Three ways to increase your family’s fitness

Being active as a family is not only a great bonding exercise, but also gets those endorphins pumping, boosts heart health and helps to manage stress levels while burning away those extra kilos. Shower to Shower share three ways to integrate fitness into your family life:

Be the role model

If you are a couch potato, chances are your children will follow suit. It’s up to you to set the tone, so get up, get active and start implementing healthy habits, be it walking the dog before dinner, going for a family park run on a Saturday morning, or a Sunday cycle excursion. All you need is 30 minutes of playing soccer in the garden to get the blood flow pumping.

Involve friends and extended family

Inviting friends or your favourite cousins to join you for a walk on the beach or a weekend hiking mission turns the exercising experience into a fun, social get-together. Pack a picnic and make a day out of it.

Gift an experience

Use birthdays or Christmas to gift your kids an activity such as zip-lining, tickets to go ice skating or surfing lessons to get the family out and about while learning new skills together. Plan a family activity bucket list and tick the items off together. This is not only a great bonding opportunity, but will also fill your memory bank with good times while keeping you active and healthy.