7 ways to exercise as a family
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As a parent, you understood perfectly how difficult it is to find time to workout.
But while it gets tougher when we become parents, exercise is just as important. with little ones watching us as an example, exercise becomes even more important!
Exercising as a family is not only a fun way to improve fitness, it’s a way to cultivate the culture of wellness and develop positive exercise habits at a young age.
Here are some fun exercise-based family activities guaranteed to create smiles and sweat!
Nerf or Water Fight
• This is one of our family’s favorite exercises disguised as a game.
• One family member will declare a Nerf Fight (or water fight) and we’ll decide on the rules and boundaries for the game. We often pick teams (guys against girls is always fun) and a home fort.
• Here are the rest of the rules.
Family Boot Camp
• Each family member writes down 5 of his or her favorite bodyweight (level appropriate) exercises, for a total of at least 20.
• Exercises can be dance moves, calisthenics, martial arts, anything physical that the entire family can do.
• The family then goes for a walk, jog, or run and every 60 seconds, they do one of the exercises for 30 seconds. By the end of all of the exercises, it’s been a 20- minute work out!
Hide and Sweat
• The adults in the family write down 20 physical activities on separate small pieces of paper.
• These are then put in plastic Easter eggs and hid around the house. Kids are then tasked to find the eggs.
• When they find them they open them and the entire family performs the activity for the reps or amount of time given.
Family Walks
• Sometimes the simplest solution is the best.
• Walking is a favorite childhood family activity of mine that I now do with my own kids.
Dance Party
• Some afternoons when we are done with school, we declare a dance party.
• Usually this involves putting on some oldies music and dancing all over the house or outside.
Jump Rope
• A kid-friendly exercise that is great for the whole family.
• Just ten minutes of jump rope is enough to get the blood flowing and with more than one person, it is fun to learn all kinds of fun jumps.
Structured Exercise
• There are many other types of more structured exercises that can be done as a family.
• Our family likes to take jujutsu together in the evenings at a local Dojo.
• We also all have roller blades, and sometimes drive to a nearby parking lot and skate for a while.
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