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The article says in part ...."Not only does her book encourage parents to stay active through the hectic child-rearing years, she recommends the benefits of exercising as a family for the kids, too, since it helps them learn healthy lifestyles at an early age and avoid childhood obesity, a major health
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From the book, Fit Family by Heidi Hill
I had trained steadily for the half marathon: building up my mileage gradually, pushing the kids in the running stroller in a five-mile loop with hills, and felt great for my first long race in years -- the first since the kids arrived. The day was perfect and the first half of the race went well. Then I developed a pain in my lower back that seemed to get worse as I ran. “It’s from lugging Julia on my hip every day,” I thought. I went on to finish the race but vowed to include a section in this book on ways to avoid these “kid-lugging” aches and pains. If you enjoyed this article, then please subscribe to our RSS feed or via email to receive all the updates
From Seven Days, a weekly regional independent newspaper:
by Sarah Tuff "One of the biggest milestones in my new son’s life wasn’t when he smiled for the first time (five weeks), when he rolled over for the first time (three months), or when he began to sit up (five months). It was when he turned eight weeks — which meant I could take him along with his older sister to my gym’s nursery.  Not that the nursery is a perfect solution. There I routinely see teary-eyed toddlers and wailing babies clinging to their parents, ignoring the entreaties of the warm and well-qualified staff. Mom or Dad or both, desperate for an hour — or 45 minutes or 30 minutes or 15 damned minutes — of exercise, plead and cajole until they finally admit defeat and turn their backs on the kids. Luckily, my own offspring have become accustomed to and even love the gym nursery. But they still have their moments, as do I, when a morning workout feels more like World War III. It doesn’t have to be this way. Nor do I need to stay stranded at home, packing on the calories from leftover mac-’n’-cheese with no way to work them off. As Waterbury’s Heidi Hill writes in her new book, Fit Family: The Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Years, families can learn to exercise with their kids, almost as soon as they arrive in this world."Read the whole Seven Days article
Author Heidi Hill, in her book Fit Family, recommends dancing as a great exercise option: For parents with newborns, the blogger, Workout Mommy, recommends a new DVD called Lullaby Exercises. She says, "It gets you up and moving while being able to hold your little one close. My firstborn was very cranky and I spent many a night walking the floor, wondering how to get him to just stop crying. I know this DVD would have been just what I needed; the swaying and dancing to the music would have been good for both of us." (more) Email this • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! • Share on Facebook • Twit This! • Technorati Links • Stumble It! |
problem..... Perhaps most helpful of all is Hill's positive, can-do attitude. Plan, be flexible but be sure to get out and exercise is her advice. Her book will help parents find feasible and creative ways of getting and staying healthy."
Lifting kids is a lot different from lifting weights: first of all, you’re probably not warmed up, secondly, when was the last time a Nautilus machine wiggled and said “No, daddy.” Whether you are reaching over to lift a toddler out of a car seat or hoisting a 30-pounder on your hip in a store – there’s a good chance that like me, you are a candidate for lower back aches and pains.