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Dangerous for youngsters to do press ups.

30/07/2014 by Cerin

Apparently a “sports specialist” in a school thinks its dangerous for kids to do pressups. But I’ve heard a lot of people wonder if they should let their little Johnny do any kind of strength training in case its damaging to a body that is not yet fully developed. And I reckon that is a … Read more

Doctors say most PE lessons neglect all-round fitness

30/11/2010 by Cerin

Just read this news article (click here) on how many school PE lessons are a bit rubbish when it comes to getting kids active (click here to read something I wrote a while ago about fitness testing in schools).

There are a couple of sentences in there that jumped out at me: