Peachy the Magazine January / February 2014 | Page 88
A True Olympian
like its own country and even each 5 to
10 block neighborhood is like its own
city. You start to see the same people
and the neighborhood soon feels small
and not so overwhelming. I met my
husband on a blind date in New York
City and once we married we moved
to Park City. Moving frequently after
college to pursue work opportunities
taught me that I can live anywhere.
This is something that I want my kids
to understand. My husband and I
make a point of showing our kids
different places in the United States
and around the world.
In addition to being a wife and
mother, will you describe the work you
do as a TV commentator, fitness, health,
parenting advocate and blogger?
PM:
I have always been curious about
fitness, but a few years ago I had a
wake-up call. A couple of years ago my
husband asked me to help him move a
cooler. I couldn’t do it. I was so weak. I
was almost 40 and I wasn’t—overall—
as fit as I wanted to be. This lead me to
explore new ways of working out and
soon my business partner and I started
Find Your Fitness (a regular installment
on the msn.com Healthy Living site)
where I have tried new fitness trends.
I tried and often failed.
SS:
What was the hardest activity you
have tried?
PM:
With Find Your Fitness I have tried
barre classes, spin classes, aerial yoga.
The hardest thing I tried and failed at,
but then grew to love, was stand-up
paddleboard yoga. After living in
Park City, paddleboarding back in California was amazing—fed my soul. Even
when I fell, which was a lot, I loved it. I
was also terrible at aerial yoga at Crunch
in NYC. I can no longer stand flipping or
spinning—too dizzy—I blame it on having children messing up my equilibr ium.
SS:
Summer, pictured here with her two
children, representing Right to Play at
Let’s Move! London in 2012.
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