Len Saunders

BIOGRAPHY

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Len Saunders graduated with honors in 1983 from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, majoring in Physical Education. He was voted the "outstanding senior" from his graduating class. He later went on to receive a Master's degree in Exercise Physiology from Montclair State University in New Jersey.

Len has been involved in children's health and fitness for over 25 years. He has won awards for his contribution to children's health & fitness at the local, state, and national levels. He has been a guest speaker at universities, as well as state and national conventions. In the late 1980's, Len served as a consultant to The President's Council On Physical Fitness & Sports. Most recently, he became an American Heart Association expert spokesperson on the issue of childhood obesity and childhood fitness.

Len's contribution to children's fitness has literally reached millions of children and their parents. He has contributed articles to magazines such as Muscle & Fitness, as well as writing articles for Human Kinetics Publishing, the most respected publisher in the health and fitness industry. He has also written and consulted with Sports Illustrated For Kids magazine. Some of Len's articles have been used for nationally syndicated television shows on ABC-TV. Sports Illustrated has called Len "high spirited", while a quote from Ladies Home Journal says, "nobody is more committed to children's fitness than Len Saunders."

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Some highlights from Len's career.....

Invited to the White House and having the opportunity to shake hands with former President George Bush.

Served as a fitness consultant to Sports Illustrated for Kids.

Served as a consultant to The President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports (PCPFS) under the Reagan/Bush Administration.

Honored before a game at Madison Square Garden.

Invited by Arnold Schwarzenegger to participate in a Youth Fitness Summit.

Winning an Achievement Award from The President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports.

Voted The Outstanding Teacher of Physical Education from his home state of New Jersey.

Honored before an illustrious audience at the world famous Waldof-Astoria in New York City.

Honored and awarded for participating in the historic youth fitness exchange between the former Soviet Union, and the United States.

Len is the creator of Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously), an internationally recognized program that literally has millions of children from all 50 states and over 50 countries exercise in unison during the first Wednesday in May. He is also the creator of other children's fitness programs such as The Video Olympics, Tri-Fit-A-Thon, The Race Across the States, and Commercial-cizing.