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Nov 2024
25m 26s

TEACHER FITNESS: How to Protect Your Fir...

Tim Cavey
About this episode

🔥 How can today’s teachers eat well and care for their bodies?

🔥 How can we fit movement and fitness into our hours at school?

🔥 What are some simple strategies we can follow to improve our nutrition?

Join me for this conversation with Florida PE teacher Eric Nelson as he responds.

About This Guest: Eric is a K-5 physical education teacher and the Director of Member Success at TeacherFit. TeacherFit provides proactive wellness solutions that focus on physical and mental health for teachers and students.

You can connect with Eric

on LinkedIn,

on X @teacherfit_,

on Instagram @teacherfit__,

and through the TeacherFit newsletter https://teacherfitnewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe.

Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

In This Conversation:

0:31 - Who is Eric Nelson?

1:30 - How Eric learned to say no to requests for his time

3:00 - Challenges teachers face in 2024

4:47 - Ways to fit in quick workouts during the school day

7:31 - Advice for the teacher who feels like exercise is torture

9:58 - How to cook nutritious meals with little time

13:11 - Dig it or ditch it? Eric's take on popular fitness practices

16:31 - The TeacherFit newsletter

18:39 - Eric's mental health hacks: detaching from email

20:38 - An edtech tool pick: Canva

22:10 - A book recommendation: Are My Kids on Track?

23:01 - Someone to follow online: Dr. Don Parker

23:58 - Where to connect with Eric's work online

Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey:

On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire)

On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/)

On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire)

On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/

Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.

Song Track Credit

Tropic Fuse by French Fuse

GO! by Neffex

*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.

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