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Your Kids & Exercise

As I was telling you earlier, today is the first day of school in my area and it seemed like a great time to revisit the fact that kid’s need exercise. It’s important to remember that while we think of exercise as walking on the treadmill or lifting weights, exercise for our kids happens during soccer practice, gym class, playing at recess and riding their bikes around the park.

The Benefits of Exercise:

Kids who are active (exercise):

  • Have stronger muscles
  • have strong bones
  • have leaner bodies
  • is far less likely to be overweight
  • will sleep better
  • will cope better with stress and challenges
  • will be better equipped to fight off colds

Exercise doesn’t have to be hard work. Throwing the ball around in the backyard, bouncing on the trampoline, climbing around on the jungle gym or roller skating in the park all provide physical challenge and stress for your child’s body. There’s a reason why gym classes and recess are so important for your little one.

We’ll talk about the three elements of fitness and how they relate to your kids later today!

Are your kids active?

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About Heather Long

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. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.