While teaching indoor cycling and coaching runners, I love using motivational one-liners to pump the members up and get them moving. Sometimes (many times actually) I laugh at the things I’m saying, but it works! Last night while running with one of our new run club members I laughed when she returned my “dig deep” … Continue reading Time to Drop the Hammer! My Top 10 Motivational Fitness One-Liners
Teaching Games by Playing Games: A Quick Look at TGfU
Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) is a pedagogical concept that has only recently been formally introduced to elementary teachers in Ontario through the revised 2010 health and physical education (h&pe) curriculum. However, it is not a new concept. Teaching Games for Understanding was pioneered at Loughborough University in the early 1980s by researchers Rod Thorpe … Continue reading Teaching Games by Playing Games: A Quick Look at TGfU
Gear to Change Gears In
It's been a couple of years since I've bought multiples of a Lululemon item, that was until the release of the Velo Vixen Shorts - these are a must for any cyclist! When I starting teaching cycling after a three-year break in January I wanted to look as though I hadn't taken a hiatus and decided to get some new gear - … Continue reading Gear to Change Gears In
Catching Heather Chronicles 