Healthy Heart Activity Ideas
Indoor Activities for Heart Healthy fun with Kids
2. ARM CIRCLES
3. DON’T SIT ON THE HEART (aka chair squats)
Really, do NOT sit on the hearts. My 3 year old cracks up in a fit of giggles, of course, soon as I get the camera out he gets all serious on me. I of course got a few more squats in then he did, but Oh SO MUCH FUN! We counted how many times we could almost sit down. (Exercise + Math)
4. KISS THE BABY
Now this is my favorite arm exercise of all time. Kiss the baby is when you lift your little ones up and gently lower them to your chest for a kiss. This looks all cute and sweet like this, but I promise you seconds after we took this picture I was bench pressing the big kid. Lots more work for the arm muscles! (and yes, more giggles) (Exercise + Snuggles)
5. JUMP THE HEART
Last and not least, we played jump the heart. For 2 minutes we jumped over the heart.
- With one leg
- With two legs
- Sideways
- Forwards
- Backwards
- and Crazy Jumping
I’d call out how to jump and we would both do attempt to do it. Let me tell you, this one gets you sweaty! (Exercise + Following Directions)
Heart Healthy Fun Workouts with Mommy and Me
Rachel Page says
He looks like he's having a great time. Nice job!
The Iowa Farmer's Wife says
Awww what great ideas! thanks for sharing on the Sunday Showcase!
Eco Thrifty Living says
Brilliant! Looks like lots of fun!
Sugar Aunts says
This is such a fun idea!! I wanted to invite you to join us in our Share It Saturday link up party. Each week, so many creative and fun ideas are shared and it is so wonderful finding new ideas and blogs! Yours would fit right in! http://www.sugaraunts.com/2013/02/share-it-saturday-6-and-our-week-in.html
We also have a Pinterest board dedicated to the link up party and are inviting all contributors to become a collaborator on the group board. It is a really great way to get many new viewers to see your posts. The link for the Pinterest board is on our post. I hope to see you there!
Colleen at Sugar Aunts
The Monko says
These are great exercises that I can actually imagine Goblin doing. we tried yoga and that didn't go down too well, but this could work. Thanks for sharing on SPP, I'm pinning to the Sunday Parenting Party board