With the summer ending and children going back to school, this means they will be spending more time sitting down in class or doing homework, so it is even more important to find ways of keeping physical activity in their lives. Although organized forms of physical activity, such as sports or classes in a particular activity like dance or martial arts, are great, they are rarely done every day and children need to be active every day. So it is imperative to find unorganized ways of keeping them active.
More and more studies are showing how regular physical activity can
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A Better Tomorrow
April 11th, 2011 by Chang Song | Children's Fitness, Sports
Clearly, the most important benefit of encouraging kids to play sports at a young age is that those same kids will be able to avoid the treacherous road to obesity in the future. However, playing sports can have more benefits for kids than you would think. When a kid plays a sport, he will receive not only the physical benefits but also gain academic and social benefits along the way.
First of all, playing sports gives your kids something to do and a group that your kids can belong to. I'm not making any promises, but I think if a
First of all, playing sports gives your kids something to do and a group that your kids can belong to. I'm not making any promises, but I think if a
Too Soon? Kids and Weights
February 1st, 2011 by Louise | Children's Fitness, Strength Training
When I visited my old middle school recently, I noticed some significant changes in the athletic wing. For example, one of the health rooms has been transformed into a weight room. It's not a huge room, but it's now jam-packed with machines and free weights. Seeing the room worried me; how can twelve-year-olds need 60-pound dumbbells? I saw not a room of weights, but a room of accidents and injuries waiting to happen.
Lifting programs are critical for many sports. I can see that my former middle school doesn't want to "fall behind" the other teams who are providing weight
Lifting programs are critical for many sports. I can see that my former middle school doesn't want to "fall behind" the other teams who are providing weight
Hula Hooping
June 1st, 2010 by Bea | Cardio, Children's Fitness, Exercise Equipment, Exercises
When I was little I used to have competitions with my sisters to see who could hula hoop the longest. Sometimes we would add in multiple hoops and other times we would use them to "jump rope" with. There were some times when I became bored with my hula hooping, but I continued to swing my hips and let the hoop go round and round. Keeping track of the count was hard at times, but it definitely gave us something to strive for.
Well, I did not realize this, but apparently, hula hooping is making a comeback. I used to
Well, I did not realize this, but apparently, hula hooping is making a comeback. I used to
Teaching a Child to Ski
November 27th, 2009 by Bea | Children's Fitness, Family Fitness, Winter Activities
Well, I do not know about you, but I have been less than thrilled with the weather this season. For instance, it is November, but this past week in Boston it has been anywhere from 40 to 60 degrees outside. That is not cold, and it certainly is not the ideal temperature for my favorite form of precipitate--snow!
Well, once the snow comes along, ski season will be in full blast.
Teaching someone how to ski is an interesting experience. It is not too hard to learn, in opposition to first starting snowboarding, but it can be challenging. For those of you who
Well, once the snow comes along, ski season will be in full blast.
Teaching someone how to ski is an interesting experience. It is not too hard to learn, in opposition to first starting snowboarding, but it can be challenging. For those of you who
