"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."
-Muhammad Ali
The extra practices are helping with James’ soccer skills but he wanted to spend some time working on strength and agility also. When a kid wants to exercise we’re not going to say no so we bought an agility latter and started putting running drills. We also added some basic weight training to the mix. James said it was tiring, but he wanted to do it again the next day. Queue Rocky theme music.
James had another soccer game this weekend and while it was still early to show any difference from starting the strength training, he still went out and showed he could help the team. He started in the first half, and was back in for the end of the second. James’ goal is to build up the strength, stamina, and skill to stay in for the majority of the game. And I believe he can do it.
As vaccines are rolling out we felt it was time to get a little bit of normalcy back. The kids used to love going to Urban Air, so Mommy took them right when they opened and before it got more crowded. They jumped, climbed, and ran around until they were worn out. Which, for us, is the greatest benefit of Urban Air.