Fun Fitness for Kids

The best exercise for kids is to get moving. Develop some fun fitness ideas for kids. We're not talking about body building or abandoning them to the treadmill for a half hour each day. If it's not fun, they won't do it. In a previous article, The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity, I talked about how childhood obesity can be prevented. And honestly, it most cases it can be prevented. But, we can't put our kids in front of the computer, television, and PlayStation for entertainment and then scratch out heads wondering how they became overweight.

On top of that it's more common that physical education is being pulled out of the schools. Between no exercise at school or home, where are our kids going to get exercise? I've covered the problem. Now, lets talk about solutions.

Small children are probably the easiest (ages 3-7):