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Eric Chessen

Life as We Grow It: Fitness as a Life Skill for Special Needs Populations 1

Fitness as a Life Skill for Special Needs Populations

Fitness as a Life Skill for Special Needs Populations โ€œKettlebell and the sandbag,โ€ Nico states as Iโ€™m preparing for him to do squats. โ€œYou want to do farmers carries?โ€ โ€œYes,โ€...

Health and Wellness 0

Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness A Red Panda. A Twenty foot tall ball of yarn. Both are specific, if uncommon visuals. Okay nowโ€ฆ โ€œHealthy living.โ€ Whatcha got? A cornucopia filled with fruits...

Adapted PE for Reality 0

Adapted PE for Reality

Adapted PE So each year around late August Iโ€™m reminded of my school observation gigs in which I was hired to assess and critique adapted PE programs around the Northeast....

Five Myths About Autism Fitness 1

Five Myths About Autism Fitness

Iโ€™ve made some deep footprints in soapboxes arguing that regular exercise should be a part of every educational and therapeutic curriculum for young individuals on the autism spectrum

The Folly of Fitness Focus a Userโ€™s Guide 0

The Folly of Fitness Focus a Userโ€™s Guide

Fitness Focus Alright, so this being the health issue should make my contribution easy, right? Then thereโ€™s the specificity of why fitness is important for health, or what health actually...

Gift Guide from the Fitness Guy 0

Gift Guide from the Fitness Guy

In spoiler alert fashion I will begin by stating that most of the stuff on this yearโ€™s fitness gift guide list appeared last year. Because itโ€™s still just as great...

4 Stages of Exercise Mastery 0

4 Stages of Exercise Mastery

4 Stages of Exercise Mastery For several months Karl and Jack, two of my young adult athletes, were working towards medicine ball push throws without my providing a visual prompt....

5 Great Opportunities for Outdoor Activity 0

5 Great Opportunities for Outdoor Activity

Opportunities for outdoor activity When we can finally venture outdoors, I get excited to find out what exercises and activities my athletes can perform beyond the gym or home setting....