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    Aug 31
    2009

    Vitesse Books on the Kindle

    Posted by Dick Mansfield in Vitesse PressPeter HeedLouis RossiHeidi HillFit FamilyeBooksbook publishing

    Have you got - or are you getting - a Kindle?  We have some of our titles available as eBooks through Amazon.com.  There's a money-back guarantee so take a look.  We'll be putting some of our vintage cycling titles up soon.

    Save 30% off suggested retail price.

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    Aug 16
    2009

    Vermont Life Reviews Fit Family

    Posted by Dick Mansfield in Heidi HillFit Familybook review

    Vermont Life coverThe Fall issue of Vermont Life has a nice review of Heidi Hill's Fit Family

    The article says in part ...."Not only does her book encourage parents to stay active through the hectic child-rearing years, she recommends the benefits of exercising as a family for the kids, too, since it helps them learn healthy lifestyles at an early age and avoid childhood obesity, a major health Fit Family coverproblem..... Perhaps most helpful of all is Hill's positive, can-do attitude. Plan, be flexible but be sure to get out and exercise is her advice. Her book will help parents find feasible and creative ways of getting and staying healthy."

     

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    Feb 24
    2009

    Avoiding "kid-lugging" injuries

    Posted by Dick Mansfield in strength trainingHeidi HillFit Family

    From the book, Fit Family by Heidi Hill

        I had trained steadily for the half marathon: building up my mileage gradually, pushing the kids in the running stroller in a five-mile loop with hills, and felt great for my first long race in years -- the first since the kids arrived.  The day was perfect and the first half of the race went well.  Then I developed a pain in my lower back that seemed to get worse as I ran.  “It’s from lugging Julia on my hip every day,” I thought.  I went on to finish the race but vowed to include a section in this book on ways to avoid these “kid-lugging” aches and pains.
        image of back Lifting kids is a lot different from lifting weights: first of all, you’re probably not warmed up, secondly, when was the last time a Nautilus machine wiggled and said “No, daddy.”  Whether you are reaching over to lift a toddler out of a car seat or hoisting a 30-pounder on your hip in a store – there’s a good chance that like me, you are a candidate for lower back aches and pains.   
        With the help of a couple of experts, I want to lay out some ways for women to get back into shape after baby, and how both parents can do a few things to strengthen the muscles used in carrying babies and toddlers. You won’t have to join a fitness club or buy a strength machine or set of weights – although that’s certainly an option. No, these ideas are in two areas: building core muscle strength and proper stretching. Knowing that with kids, time for exercise has to be snatched when available, I’ll show you can incorporate these into your daily routine.

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    Jan 21
    2009

    Seven Days features Fit Family by Heidi Hill

    Posted by Dick Mansfield in Heidi HillFit Familybook review

    From Seven Days, a weekly regional independent newspaper:
    by Sarah Tuff
    "One of the biggest milestones in my new son’s life wasn’t when he smiled for the first time (five weeks), when he rolled over for the first time (three months), or when he began to sit up (five months). It was when he turned eight weeks — which meant I could take him along with his older sister to my gym’s nursery.

    Fit Family ImageNot that the nursery is a perfect solution. There I routinely see teary-eyed toddlers and wailing babies clinging to their parents, ignoring the entreaties of the warm and well-qualified staff.  Mom or Dad or both, desperate for an hour — or 45 minutes or 30 minutes or 15 damned minutes — of exercise, plead and cajole until they finally admit defeat and turn their backs on the kids. Luckily, my own offspring have become accustomed to and even love the gym nursery. But they still have their moments, as do I, when a morning workout feels more like World War III.  It doesn’t have to be this way.  Nor do I need to stay stranded at home, packing on the calories from leftover mac-’n’-cheese with no way to work them off. As Waterbury’s Heidi Hill writes in her new book, Fit Family: The Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Years, families can learn to exercise with their kids, almost as soon as they arrive in this world."

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    Dec 28
    2008

    Dance With The Kids

    Posted by Dick Mansfield in Heidi HillFit Family

    Author Heidi Hill, in her book Fit Family, recommends dancing as a great exercise option:

    “Parents of young children know that those early evening hours, after dinner and before bed, can be tiresome. Kids might have a ton of energy or no energy. You’re eager to enjoy them after a long day and they’re not exactly enjoyable. DancinggirlsW
    Why not try a little dancing? When I turn on the radio at home, my one-year-old starts spinning around to the music while my four-year-old flies around the kitchen table, down the hall, into the living room. The music immediately gets them moving. It’s contagious. I stop washing dishes and twirl around myself, spin one girl, then the other. We’re having a good time, but the song ends or we tire of the same moves. It’s made me appreciate the creativity and energy that good dance instructors bring to their classrooms. But as noted earlier, some props and even a question like “What would you like to dance about?” can stretch a session into a whole new series of twists and turns. My older daughter often has a lot of energy at night and bedtime takes a while. Often a good solution is some dancing then some relaxing.”

    For parents with newborns, the blogger, Workout Mommy, recommends a new DVD called Lullaby Exercises. 

    She says, "It gets you up and moving while being able to hold your little one close.   My firstborn was very cranky and I spent many a night walking the floor, wondering how to get him to just stop crying. I know this DVD would  have been just what I needed; the swaying and dancing to the music would have been good for both of us." (more)

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