Top Ten Reasons to Engage in Family Fitness

by Heather Long | More from this Blogger

15 Sep 2007 12:47 PM

I like top tens. One of the best things about them is you can print them out and put them somewhere you can see every day if you need to and because they help you to create motivation for yourself and for others. Today, we're going to talk about family fitness as a whole. We discussed some family fitness ideas in the Personalized Workout for Busy Moms.

But let's focus on why we need to engage in family fitness. In no particular order, here are ten of the best reasons to make family fitness a focused activity for you and your family.

• When you engage in family fitness, you are actively spending a lot of time together and that's a great way for family to foster good relationships and keep it together
• Kids need motivation every bit as much as their parents do, by making it something you do together, you are trading motivation back and forth
• Sometimes, you're not up for a really intense workouts in short spaces of time, but prolonged, moderate activity over a longer span of time is just as effective
• Kids are never too young to learn good fitness habits
• Parents are never too old to develop good fitness habits
• You are more likely to do your fitness program with the kids and your spouse if you're doing it together than you would be separately
• Family fitness habits can lead to fitness vacations or days out where hiking, swimming, nature, horseback riding and more may all be possible
• Healthy relationships are made healthier by working together
• Achieving your goals becomes a success for each individual in the family as the family achieves their goals together
• It's fun, pure and simple -- whether you're riding bikes, playing in the park or going bowling, family fitness activities are just plain fun

Can you think of a better reason to indulge in some family fitness together?

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Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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