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How do you keep your entire family in shape? By exercising together, of course. Take the very youngest, for example. Babies and toddlers spend an awful lot of time strapped into car seats or plopped in front of the TV. Not only does this prevent them from practicing their emerging motor skills and strengthening their heart, lungs, and muscles, but it can also set them up for a sedentary lifestyle, and even obesity, as adults.

How, you may Tiffany co wonder, can you help your child get the recommended one-plus hours of daily physical activity when you can¡¯t even make it to the gym? The answer, says Adelphi University professor Stephen Virgilio, is to rethink your idea of exercise. ¡°A workout doesn¡¯t have to mean running laps or lifting weights, which requires you to set aside blocks of time,¡± he says. ¡°Think of exercise as leading an active lifestyle, which you can do with your kids, and you¡¯ll be able to fit in more than you think.¡±

One idea, is to take a walk before or after dinner. Whether you head into town or just walk around the neighborhood, building a walk into your daily Tiffany and co schedule ensures that it won¡¯t get put off. Brookline, Massachusetts, master Pilates instructor Lisa Johnson and her husband take evening walks with 3-year-old Alex, who alternates time in and out of the stroller. To make walking more enticing, Johnson makes a sport of it. ¡°At one house we look for a cat sitting in the window, at another we run up and down a short flight of stairs,¡± she says.

Some people hold disco nights with their kids and neighbors. They move the furniture aside, fill the CD player with dance tunes, and let the kids take turns using a flashlight as a strobe light. Sometimes, they dance for three hours straight.

You can also use family chores to get in a work-out. Pretend that dust creatures are invading earth and it¡¯s up to the family to save the day by capturing them with Tiffany Store the broom. You can teach your son to save his teddy bears from the slimy pit of the floor by putting them safely in his toy chest. You can also have your toddler walk instead of riding in the cart at the supermarket, and take the stairs or walk up the escalator whenever possible.

And, finally, you can exercise during commercials when you watch TV. Invent silly names for simple exercises like squats, push-ups, and sit-ups, and then do them together till the show comes back on. In some families people even play ¡®coach¡¯. In this game, you take turns ordering each other to ¡®drop and give me five,¡¯ or ¡®follow the leader,¡¯ in which one person leads the others in fun, simple moves like clapping, wiggling, and marching.

The most important point is to find things you can do for even a few minutes at a time to make working out fun and easy for the whole family. Gyms Tiffany Bracelets can be sterile, the park can be good, but right at home where most of the time is spent can be the best place to look for fresh ideas for exercise.