Getting Kids Moving: Solutions to the Physical Inactivity Crisis | Amy Bantham

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Tired of kids glued to screens when they should be running around outside? Frustrated with the lack of PE and recess in schools? Dr. Amy Bantham has had enough - and she's starting a revolution to get our youth active again.

As the founder of Move to Live More, Amy is trying to empower families and schools in a fight against physical inactivity. In this motivating episode, she shares why movement matters for mental and physical health, tips for fun family fitness, and innovative solutions to get kids off devices and onto the field.

Whether you're a parent wanting to role model wellness or a community member passionate about youth sports, this show will energize and inspire you to join Amy's movement. Discover practical ways to weave activity into everyday life and help reverse the inactivity crisis - one kid at a time.

Highlights:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Who is Amy Bantham?
02:27 The lack of physical activity in kids
04:59 What can school and parents do?
08:26 Kids going outside for recess policy
11:12 What can we do?
12:32 How can people join the Move to Live More movement?
14:17 Start with a small activity

Transcript

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0:00.0	We have lots of different touch points throughout a kids day and we as parents have control over only some of those touch points.
0:09.4	We don't have control over them during the school day so that's where your thought about
0:15.0	mandates and one of my chapters is on daily quality PE. P.E.
0:23.2	Welcome to the Hard Way Podcast with Joe the Senna, founder, and CEO of Spartan Races.
0:28.2	We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million
0:33.7	plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course with insight from the smartest
0:37.9	most accomplished experts from every corner of the world get ready to elevate
0:41.8	your life today.
0:43.8	Joe DeSena here, CEO and founder of Spartan and the Hardway
0:47.4	podcast.
0:48.1	I got a really good one for you today.
0:49.9	A woman who likes to move, Dr Amyantam she's written books she's president of an
0:56.0	organization that gets kids moving this woman is a force welcome Amy
1:02.0	Joe so happy to be on the show you and force. Welcome, Amy.
1:02.6	Joe, so happy to be on the show.
1:04.6	You and I have a similar why in getting people moving.
1:08.7	So I'm looking forward to our chat.
1:10.3	How did you get into this?
1:11.3	Like, why did you wake up one day and say I need to get the world moving? How did this happen?
1:17.2	Yeah, it happened over time. I entered the health and fitness sector by being a group exercise instructor. I absolutely loved
1:27.5	teaching group exercise and it was something I was doing during my lunch hour while I was being a management consultant during the rest of the day.
1:34.9	And I realized that what I love doing was helping people live healthier, longer, more active lives.
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