It’s easy enough to plan a family fitness program, and to get everyone interested in it; however, the main challenge is to keep everyone interested. The saying goes that it takes 21 days to form a habit, so you can’t expect a group of couch potatoes to transform into devoted exercisers overnight.
It’s easier to form the good habit of exercising regularly together as a family if you set a goal. The goals you set should involve long and short-term aims for exercise. An example of a short-term milestone could be brisk walking for 30 minutes every day for a
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Family Fitness: Not Just for the Weekend
August 4th, 2011 by Angela Yorke | Family Fitness
Getting the family involved in a collective fitness effort is one thing, but sustaining interest over an extended period requires determination. As with all new experiences, interest in exercising tends to be fervent initially, but this can fade in time if steps aren’t taken to circumvent boredom.
Always have a plan
Everyone knows the saying about failure to plan being planning to fail, and this is particularly applicable when you want the family to exercise together frequently. Setting goals and defining schedules allows family members to keep track of fitness efforts, gauge progress that has been made, and stay motivated.
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Always have a plan
Everyone knows the saying about failure to plan being planning to fail, and this is particularly applicable when you want the family to exercise together frequently. Setting goals and defining schedules allows family members to keep track of fitness efforts, gauge progress that has been made, and stay motivated.
Aside from
Why Exercise Together?
July 4th, 2011 by Angela Yorke | Exercises, Family Fitness
Everyone knows how important it is to be healthy, especially those who are always planning to “set some time aside for exercise." The most obvious benefit of a fitness regime is that, well, you get fitter and healthier. Exercise buffs also know that working out allows a person to clear his or her head, and put present problems into perspective, which results in a more balanced outlook. On the other hand, less has been said about the importance of exercising together as a family.
For one thing, exercising with your children (or parents) provides numerous opportunities to educate one another
For one thing, exercising with your children (or parents) provides numerous opportunities to educate one another
Making Family Fitness Fun
May 30th, 2011 by Angela Yorke | Exercises, Family Fitness
You’ve replaced all the food in the house with healthful alternatives and convinced everyone that staying active is a new requirement. Still, how are you going to make exercise fun and not a boring chore?
Use your family’s love of gadgets to your advantage. One of the simplest and most effective tools available is a pedometer. Fitness advisors constantly implore us to take 10,000 steps a day, as this generally translates into having carried out the minimum amount of physical activity recommended.
As most daily activities involve approximately 3,000 steps, the remainder must come from actual exercise, and that means getting
Use your family’s love of gadgets to your advantage. One of the simplest and most effective tools available is a pedometer. Fitness advisors constantly implore us to take 10,000 steps a day, as this generally translates into having carried out the minimum amount of physical activity recommended.
As most daily activities involve approximately 3,000 steps, the remainder must come from actual exercise, and that means getting
Family Means Being in it Together
May 9th, 2011 by Angela Yorke | Eating & Exercise, Family Fitness, Nutrition, Running
Like life, fitness is a marathon. You have to put in continual effort to ensure that your health doesn’t become a liability during your twilight years; however, a lot of the information a fitness enthusiast finds is usually geared towards individual activity. What happens when you want to motivate your whole family to adopt a more active lifestyle?
It’s easy to get kids involved with fitness, because all children can’t sit still. Planning activities is also easy if everyone is on board; however, the same cannot be said of families that have teens who’d be far happier in front of
It’s easy to get kids involved with fitness, because all children can’t sit still. Planning activities is also easy if everyone is on board; however, the same cannot be said of families that have teens who’d be far happier in front of
