Kim Macklin: World Fit in Texas

Kim Rhodenbaugh Macklin Olympian, Swimming 1994 World Fit has been a blessing not just for our Middle School but also for me. After many years of swimming I was so burned out that I didn’t want to do anything for many years. It’s been hard reprogramming my brain to exercise for health reasons instead of competition. World Fit has reminded me that I need to take care of my health. ...

Sarah Hughes: World Fit in New York City

Sarah Hughes Olympian, Figure skating 2002 New York City is home to many things, one of them being yellow taxi cabs. But this morning, as my mom and I prepared to make the eight-mile trip downtown, the pouring rain meant we couldn’t find one for 20 minutes. They were all occupied. Finally, after getting an empty one, it took us an hour to make those eight miles. So in effect, we learned the...

Julie Isphording: World Fit in Cincinnati

Julie Isphording Olympian, Marathon 1984 The Impact of World Fit is Breathtaking One Child at a Time It’s amazing how our lives can sneak up on us. When we’re young, all we want is to be older. We wanted time to pass quickly. Getting older was going to be a great thing. And then – oh good – we get exactly what we want. Whammo! We wake up, and suddenly we are old. Very old. We’ve...

Lisa Kosglow: World Fit in Oregon

Lisa Kosglow Olympian, Snowboarding 1998 I retired from competition in 2006 and since then have been processing my experience as a competitive snowboarder. Transitions aren’t usually easy in general and retirement is no exception. Like many athletes, we live and breathe our sport for most of our lives and when we decide to move on to other endeavors there is often a space left where our...

Caryn Davies: Getting back into shape

Caryn Parmentier Davies Olympian, Rowing 2004 & 2008 In the past six months, whenever I told my non-athlete friends that I had to get back into shape, they looked at me like I was crazy. To them, I was never out of shape. In the years after Beijing I’ve run a marathon, I’ve biked 40 minutes each way to work every day, I’ve spent more time in the gym than probably any other law student...