My Thanks and Turkeys

In the Thanksgiving spirit here are my Thanks and Turkeys for the fitness world.

• Thanks for all the growing number of people that are finding exercise and other physical activities an important part of their lives.
• The Turkeys who are the multi-million dollar athletes who complain about their jobs on things the rest of us would do for free.
• Thanks to all the trainers (even the ones who do not work at Griffin Fitness), which truly care, change and help better the lives of their students or clients.
• The Turkeys who are the trainers (none who work at GF) who care only how they look in spandex, although I admit I have stared in the mirror once or twice.
• Thanks for fruits & vegetables that mom forced me to eat as a kid.
• The Turkeys are all the quick fix diet supplements that give false hope.
• Thanks to all the role models who promote health.
• The Turkeys who are celebrities who have a ton of plastic surgery and come out with a fitness video.
• Thanks to all the running events that give out a medal to every finisher because it is not about winning it is about participating and everyone truly deserves it.
• The Turkey is the Monterey medal mode out of play-dough.
• Thanks to ONS running shoe truly the best fitness equipment investment you can buy, besides Griffin Fitness personal & group training.
• The Turkey is all the crazy ab machines that claim you will lose 30 inches in just one week for just using their equipment 5 minutes a day.
• Thanks to all the youth coaches who understand it is just a game and it is about the kids.
• The Turkeys are the coaches who think they are Bobby Knight or Mike Ditka at an 8- year event.
• Thanks to all the 40 and over athletes, who have found the real fountain of youth.
• The Turkeys are all the people who say, “You are to old for that.”
• Thanks to Michelle Obama’s school programs that promote healthier foods in cafeterias.
• The Turkeys are cutting any fitness programs from the curriculum, but if I had it my way school would have 8 periods of P.E.
• Thanks for coffee, great for a pre-workout jolt.
• The Turkey is the entire whip, whip, the caramel, mocha, sugar and calling that a coffee, when it is a calorie infested shake.
• Thanks to the bike lane.
• The Turkey is not enough bike lanes and not enough protection from traffic.
• Thanks to dri-fit it really does what it says.
• The Turkey is how dri-fit dries out your wallet.
• Thanks for our state park and local parks in town.
• The Turkeys are the ones who continue to litter, pick your junk up!
• Thanks for the invention of the skateboard, it is amazing what tricks the kids in this town alone can do, and skateboarding is great for balance, core strength, and cardiovascular exercise.
• The Turkeys are the skate pros that do not where protective gear and kids emulate them.
• Thanks to Berkeley Krav Maga Institute (close combat fighting) where you can burn up to 700 calories in hour in their classes and not to mention learn how to defend yourself.
• The Turkeys are wannabes who wear Tap & Affliction t-shirts.
• Thanks to SPEC program that is going to elevate fitness to new heights
• Turkey is I wished I thought of it sooner

I hope you all have a healthy and fun Thanksgiving, and yes you can have fun and be healthy at the same time- CHEERS!