The Antithesis to Childhood Obesity is 10 Years Old
Let’s Move over Michelle Obama!
10-year-old CJ Senter is on his own mission to end childhood obesity. While some youth are downing ding dongs and dying of blood clots due to sedentary behavior like playing video games, CJ (a.k.a., “The Workout Kid”) is shunning sweets in favor of vegetables, launching websites and making exercise videos to motivate his peers to get physical. Check it out:
Now, I’m sure some of you will say he’s too young to be training and should just be playing sports (which he does – baseball, basketball, football and track, to be exact), while others will think his parents are exploiting his athleticism in an effort to make money. There are likely even more that will say a 10-year-old fitness instructor only encourages more mockery of our industry.
Okay, I admit this probably won’t help us set a standard. But aside from CJ’s lack of experience and credentials, and some questionable plank form… I think what he’s doing is great. I just hope he’s not too upset when he finds out he didn’t actually invent “The Shredder” (a.k.a., the burpee)!
Let’s face it: Rebellious youth are way more likely to listen to this kid than some adult, especially a mother-figure like Michelle Obama (no offense), no matter how buff her arms look. If his exercise video gets a few more kids off the couch, it’s a little harder to dismiss as an insult, and I’m all for it.
What does everyone else think?
Filed under: Did You Know?, fitness commentary
