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    minor playground victory

    Posts: 1,913 Member
    edited January 25 in Fitness and Exercise
    For the first time in my life I was able to make to across the monkey bars today when I took my kids to the playground! Its a minor victory, but a definite measure of progress!

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    • Posts: 930 Member
      For the first time in my life I was able to make to across the monkey bars today when I took my kids to the playground! Its a minor victory, but a definite measure of progress!

      I think it's a great victory! :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 284 Member
      I bet your kids had fun playing at the playground with you too!
    • Posts: 6,490 Member
      Being able to play actively with your kids is no minor victory. It is also one of my major motivations as I'm an older dad and intend to do my best to keep up with my kids' shenanigans!
    • Posts: 492 Member
      That is no minor victory! That is awesome! That should be a goal for everyone here.
    • Posts: 247 Member
      That is a big victory!! I have never been able to make it across the monkey bars :laugh:

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      Being able to play actively with your kids is no minor victory.

      ^ this.
    • Posts: 16,947 Member
      That's not minor - that's awesome!!
    • Posts: 9,083 Member
      That is absolutely not a minor victory, it's the best kind.
    • Posts: 1,913 Member
      Thanks everyone!
    • Posts: 186 Member
      MAJOR playground victory! That is awesome, well done! I bet the kids were impressed :smile:
    • Posts: 331 Member
      I'm 28 and I've never made it more than 1 bar!!!!! Great for you!
    • Posts: 531 Member
      this is a goal of mine. I really need to work on my upper body strength to do it. My eldest when she was almost five had issues with her grip strength. one of the things they did at school is got her on the monkey bars. Just hanging and then trying to swing. She is almost 7 and still not great compared to some kids at climbing, but she can feed herself without whining, and her writing is awesome. Look at what play does for our kids and think about it. We as adults don't play enough .
    • Posts: 12,032 Member
      :drinker: Nothing minor about it.... that's a HUGE NSV...congrats... and I agree the kids probably loved playing with you at the playground!:flowerforyou: :wink:


      For the first time in my life I was able to make to across the monkey bars today when I took my kids to the playground! Its a minor victory, but a definite measure of progress!
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      This is one of my favorite things about MFP, being able to share in everyone's achievements. Way to go! And thank you for sharing!:happy:
    • Posts: 38 Member
      Funny cause one of my goals is to make it across the monkey bars by the end of the summer. So kudos to you. Great accomplishment.
    • Posts: 1,913 Member
      I'm 28 and I've never made it more than 1 bar!!!!! Great for you!

      I'm 29! 30 at the end of August :gulp:
    • Posts: 1,092 Member
      I think that it is cool that you take your kids to the park. I take a walk through my neighborhood park with my dog and I can't tell you how many times I have seen groups of kids there with no adult around. If they are over 10 fine, not a real problem. But, some of them to me seem clearly under 10 and that isn't cool. Then you actually got on the equipment and actively played with them, that is so incredibly awesome.
    • Posts: 1,913 Member
      I see a lot of that around me too. I don't understand letting a small child out alone. We live in a very safe neighbor hood and I don't let them (my kids are 5,4 and 2) out alone...not because I am afraid that they wil get snatched or that someone will hurt them, but because I am afraid that they will get hurt just being kids. Its easy to fall on the playground and break something or get banged up!

      I do let them outside in our fenced in backyard alone, but I can either see or hear them (they are LOUD!) At all times so I know if smeone gets hurt.

      I try to make playground time a workout for me and fun for them. I do box jumps onto the lower platforms, attempt dips and pull ups on the bar, and chase them around like crazy. Its just an added bonus that they are so wiped out by the time we are done they *usually* play quietly for a bit when we get home. Plus I get some extra exercise in.
    • Posts: 2,071 Member
      Awesome! Live life and enjoy! You're on the right path :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 7,045 Member
      That is a major victory!
      Monkey bars are tough!!

      I'm an older mom but I've been the most fit and active since my youngest was born 9 years ago (when I was 37).
      I love getting out and about with her.
      I was such a slug with my older two (now 17 & 21) and regret not being more active with them.

      Congratulations :flowerforyou:
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