Making Time for Family Connection

First off I would like to welcome you all to my first article with The Carmel Valley Life.  I love this site and am excited to share some practical information that I hope everyone can use.  I started Fit N Fun Kids with the hopes of helping many kids and making a positive impact in their lives.  I think this community website values family connection and is an effective way to come together and help each other.

I want to start by sharing a really inspiring event that occurred in my life recently.  I had the opportunity to attend a three day symposium for ACE Certified fitness professionals.  It was three awesome days full of the newest research in exercise science, the newest workouts, and the newest ways to inspire our clients.  I felt like a kid in a candy shop! I learned a tremendous amount and came away very motivated to share all that I had learned.

The number one thing I wanted to share with our Carmel Valley San Diego community is the event’s reoccurring theme… CONNECTION! Family connection and community connection.  We all have to take the time out of our busy lives and schedules to connect to those people and/or commitments in our lives. For me, this includes my clients, family and community.  One of my goals is to find a way to connect with my kids so they can benefit the most from my workouts. This means connecting with them so…

• they can believe in the importance of a maintaining a healthy lifestyle, which means exercising regularly and eating right
• they can understand how devastating childhood obesity and a sedentary lifestyle can be
• they can see how fun and enjoyable exercise can be
• they can discover their inner athlete and believe in themselves

This is the driving force behind my company and my workouts. I hope you will go out and find some new connections in your life. ‘Tis the season and the opportunities are limitless!

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Stacy Modugno is the owner and founder of Fit N Fun Kids.  She is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer.  She is also a Carmel Valley resident, Ashley Falls Elementary School mother of two and a former college level athlete.  She has coached championship level youth basketball as well as youth softball and volleyball.  From all that coaching experience came a realization of her passion to work with kids.  At Fit N Fun Kids, workouts are a combination of cardiovascular training, strength training, nutrition and movement to help build a well rounded, strong athlete.  Our goal is to train happy, healthy and pain free kids that will carry their love for fitness throughout life.