Get Animated with Anna Kournikova! Her workout for kids!

Posted by Maria Kang on June 7, 2007

Anna Kournikova just came out with a new workout with kids. She is partnering with the cartoon network and the boys and girls club of America to get her dvd and message for fit kids out!
Her workouts include pretend jump roping, air aerobics and strength training utilizing household products.

I haven’t watched the dvd yet, but it seems like a great idea considering the need for kids to get more active. However, I also feel that Anna Kournikova is a tennis pro and should concentrate on team sports rather than ‘aerobic fitness dvd’s for kids.’ Kids are much more interested in challenges, team competition and utilizing strength, coordination and flexibility skills rather than jumping in place for 10 minutes. It’s hard for even adults (who have a lesser degree of ADD (attention deficit disorder) to train in a gym doing a repititive exercise for one hour.

There are many sport celebrities getting into the fitness field and promoting gyms, dvd’s or other products – however, while it initially seems like a terrific idea to align with a ‘fit’ industry, the fact is, (and I always state this) is that the number one reason why they are fit is because they aligned their goal with an activity which capitalized on their personal skills and strengths. They were motivated by a competitive drive and are fit because of their internal voice to succeed.

My hope for parents is:

#1 Be a good role model
#2 Find what motivates your kids.

Personally, I’ve been fortunate to know the makers of children’s fitness games and kid circuit gyms – so I know that teaching kids about fitness and getting them active is a very hard task. From my perspective, the best fitness trick for kids as of yet has been Dance Revolution. (which I won for free at IHRSA and have a ton of fun sweating out the dances)

Nonetheless, I think it’s awesome to get more awareness out, more role models active and more kids in shape!

Wanna be fit like Anna? Don’t play tennis – workout with her dvd!

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