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Win a FREE Copy of the Hardback Book: Wallie Exercises

Kids books are a dime a dozen these days, full of cuddly bears and kids eating treats at picnics with rainbows and unicorns … but it’s not everyday that a fun, quality fitness book for kids is released by someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. So when I was contacted by Steve Ettinger, a certified strength and conditioning coach, to review his book “Wallie Exercises,” I was excited and requested two copies: one to keep and one to give away to one lucky and blessed follower of this blog.

Here they are, fresh from the mail with a note from the author himself!

Wallie Exercises follows around a mutt named Wallie who was “loving and faithful from head to tail – but also quite a bit lazy” until he meets animals that don’t just sit back and let life pass them by. Edwin the Exercise Elephant becomes Wallie’s coach, but everything Edwin shows him just isn’t the right “fit” for Wallie. My favorite line in the whole book comes when Wallie finds his own groove …

“I just can’t believe something this much fun is actually exercise!”

Wallie Exercises is a book full of bright illustrations, good rhyming rhythm, and fun words and phrases. As children read it, they will see contrasts between sedentary couch-potato lifestyles and the active, fun they can have when they get moving and start exercising. You and your little one will also find out about hydration and warming up. However, the best part of the whole book is the back two pages that have ideas and exercise games to get kids and families motivated.

My girl wanted to take the exercise book outside. How could I say no?!!

My one beef with this book is that it tells kids to perform crunches during the “Lazy Tag” game in the back, and we are learning that crunches contribute to weakness in the connective tissue of the abs, making us more susceptible to abdominal injuries like diastasis recti and making it harder to recover from any abdominal surgery in the future. But that is brand new research that is just coming out, and Steve may not have even known at the time of publication, AND everything else is AMAZING!!! So just have your kids do something else besides crunches, and you’ll be good to go!

ENTER TO WIN WALLIE EXERCISES!
You may enter multiple times. Comment once for EACH entry method that you choose to accomplish. You may do any or all of the following:

1. Comment after liking Wallie Exercises AND Fit to Be Us on Facebook (1 entry)

2. Visit the Wallie Exercises Website and comment something that you learned about the book (1 entry)

3. Follow Steve Ettinger with @ActiveSpudPress on Twitter and @Fit2b_Us on Twitter (1 entry)

4. Tweet the following up to five times (max: once per day) Please provide links to your tweets by clicking the timestamp of your tweet :: It was easy to enter this #giveaway of the kids book “Wallie Exercises” from @ActiveSpudPress via @fit2bmama http://tinyurl.com/6ydqlhz

Contest ends on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 and the winner will be chosen randomly (by having my five year-old pick a random number between 1 and the number of comments made)  … The more entries the merrier! Good Luck! P.S. Winner will not pay shipping 🙂
”Just

Beth Learn

As the main instructor, founder and CEO of Fit2B Studio, Beth has worked tirelessly since 2010 to integrate diastasis recti rehabilitation into mainstream fitness styles. She has traveled the world as a speaker and educator, and she has fostered world-wide collaborations for her Fit2b Radio podcast and online fitness courses including Experts In Diastasis Recti, 14 Days to A Better Neck, Get your Glutes In Gear, Comforting The Core, and many others on Fit2B. Beth has been immersed in the fitness industry since she began working in athletic clubs in 1995. She became a certified group fitness instructor in 1997 and received her Bachelor of Science in Exercise & Sport Science from Oregon State University in 2001. She has trained and certified in a wide variety of fitness specialities since then including: Yoga, Pilates, hypropressives, aerobics, spinning, weightlifting, prenatal/postpartum fitness, and restorative exercise. Beth is happiest when she's helping people understand their bodies, overcome their fear of fitness, and learn how to move in freedom and simplicity. She enjoys teaching locally, consulting online, and her hobbies include reading historical fiction, race walking, snowshoeing, hiking, and growing blueberries and goats on her small farm with her husband and two children. Read more about Beth and see her full curriculum vitae on our "About The Instructor" page.

10 thoughts on “Win a FREE Copy of the Hardback Book: Wallie Exercises”

  1. Fatin Khawarizmi says:

    Great Idea Beth,really kids need some special overage, the recent decade made a total change in educational field and we need to think with a different pedagogy for a successful future adults.

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  4. Mama says:

    stopping by from DDC wkend blog hop, Hope you can stop by and return the follow, Have a wonderful weekend,
    Blessings
    Mama

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  5. Morela says:

    Hi,

    I'm a new follower. Can't wait to read more of your blog.

    Morela
    ihearttoystudio.com
    addsomechaos.blogspot.com

    Reply
  6. G M says:

    Loved that Wallie is encouraging hydration. With 32 pages of great pictures & a meaningful story line it is sure to encourgae kiddos to stay motivated or change their life by becoming active.

    Gioia
    [email protected]

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  8. doreen says:

    Looks like a great book. I am enjoying reading your posts. I am a new visitor and follower via Tara.
    Hope your week is going well!

    Reply

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