Yesterday, I carried half my bodyweight to the park.
As I put down the KBs, I rewarded myself with handstands. In between reps, I looked around at the playground at all the rambunctious, giggling children.
None of them were sitting – nor jogging.
They sprinted, climbed, chased, crawled, jumped, hanged, and slid.
I counted 37 of them. So where were their guardians?
They were sitting on the benches. They sat with crappy, miserable posture.
Those parents used to be those children. When did it change?
If you think you walk like your parents because of genetics, you’d be misconstrued about motor learning. Movement is a behavior.
We watch and learn.
A little girl ran to her mother for water. Then, she headed to me when she saw me doing handstands.
Little girl: I can do that, too!
Dooley: You can? I want to see!
She watched me from afar before she mimicked me.
She mimicked me. Our kids are watching.
Get off the bench and give those kids something worth watching.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley