Purple Dumbbells

sjohnny

I was doing my chicken**** dumbbell routine this morning and had gotten about halfway through my first (of three) sets when my 6 year old daughter came in and sat on the couch. She asked if I was doing that so I would get skinny and I said "No, I'm not trying to get skinny, I'm trying to get healthy (I'm trying to maintain a difference in her mind between skinny and healthy). These exercises help make my muscles stronger and when I run it helps make my heart and lungs stronger so I can be healthy enough to play with y'all and live a long time." "Will you live to be 100?" "Maybe but I want to feel good and be able to do things as long as I am alive."

She went and dragged out the purple two-pound dumbbells and asked if she could do the rest of my exercises with me. "You bet, baby." She also wanted to be in charge of reading off the list of what exercise was next. She finished two sets of dumbbell bench presses, single leg deadlifts, goblet squats, curls, and a few others. I kept an eye on her form. She asked when she could use heavier weights (the two pounders were fairly easy for her). I told her to give it time.

Then we stretched out and did half an hour of Just Dance on the wii.

It was awesome. And I found a use for the purple dumbbells - warm-up for a six year old girl.

Now if I can just motivate her 8 year old brother........

nu2012

Hehe. Nice! The dumbbells I use are purple too! Hence my interest in the topic!

determinedbutlazy

How adorable! Well done for telling her WHY you're exercising... You're a wonderful example!

ErrataCorrige

That is fantastic! Good for you. She is a lucky girl to have such a smart Daddy.

sjohnny

...She is a lucky girl to have such a smart Daddy.

I like to think so

misslissa121

So cute. Great job telling her why it is important to exercise, it's not about looking great, its about feeling great. Keep up the wonderful work.

Tori_356

aww that is cute!!!

Hyoderrn

That is awesome! My husband made wooden dumbbells for our 2 and 3 yr olds so they could exercise with mommy, too!!

LittleMissNerdy

How cute! I keep telling my mom we should get the nephew some 1 pounders because he loves lifting things :laugh:

BarbWhite09

Ahaha, thats so great

MB_Positif

Love this! My 5 year old son loves lifting weights too and correcting my form on workout DVD's, haha. He's also done a 1 mile race with my husband. Fun stuff!

Narisong

That is awesome that you can involve your daughter in your workout and set a good expectation of what healthy is vs "skinny". Especially with all the media, tv, magazines that promote "too skinny" as being the way girls should look and put all those additional pressures on women to be unhealthy skinny. Way to go !

Snow__White

aww sweet

smlamb33

Awesome job explaining getting healthy to your daughter!! That's awesome! Too many times, we focus on being what society expects us to "look" like instead of just getting healthy for us!! Love that you have a little workout buddy!!

LorinaLynn

Love this!

I'll have to remember this thread next time someone says they get enough strength training with the itty bitty dumbbells.

Nopedotjpeg

And I found a use for the purple dumbbells - warm-up for a six year old girl.

My favorite part. LOL
Very awesome story. If I ever spawn a little one I'd love to be able to do something like that because I never had it myself.

BrendaLee

Love it!

mstawnya

SO awesome! You're a great model.

Newf77

Great way to lead by example, give it time and your son will get involved. Keep up the good work.

Yanicka1

Oh cute story. My 5y/o does the same thing. My problem is that one of my cat love to drag those around

jetscreaminagain

Total winner! Yay you AND her!