{"id":1379,"date":"2015-08-25T14:37:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2019-11-17T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T14:36:30","slug":"maurice-williams-fitness-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/maurice-williams-fitness-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurice Williams: Working Out With Your Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_Maurice_William_Family_on_track.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1382\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_Maurice_William_Family_on_track.jpg\" alt=\"SC_Maurice_William_Family_on_track\" width=\"960\" height=\"574\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by: <a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Coos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/smartcoos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Coos <\/a>made a request for parents to share activities they use to keep their families fit. Maurice Williams, owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movewellfit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Move Well Fitness<\/a> in Bethesda, MD,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stepped up to the plate to share some of his pointers:<\/span><\/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>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><i>Working Out With Your Kids<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today\u2019s society, families are spending less and less time together. Parents are working more and kids are spending more time outside of the house more than ever before. It is truly sad times for the family structure. &nbsp;However, there are some things that can be done to get our families back to the way they use to be. One of the ways this can be done is through family exercise! Here are a few things that my family does to incorporate exercise together as a family:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1384\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SmartCoos_Maurice_William_Kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1384 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SmartCoos_Maurice_William_Kids-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"SmartCoos_Maurice_William_Kids\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biking in the park with the kids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday afternoon Walks and Biking&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the weather allows us, we like to go for family walks. My wife and I do the walking and push our youngest in a stroller. &nbsp;Our two older kids, ages 8 and 9, do the biking. Our kids love this because they love spending time outside with their family riding their bikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Push-Up Competitions<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a fitness professional and one who is competitive, I like to challenge my family to push-ups. Well I don\u2019t compete, that would be unfair! My wife and kids compete against each other. My 8-year daughter is the reigning champion. We typically do as many pushups as possible in two rounds. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1383\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_Maurice_William_Family_stretching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1383 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_Maurice_William_Family_stretching-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"SC_Maurice_William_Family_stretching\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maurice Williams enjoying some stretches after a workout with his son.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fitness DVD\u2019s&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between my wife and I, we have enough exercise DVD\u2019s to last us for a lifetime. As a result, our kids have watched us do them. Now, they like to pop them in themselves and start working out. It is amazing to see how much energy they have at their young age and how they can keep up with the DVDs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playing Outside<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is probably the most popular thing that we parents do with our kids. From freeze tag, to two-hand touch, to hide and go seek, my family has done it all. We even play the chase game where my kids get a head start running or on their bike and then we have to try to catch them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real Workout Sessions<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because I\u2019m a fitness professional, my kids have grown up with exercise. As a result, they like to have me take them through real exercises that I do with my clients. I usually keep it simple with them and do exercises such as planks, push-ups, squats, bridges, jumping jacks and TRX rows. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Families that exercise together, stay together. With the demands of today\u2019s busy schedule for everyone, let us make time to spend together as a family exercising!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out more about Maurice D. Williams, MS, CSCS, PES, CES, WLS, SFS, FNS, NASM-CPT<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;at:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Facebook:&nbsp;@<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/movewellfitness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Movewellfitness<\/a>&nbsp; Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/movewellfit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/movewellfit.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Contact: maurice@movewellfit.com<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Also, you can find him on <a href=\"http:\/\/medicalfitnessnetwork.org\/members\/maurice-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medical Fitness Network<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideafit.com\/profile\/maurice-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ideafit<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1381\" style=\"width: 816px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_Maurice_William_Family_in_park.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1381\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_Maurice_William_Family_in_park.jpg\" alt=\"Family workouts at the park.\" width=\"816\" height=\"488\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family workouts at the park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_Maurice_William_Family_in_park_daughter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1380\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_Maurice_William_Family_in_park_daughter.jpg\" alt=\"SC_Maurice_William_Family_in_park_daughter\" width=\"816\" height=\"488\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; by: Smart Coos Smart Coos made a request for parents to share activities they use to keep their families fit. 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