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Synergy: the working together of two or more things, people,
or organizations, especially when the result is greater than
the sum of their individual effects or capabilities
Momentum toward your goals is generated when all components
of fitness are incorporated into your workout program.
” Heart-through cardiovascular workout
” Skeletal muscle-through strength training
” Joints-through flexibility exercises.
” Good Nutrition-through balanced sensible eating.
Some exercise is better than no exercise; however, if your
program is lopsided with one or two of the same activities,
you will not get the best results.
DRIVING THE CAR
Having synergy in your exercise program is like turning a
car as you are driving down the road. It’s much easier to
turn the wheel while the car is moving rather than when it
is sitting in your driveway. Momentum allows you to steer
the car, just as momentum allows you to continually progress
in your workout program.
ROLLING THE SNOWBALL
Another example of having synergy in your workout program
would be rolling a snowball. Once the momentum has started,
it keeps building and building. Keeping that in mind, it is
very easy to only do certain exercises that you like and
those that take less effort; however, because this will not
work, in the end you will end up having to workout harder
and longer.
In a Nut Shell:
It is really important to have all areas of fitness working
together and in the most effective way possible. When all
the parts are working the machine works better. Leaving out
parts of your exercise routine, just because you do not like
them, is asking for failure.
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Nov
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November 15, 2008
Price : $24.95
Features
- Car seat and luggage effortlessly convert to an in-airport stroller
- Fly your child in the safety and security of your own car seat
- Easy to install - just two snaps
- Convenient design includes diaper bag
- Recommended Age Range 6 months to 4 years
Customer Reviews
Review date : 2008-09-14 
I first saw one of these Toteatot’s while I was traveling with my husband and children…enviously looking at it as we were breaking a sweat carrying two of our kids’ car seats plus our carryon bag and the laptop and holding our kids hands while trying not to lose our minds.
I always remembered it, but not the name. Our next trip was getting close and I searched for it on the web and found it! And I saw some questionable reviews as well. But I bought them (two). What a difference! I had one child to tow, car seat, carryon, and yes all with ONE hand. And my husband had our youngest, with car seat, and another carryon, and our oldest is out of a car seat and walked along side.
We were contained, composed, and not sweating getting through the airports. And the best part was having the car seats on the plane…when we landed, we did the unimaginable! We were able to move our daughter, still buckled into her car seat, from the airplane seat, right onto the rolling carryon and go right down the aisle of the plane and into the airport. It was magical. Zero quality problems. Would highly recomend, unless of course you like the sweat factor traveling with all the kiddos.
P.S. Liked having the carryon luggage with the essentials packed. We’ve had the lovely experience of landing with lost luggage and that’s the nightmare you don’t want to live with kids.
P.P.S. Who wants to pay the $$ for checking the extra bags as the airlines now impose? You might as well carryon. And use it as a stroller at the same time while towing your kids.
Review date : 2008-09-05 
This product worked great, did the job, we didn’t put the baby in the seat, just used it to pull the car seat around, it was quick and very easy to use
Review date : 2008-04-18 
I bought this for travel by myself with two kids. I had one in a backpack and the 2 year old in the TOTEaTOT. It works well but you need a certain size handle and a strong suit case. I did not have problems with the buckles opening up though! It worked okay but it can be hard to pull with a 30 lbs on board. Also a HUGE draw back is that you cannot roll it all the way to your seat as the car seat does not fit down the ail. Something I had not thought of and was crucial to traveling alone.
Review date : 2007-12-23 
Wow, was this a disappointment! It’s nothing more than a poorly-made storage compartment with a strap. I would have like to have something useful for travel, but this is not it. I sent it back!
Review date : 2007-10-07
I think that it’s the best option out there for anyone who doesn’t plan on more than a couple-few infant/toddler plane trips. A few drawbacks are:
The straps are too skinny. Not a threat at all safety-wise, but just a pain as far as them twisting and adjustments. It’s also a pain in the anatomy to adjust the tightness when you first put it on the luggage and then after that even more of a pain when the kid is actually in the seat on the thing. (Once you get it adjusted though, it’s great.) Also, the luggage in question should be packed full of clothes or otherwise reinforced. (We used some excess shelves from a cd shelf unit to make the sides of the carry-on rigid enough.) I would suggest lots of in-home prior practice, as once you get it adjusted and get used to how it goes together, it works well, but you need to be familiar with how to attach it, as they will make you break it down to put it through security.
I don’t want this to sound negative, as this is a great product. My wife and I researched several options for plane travel and this was the best by far for us. Not flawless, but without any real competition as far as cost/value for anyone who doesn’t plan on flying with their baby more than a few times.
Nov
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November 15, 2008
Private lessons for children are the traditional teaching model for piano lessons. There are draw backs to one-on-one instruction that parents need to be aware of. First, private lessons create a dependence on the teacher that is hard for children to overcome, and second, they don?t encourage children to develop independent learning skills necessary to learn piano. Although it is true that private lessons have been the norm for centuries, how many people do you know who took piano lessons as children, but as adults don?t really know how to play the instrument.
Unfortunately a lot of excuses have been made by the profession for this failure including a tendency toward elitism, where only a few students are thought to have enough talent to learn this instrument. But think about it. Is there any other educational area where students are taught only in a one-on-one situation? In every other educational area children learn best in small groups. Here each student receives thorough instruction, but then is expected to work independently within the group to master their lessons. The tutorial model of private piano lessons leads students to believe that their piano teacher?s knowledge and effort is more important than the student?s. In the past, piano teachers have even tended to glorify themselves and their enviable musical ability. They knew the truth ? that learning to play the piano takes consistent study through years of experience. They knew too that they would have many piano students, but only a handful of them would actually learn to play well.
I have to argue with this premise. I don?t believe it is necessarily true. I know from personal experience that many more children learn to play well in group lessons where they learn how to go about taking responsibility for their success in a supportive, family styled and creative learning environment. The energy kids in group lessons share and the fun they have playing for each other also breaks down their worries and fears about performing that help kids go on to achieve their musical goals. Plus they are able to see that other children face the same challenges in learning to play the piano as they do.
The best time to give your children one-on-one instruction is at home when they are young. Just as parents can teach their children to read, parents can also give their young children a solid foundation of musical language skills at home. Together with the benefits of group piano lessons using keyboards afforded by modern technology, many, many more children are successful in piano lessons today than ever before. This is good news for kids because of the overall educational benefits piano lessons have for children. So don?t wait to prepare your young children with home music study programs for piano, and when they are old enough, enroll them in group piano lessons.
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