| Fitness – It's A Family Affair |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Fitness Health Care - provides resources and articles about fitness health care.
|
|
Fitness – It's A Family Affair Author: Sue DeFiore
One of my favorites is dancing. Everyone gets to pick their favorite music and you all get to dance to it. It is also fun for the younger generation to watch the older one dance. Another favorite of mine is swimming. If you have a YMCA, community center, or if your school is lucky enough to have a pool see if you can get some swim time in. You can also get creative here also with different types of swimming, races, or water ballet. Another option if you have the pool to yourself is pool volleyball! One great game the whole family can play is Twister, plus it has the added advantage of stretching all those muscles. Be sure you play enough games to get those muscles warmed up (4-8 games). Since weather is one of the main reasons why many around the country don't get outside to walk, try going to the Mall. Walk at a nice brisk pace for at least 20-30 minutes or less if you feel you are getting short of breath. Then since you are there reward yourself with some window shopping. If the mall isn't your thing, pick another indoor facility where you can do some brisk walking. Many who walk keep track of their steps with pedometers. They are inexpensive and people love the feedback of how many steps they did in a day. Get one for everyone in your family and see who walks the most steps in a week. Whoever wins gets to decide on the menu for a week, doesn't have to do any clean up or chores. Or you could have prizes you give away. Since I am into weight training and especially enjoy circuit training, you could try something like circuit training in your home. You could start with stretching; and then move to running up and down the stairs; then some floor exercises, such as sit ups, side bends, push ups. If you have some type of equipment, like a treadmill, bicycle, Gazelle or something along these lines you could also add that into the circuit. Do each activity for a couple of minutes or one repetition and then move to the next activity or "station". You could also place each activity in a different room and walk briskly or jog to each "station". Get those creative juices flowing and I am sure in no time you can come up with a whole bunch of other fun activities. Enjoy! Copyright 2005, DeFiore Enterprises About the Author Introducing Keep Kids Fit: A How To Guide For Setting Up And Running Your Own Business In One Year Or Less! Solutions for parents who want healthy children in body and mind! Our motto, "Eat Healthy, Live Healthy, Help Keep Kids Fit" Visit our web blog at: http://hbsblogs.typepad.com/keepkidsfit/ and visit our website today at: http://www.keepkidsfit.com ... |
| Other Articles: Our Fitness and Wellness, Health Fitness, Achieving Fitness, Treatment On Arthritic Pain, Personal Wellness Program, Get a Better Body for Under $20 |
| Featured Sites Fitness Health Care Posters Related Sites Fitness Health Care Art Prints Fitness Health Care Special Resources Fitness Equipment, Lifetime Fitness, Fitness Program, Muscle Fitness, fitness Model, Fitness Club, Man Fitness, Physical Fitness, Fitness Workout, Fitness Gyms, Womens Fitness, Fitness Trainer, Fitness Nutrition, Diet Fitness, Exercise Fitness, Planet Fitness, Fitness Training, Life Fitness, Fitness Babes, Aerobic Fitness, Good Life Fitness, Fitness First, Fitness Running, Fitness Posture, Fitness Franchise, Home Fitness |
Fitness Health Care Important Resources Fitness Health Care Apparel Fitness Health Care Books Fitness Health Care Magazines Fitness Health Care Softwares Fitness Health Care Video |
| Fitness Health Care Resources, Fitness Health Care Searches Female Fitness, Home Fitness, Fitness Gym, Family Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Fitness Machine, Male Fitness |
| Fitness Health Care News from BBC News India v England 3rd ODI as it happened India beat England by 16 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rules in Kanpur to lead the one-day series 3-0 after bad light curtails play. NHS 'struggling' with work laws Surgery teams in many NHS hospitals are not ready for a possible limit on their working week, a survey finds. Jeremy Guscott column "Matches between South Africa and England are always brutal encounters" Dog goes for slimming challenge A fat dog which needs to lose the equivalent of 51 tins of dog food is to go head to head in a weight loss challenge. |
Health Update from BBC News |