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How to Get Your Kids Active Today
Happy Monday – or as happy as a Monday can be! Mondays are grab bag days so posts on Mondays will be grab bags as well. Today we are looking at a topic that many of us are facing – couch-bound children entranced by electronic devices… Electronics. While these devices have transformed our lives in ways that weren’t even imaginable a decade ago, electronics have quickly become children’s activity of choice. Our kids don’t want to get up and go outside –unless they can bring their device and there’s wireless available. As parents, we have to push them to let go of the device and get active. For example, my…
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Deciding on a Fitness Program: Bodyweight
[disclosure] If you want to start a new exercise regimen or make some changes to the one you are currently doing (or not doing), it’s good to explore other options. Perhaps there’s something else out there that might inspire you or spice up your routine enough that you are more consistently doing it. There are a number of different fitness programs, from those you do at the gym, to in the open air, to at-home workouts. Each varies in intensity, type, and benefits. If you are interested in something you can do at home without equipment, bodyweight might be for you. Here are some of the top benefits of doing…
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5 Ideas for Motivation When You Need Inspiration
Motivation is my biggest challenge right now. Goal number one is to start exercising every day; since we have an elliptical machine (which I hate!), I tried to use it every morning. Not very successfully, I might add! So walking it will be! However, I don’t have a lot of stamina right now, so it’s so much easier to lay in bed than get up and get moving. I’m sure you have the same issue sometimes. This lack of motivation, or just simply not wanting to do something could be due to overall physical or mental health. Or it could just simply involve doing something that perhaps the mind and…
