CLASSERCISE HISTORY

TJ Griffith Taylor and Amy Johnson, the creators of Classercise, have shared two lifelong passions: The love for children and the love for fitness. They left the classroom as elementary educators a few years ago to pursue their love for fitness and desire to help others reach optimum health. They are now personal trainers and group exercise instructors. The steady decline in school childrens’ health is what prompted them to create a classroom workout for Kindergarten through 6th grade children. Amy and TJ believe that teachers are one of the greatest influences on children. Teachers have an opportunity to model physical fitness in classrooms across the country. The goal of the Classercise program is to improve the health of the nation’s school children and encourage teachers to model physical fitness in the classroom.

What is Classercise?

Get your kids moving with this fun classroom workout. Classercise can be used in the classroom, gymnasium, or home. It motivates kids to be active and get fit. Classercise is a kid/teacher/parent friendly 20 minute DVD/VHS total body classroom workout for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

Real children in a real classroom setting exercising to upbeat music.

No need to rearrange classroom. Exercises can be completed beside the child’s desk.

A fun and effective workout that will enhance cardiovascular-respiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, balance, coordination, gross motor skills and core strength.

Healthy lifestyle messages on the importance of water and proper nutrition

Also great for in home use!

Fitness Components of Classercise:

1. Warm-up Segment: 3 minutes
2. Cardio Segment:  9 minutes
3. Strength Segment:  5 minutes
4. Cool Down / Flexibility: 3 minutes

Why Classercise?

The alarming rise in juvenile obesity in our nation has captivated the media’s attention and has created a cause for concern in households across the country. The statistics speak for themselves.

*Sixteen percent of American children are obese.

*In 2002, the United States spent an estimated 92.6 billion dollars on illnesses related to obesity.

*Overweight school age children are 50% more likely to become obese adults.

*Nearly 1/2 of American children are not vigorously active on a regular basis.

*Participation in physical exercise decreases as age or grade in school increases.

It’s Time For a Classercise Break!

Classercise is an opportunity for children to:

• Develop a habit and lifelong discipline for exercise
• Develop a strong heart, lungs, muscles and bones
• Break from their cognitive learning activities and exercise their bodies
• Release some trapped energy

For Customer Service, please contact us at:  HELP@CLASSERCISE.COM