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We Run to Play Wii

September 7, 2009 by Shelli

Hello!
Okay, so our family lives in the beautiful mountain town of Lander, WY. The Wind River Range, Yellowstone, the Red Desert and Oregon Buttes are in our backyard and the sun shines 330 days out of 365 days a year.

My husband, Jerry, is a P. E. Teacher. I am really into fitness. We are both health nuts and trail runners, hikers, mountain bikers and snowboarders.
At the same time we love technology.

So when the Wii came out, we were at a crux. How can we support video games when we live in such a beautiful, outdoorsy place, Jerry’s a Physical Education teacher and during a time when obesity and sedentary lifestyles are rampant in our U. S. society?

The answer — our answer, anyway — has been to require some fitness, reading and outdoor fun BEFORE any Wii time is permitted.

We aren’t getting parents of the year as a result, I’m quite certain, but our kids will be fit, and they will get to enjoy technology and game systems like Wii. As long as they do their exercise first, that is.

Cheers from Wyoming!

IN FIRST PICTURE: The last sprint is always a race. (Here are two oldest sons, ages 9 and 7. Hayden wins the sprints, but Wolfie wins anything of any distance)

IN SECOND PICTURE: Here is our 2.5-year-old son, Finis (“Fin”), who also likes to run… even though he doesn’t yet play Wii.

HERE’S A VIDEO CLIP OF THE PRE-WII FITNESS SESSION: 
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Filed Under: Family, Fitness, Technology Tagged With: exercise, exercising, Fitness, physical education, running, video games, wii

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About Shelli

Hi. My name is Shelli Johnson. I live on the frontier in Lander, Wyoming. I’m a wife, a mother, an entrepreneur, certified life/leadership coach, wellness coach, keynote presenter and inspired speaker, leadership development facilitator, personal development strategist, writer and adventure guide. This blog mostly includes stories about adventures and travel, but other passions are reading/books, technology, fitness, nutrition, and national parks, so you’ll find a wide range of articles here. I am founder of Yellowstone Journal and YellowstonePark.com, and NationalParkTrips.com, which was my first business. My current company, Epic Life Inc., is in its 7th year, and going gangbusters. If you’re interested in learning more about my current work, I hope you’ll jump over there and learn more about that. I have a more personal blog, more directly related to life and living and leadership, at YourEpicLife.com/blog. I’d love it if you’d also check out that collection of my writings. Thank you for stopping by! Finally, if you’d like to connect with me directly, please email me if you’d like to connect.

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