EVEN THOUGH most babies are very welcome, the race for the door can be time consuming and exhausting for both mother and baby. Seldom do babies just slip through the exit. More likely they bang their head against a seemingly solid wall… and slowly a door opens....

  BONNIE PRUDDEN first launched her Fitness from the Cradle program of infant exercise in the Sports Illustrated May issue of 1960, which was also the week designated by President Eisenhower as National Youth Fitness Week. The series was designed to introduce a...

TO FEEL YOUR BEST and reap the most, exercise must be maintained as long as life is maintained. Bonnie Prudden’s first opportunity to work with older people came in 1956 when Harper and Row published her first book Is Your Child Really Fit?, and the ladies at the...

“Each life is a whole world. No one has ever read the books you have read exactly the way you have read them. No one has really heard the music as you heard it, nor even seen the sky as you see it. No one knows all that you know or even a small part. No one has loved...

History: The Short Version IN 1947, AT AGE 34, Bonnie Prudden went to visit her daughter’s 3rd grade gym class. After watching what she considered to be a disaster, she decided to use her own background in dance and athletics to give neighborhood children exercise...

The information about how to test for and fix the problem of low back pain, muscle spasm, or cramps has been available since the 1940s. What Is The Problem? MOST LOW BACK PAIN is the result of weak ABDOMINALS and / or tight HAMSTRINGS (the muscles in the back of your...

What Are the Back Facts? CHRONIC BACK PAIN has been the scourge of the American people since the forties. It affects comfort, as well as the ability to focus and maintain any work effort. Back operations are the fastest growing surgery in this country. There are now...