Do your kids work out?

My kids love the wii fit. My two year old is pretty good at it. He loves the running one. Although his sisters kind of ruined it for him. They showed him that all he had to do to make his guy run was to shake the remote. So now when he plays he sits on the couch and tells me "I running" lol. He will following along beside me too if I'm the one playing. I'm glad they are having fun on it and like to exercise.

The boys were fantastic at sports from they were small. #1 son excelled in tennis and #'s 2 & 3 at football and volleyball. all swim too. My husband was also a sportsman. Me? Nah - played some netball and could swim long distance but nothing else. The daughter took after me! Dodged Sports all through school until she found out quite by accident that she could do high jump she can swim but nothing else - not even tennis which is big social sport out here. Your son sounds fabulous. You must be so proud of him. Oh, I started the ab exercises - the elbow to knees one and yes, did I feel it after a set. Will do it daily now

My 4 yr old does like to exercise with me. I started on my journey to a healthier, fitter me about a year and a half ago. He was very enthusiastic at the beginning but then waned off. He is back again and I am so happy to have him join me!!! He was just diagnosed with asthma and I think the exercise is great for him. I love the video Tae Bo Kick by Billy Blanks. It's a kids exercise video and we do it together. He also does yoga and strength training with me. I don't go to a gym any more and rely mostly on my home treadmill, running around the neighborhood, and a library of home videos. Now walmart has great 1.5 lb weights that are super cushy that I bought for him to use. He loves his own weights and if he hits himself with them accidentally in his vigor for exercise he doesn't hurt himself. I do often have to tell him to slow down. It's wonderful when kids want to mimic our good behaviors and lifestyles.

My four year old granddaughter does! Last time I babysat she wanted me to join her...LOL....

Dearra does some interesting stretches and other things she has learned in PE. The other two not so much...

My kids are much bigger than this but they do work out regularly. The youngest is 17 and he is always outside pitching or throwing the ball. He also does quite a bit of running which helps out with the pitching. The older one is 19 and gets pulled into throwing ball with his brother. He is planning on joining the gym so that he can have a place to workout and take classes. It is so cute when kids the age of your son workout and then show you their muscles. Oh to have the boys be little again.

I used to love exercising when I was a kid. I used to wake up ahead of my parents & go downstairs and exercise with the fitness programs that were on the tv. I loved it. I was a twig so I wasent trying to loose weight I just felt so much better after getting some energy out. My daughter is in kindergarten and in gym class they do exercises. She loves it. She comes home and wants me to do exercises with her. She is way better at them then I am. Today while she was at school I thought hmm I have nothing to do I'll exercise and teach my 2 1/2 year old son. He was game at first but then he got tired of it and didnt want me to exercise anymore so he got mad and was being difficult so I took a break to read him a story then got busy with other stuff and didnt finish exercising so I guess thats what I'll be doing later tonight.

katsmeow1213, Your son seems to be quite exceptional here, where he could be interested in working out at such a tender age. Out of it, I am wondering if he could do well in dancing since he could be following physical co-ordinations. As for my kids, they are basically quite hyperactive and with a group of friends playing whatever they can think of role playing games, hide and seek, climbing trees and many more. Sometimes, I do get involve with them and I can assure you that it can be physically demanding like their favorite Boys vs Girls soccer match. I will be with the team of 5 princesses against 9 gladiators. So, it is just normal for them to play games on these game box consoles when they are not playing physical games. They just do not have the stomach or rather the energy for exercises.

My kids don't do much exercising other than running around outside. They were however doing sit ups in the living room the other night. My daughter was sitting on my son's feet to keep them on the floor, then she was doing them on her own.

You have been your kid's role model so it's great and fun to hear that at an early age, he's already doing his first steps into staying fit. My younger brother is very playful and so that is how he keeps himself active. Just recently though he's been sedentary being so fond of computer games and DVDs

That's really cute! I think it's important that they have fun with exercising and learn that it can be something really fun to do early on so that they don't have so much trouble with it later in life! I don't have children, but my 3 year old sister always liked to exercise with my mother and I. I think she was just barely walking the first time she tried to exercise with my mother and I. We were doing some dancing exercises and she was hobbling back and forth with us moving her arms and pretending to do it. We used to do DDR all the time, so we got her her own little dancing mat toy so that she could dance with us! It was the cutest little thing ever. xD

The Wii Fit is great as it shows exercise can be fun and like a game. My kids enjoy it too. They did a lot of sport at school when they were younger, but once kids leave school, they need to look for sports or something to do to stay fit.