Teaching children about fitness is easiest if they learn by example, and you're the example they see the most. Exercise at home often falls by the wayside as homework, chores and other household duties claim the time of parents and children, who are increasingly weighed down by over scheduled days and high-fat, high sugar diets.
There's only so much you can do about your kids' food choices once they start school, but physical fitness is vitally important to the health of kids as well as Mom and Dad.
With obesity and its related illnesses on the rise for all ages, families that exercise together have a better chance of staying healthy. And children whose parents work exercise into their early lives are more apt to exercise throughout their lives.
Kids Can Easily Exercise at Home
Playing sports and engaging in tennis, soccer, swimming and other outdoor classes is one way for kids to reap the benefits of exercise. But you don't have to leave home to devise a fun exercise program for your kids. DVDs with music and aerobics make working out at home something you can do whenever you have the time and inclination. Indoor fitness activities and minimal equipment like free weights, bands or exercise balls can turn your home into a movable gym and make fitness an easy and accessible part of your children's lives.
There's only so much you can do about your kids' food choices once they start school, but physical fitness is vitally important to the health of kids as well as Mom and Dad.
With obesity and its related illnesses on the rise for all ages, families that exercise together have a better chance of staying healthy. And children whose parents work exercise into their early lives are more apt to exercise throughout their lives.
Kids Can Easily Exercise at Home
Playing sports and engaging in tennis, soccer, swimming and other outdoor classes is one way for kids to reap the benefits of exercise. But you don't have to leave home to devise a fun exercise program for your kids. DVDs with music and aerobics make working out at home something you can do whenever you have the time and inclination. Indoor fitness activities and minimal equipment like free weights, bands or exercise balls can turn your home into a movable gym and make fitness an easy and accessible part of your children's lives.
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