Exercise with kids in tow

I have a five month old and strapping her in a stroller and going for a walk is hardly an option here in the rainy state of Washington. And now she is teething which means hardly napping, so I have no down time!

Lots of walks-let your older one bike and you can push the stroller. Find a park with a walking trail surrounding it and let the kids play while you run and they're still in your sight. Use the monkey bars at a park for pullups or arm hangs. Mow the grass while the kids play in the yard or do sidewalk chalk. Play "zookeeper"-have your kids be the zookeepers who call out different types of animals. Run across the yard like the animals-just think of the crazy planks you can do as an alligator!

My children are a similar age to yours, my son was 5 in February and my daughter is 3 (4 in June).
They both got "big" bikes for Christmas and are again, like yours, my son will happily ride his but my daughter struggles to go far on hers.
Every weekend we go to a local park or a National Trust property with big grounds and spend the afternoon walking around it and we give the children a list of htings to find (flowers/sticks/feathers/insects/signs) which keeps them amused and then they have the reward of playing on the playground at the end.

I've started doing 30 day shred at home, my son hasn't taken much interest and will sit at the other end of the room with his lego but my daughter loves copying it. She enjoys doing star jumps (jumping jacks) tries to do press ups, laughs at me doing sit ups and during the strenght training she will grap toilet roll tubes (of course I don't give her weights) and copies what I am doing. It's quite cute, I'm not forcing her to do it, I didn't even encourage her to copy she just decided she wanted to do it too.

Once my daughter turns 4 she has asked to start at the ballet classes in our village (they're a bargain, only £2 for an hour!) and we''re looking for a football (soccer) club for my son to join. My neighbour owns horses so once they're a little older they will be able to start going riding too.

I have a 3 year old and we do a lot of dancing, just stick the music chanels on and bop around for half an hour or so, extra exercise by picking her up etc!!! Also lots of games of tag, soft play is an excellent workout too, especially if your LO's are as quick as mine lol
Chasing round the park, walking, lots of kids games - musical statues, musical chairs but with cushions, hula hooping etc but mostly just general craziness!!!

My 3 year old loves doing DVDs with me. It's really cute to see her try to copy the moves. I've taken all three kids to a local track (3 year old, 14 month old twins) and walk/jog on the track with the twins in the stroller and have the 3 year old play in the field in the middle of the track. It kind of works......The other day as a joke I did squats, lunges, and bicep curls using a kid as a weight lol..........Might actually do that one again. She laughed the entire time haha!

my sons are 2,3,5 and 8,i usually go out for a walk with them most days.at home i do dvd workouts or xbox games and they get involved.
sometimes i wake early so i can get in my workout b4 they wake.

I've put my oldest on a bike and my youngest in a stroller and done walk/ runs with them. But otherwise I hand them off to daddy and workout alone.

I have a 12, 11, 8, 8 year old girls!

I go to the fitness room in my building and with them in tow their scooters and bikes, balls and jump ropes look like a Child Pride Parade. They pretty much take over the space outside of the room and I take up the space inside. The only sure thing about it is, someone will have to go to the bathroom before my time ends... No matter how many times they pee before hand!

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I had to skip my workout (I only workout at the gym at lunch) yesterday b/c of a work deadline so I at least made up for the leg workout. I did walking lunges around my living room (3 sets of 20), plea squats with one of my toddlers (they got to take turns) on my back for the 40lb weights (3 sets of 12), then step ups on my hearth -- not as high as I would go in the gym but with weight, it's definately better than nothing!

Ok this is going to sound a bit insane; I've never actually calculated the calories but 'WOW that's what i call nursery rhymes' and 'The Best of Wiggles' are pretty much non-stop singing and dancing (jumping around). My younger kids (9 and 2-(nearly 3)) absolutely love it! You can really go for it, jumping up and down and twisting etc. I really do get a bit of a sweat on! haha

I think I may try it tonight and put my HRM on - just for fun! lol

Good luck. x

My 2.5 year old LOVES the Wiggles and I definately feel like I get a good workout in dancing with him!
I also have a good double jogger for him and the baby and we go on long walks. If I really need to fit something more in, I wait for Husband to get home from work and leave them with him.
I also use them as baby weights. The little one loves it and it gives my arms a good workout too.

Mine is only 9 months and I use him as a weight he loves rough housing so baby squats (normal squat holding baby out so when you're down his toes hit the ground) and baby lifts (come out of the squat and lift baby as high as you can) he just cracks up. But wow, 10 kg is getting a bit tough on my knees. Before he was mobile he liked kissy push-ups (normal push up kiss and coo at baby in the down postion). I try and get up early and to 30DS before he wakes up. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. I've got to try the aqua jogging thing. Looking forward to when he's older and I can distract him with crayons or play-dough and get in a good work out. I like strollercize, but I only go once a week, if it's not SNOWING like it was yesterday, ugh.

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