{"id":1073,"date":"2015-06-02T14:31:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T14:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2019-12-01T22:48:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T22:48:24","slug":"tara-goodfellow-fitness-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/tara-goodfellow-fitness-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tara Goodfellow and her girls: Keeping fit with martial arts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by: <a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Coos<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tara Goodfellow and her girls: Keeping fit with martial arts!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1074\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1314-e1433249354513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1074\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1314-e1433249354513-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tara Goodfellow with her two daughter (on the road to become black belts)\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tara Goodfellow with her two daughter (on the road to become black belts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tara Goodfellow, MBA is the managing director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consultathena.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Athena Educational Consultants, Inc<\/a> in Matthews, NC.&nbsp;&nbsp;Since keeping fit is so important to Tara, she discovered a good way to get her two daughters involved with her workout routine.<\/p>\n<p><em>We were able to sit down with Tara to find out more about the journey she and her family took toward accomplishing their fitness goals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9289218266222230\" data-ad-slot=\"2581675933\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What are the ages of your children?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;Ages 8 and 10.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What is your favorite workout to do with them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tae Kwon Do with my girls! Why, we don&#8217;t just work out, we earn our stripes and belts as we&#8217;re on our black belt in Tae Kwon Do journey together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>When did you get started?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We started summer 2013, when they were 6 and 8.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How often do you work out together?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We train together 3-4 times a week. There&#8217;s always so much to learn so we also practice outside of training too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What is the duration?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Around 50 minutes a session.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How has it changed your family?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One daughter&#8217;s now on the sparring team and the other daughter has acquired so much confidence. &nbsp;She&#8217;s gone from crying if she didn&#8217;t line up next to me to testing rows behind me! Not only does Tae Kwon Do instill the tenets of courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self control and indomitable spirit, but it&#8217;s also an amazing way for the girls to learn and understand self-defense while also getting a great workout!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re on schedule to earn black belts in April of 2016&#8230;.a month after I turn 40!<\/p>\n<p><em>Be sure to follow this dynamic family and cheer them on as they work toward getting their black belts. You can contact them:<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Twitter: @<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/consultathena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">consultathena<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&nbsp; Link:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consultathena.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.consultathena.com<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Email: info@consultathena.com<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong>What kind of workout do you enjoy with your family? Are you interested in starting a martial arts program? Leave us your comments below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9289218266222230\" data-ad-slot=\"2581675933\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; by: Smart Coos Tara Goodfellow and her girls: Keeping fit with martial arts! Tara Goodfellow, MBA is the managing director of Athena Educational Consultants, Inc in Matthews, NC.&nbsp;&nbsp;Since keeping fit is so important to Tara, she discovered a good way to get her two daughters involved with her workout routine. 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