Parenting Help to Fit Fitness Into Busy Routines
Parenting Tips for an Exercise Program of Ten-Minute Workouts
May 31, 2009
Healthy adults under 65 are recommended to fit 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity into their daily routines. But most stay at home moms find half hour chunks of time difficult to come by. Fortunately, their daily workouts don’t have to be done in a thirty-minute session.
Parenting Tips for Ten Minute Fitness Workouts
According to MayoClinic.com, “Longer, less frequent sessions of aerobic exercise have no clear advantage over shorter, more frequent sessions of activity. Any type of aerobic activity contributes to cardiovascular fitness. In fact, even divided doses of activity such as three ten-minute walks spread throughout the day offer aerobic benefits.”
Parenting Help to Get Moms Working Out With Kids
Those stay at home moms wondering how to snatch even ten-minute chunks of time from the schedule might find the best results by getting the kids involved as well. Ten-minute workouts are short enough to hold children’s attention provided moms are willing to give some kid-friendly exercise opportunities a try.
Two tiny trampolines can offer a fun cardio workout session for a mom and her kids. On a nice day, moms of infants or toddlers often get their workout by pushing their strollers a few laps around the park’s walking trail. Many stay-at-home moms are taking the initiative to start up their own walking groups. Moms and kids might try working out together to part of an energetic exercise or dance video. Pull-along bicycle trailers make the great exercise of biking an enjoyable possibility in cities with safe trails or quiet streets. What kid wouldn’t love ten minutes of stretching or bouncing on an exercise ball along with mom? And hula hoops aren’t just for kids anymore; they make great ten-minute workout tools.
Exercise doesn’t have to be the dreaded half hour activity that just never seems to get done. Nor should it always result in time moms have to sacrifice away from their families. A few minutes alone at the gym can work wonders for outlook as well as health, but for the days the gym isn’t possible, an aerobic workout still is. With a little creativity, daily exercise can provide a fun time for moms to bond with their kids while improving their health at the very same time.
How long moms manage to work out at a time isn’t important. What really matters is that they make exercise a part of their daily routines. They’ll feel better and will be setting a healthy example for their kids. Who knows, they’ll probably find some new ways to add a little more fun into the day as well.
