I have a 3 year old son, and he motivates me to go on walks and go run around and play outside (walks in the summer, sledding in the winter) I'm lucky in that he loves doing the cardio part of the 30 Day Shred with me (jumping jacks, jump rope, etc), or any workout really haha! He loves jumping around next to me. My only issue is that he tries to steal my weights when I put them down LOL! Sometimes I'll have him pick out two matchbox cars to be his "weights".

Usually though I'll do my at home workouts (esp the more relaxing ones like yoga and Pilates) once he goes to bed. And I'm super lucky he LOVES the daycare at the gym, so it's no problem taking him to the gym with me and he plays and I do my classes.

I would love to hear more ways to incorporate my exercises with him though!

I usually try and workout while my son and the daycare kids eat, While they eat breakfast I do the 30DS (dining room and living room are adjoined so it's easy to do while keeping an eye on them. Then I take the kids for a walk for an hour or so in the daytime. And finally I either do a walk with my son to get him ready for bed, or after he is asleep I take a Zumba class, go for a walk, swim laps, or take a deep water aquafit class. I just try and break my workouts into 3-4 thirty minute workouts throughout the day!

It can be difficult. I have 3 kids so sometimes I have a hard time doing workouts also. Sometimes I take a walk w/ the kids. I will put my youngest in a stroller and my two older kids which are boys like to run anyway. So we walk/run together. It wears them out and also me to get in a workout also. Also I have DVDs I do at home. My children like to do them with me, its so cute to watch. Even my youngest will try, she's 19mos. So cute to watch her to a squat or something.

Hello I'm new on here, and I struggle for excercise I have a 20 week old little boy, when my partner gets home I tend to manage to do 30 minutes of Zumba which I love!!!

My husband is doing Farrell's eXtreme Bodyshaping, and the only class that fit his schedule was the 515am class. He's the proverbial "bull in the china shop" getting ready in the mornings, so I figure since I'm awake, I may as well get on our treadmill. The kids sleep right through it. When the weather is good, the kids and I go outside for kickball or soccer (them against me). When my kids were younger, it was all about the electronic babysitter. Not ashamed to admit I bribed my children with Calliou to get 30 minutes on the treadmill for my sanity.

I joined a gym and my three year old hated the child center. My mom watched him so I could go an hour a day and she found out she had breast cancer. I know if I don't work out, I wont lose anymore.

On my none gym days (I go during lunch at work), I do Aerobics at home. My 5 yr old does it with me...even though I wouldn't really call what she does working out. When she was less into it (4), she would be my towel girl, and she still does that from time to time. I even bought an extra step for her to use when I'm doing my step workouts. Most days she just ends up dancing next to me, but at least I don't have to worry about her being entertained, and I'm able to get a full workout in.