing one push-up may be doing five in week five-that is success! . BeFit allows each child to grow in a non-competitive, individually progressive environment where self-motivation and self-confidence will soar along with each child’s fitness level. The Parents/caregivers: What we know: Physical activity is an important part of your child’s life; it has a tremendous impact on physical, intellectual, and emotional development. As parents, we have a responsibility to be role models for our children, teaching and sharing with them the pleasures and benefits of a physically active lifestyle. Parents have an incredible amount of influence on the attitudes their children develop about physical activity and wellness. The parental support system is crucial to the success or failure of any fitness program. What we hope to accomplish and how we plan to do it: The BeFit program does not use any high tech or expensive exercise equipment in fact the only piece of equipment that we would like each child to own is a jump rope (<$2). The reason being is we want the kids to be able to do their work anywhere. At home, at grandma’s etc. if you have a wall and a floor you are good to go. The kids love to go home and show what they have learned. As parents or caregivers it is your job to be excited and involved.
We send home lots of literature to help inform the parents on the amount of age appropriate activity the CDC recommends on a daily basis as well as nutritional guidance such as the food pyramid etc. We arrange with local supermarkets a walk through with a registered dietician who helps parents make more healthful choices in shopping for their family.
We will give your family the knowledge and the skills to lead an active healthful lifestyle. That is our job, your job as parents and caregivers is to adopt and adhere to an active, healthful lifestyle going forward.
How fit are your children? Programs running at: Tenafly NJ Rec Center Edgewater NJ Rec Center Fort Lee NJ Communit Contact Jaime Kanter @ 201-613-4370 or Visit us at www.ucanbefit.net
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