You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on a gym membership to stay fit.  Here are some basic exercises that you can do right in your own living room! 

  • Find exercise videos or workouts on TV that the family can do together.  These are great for people who need the direction and motivation of an instructor. 
  • For strength training think about using soup cans, an exercise ball, a hula hoop or better yet, use your kids as your resistance.  If you have a baby you can play ‘Superman’ for a great ab workout.  Do push-ups letting them ‘ride’ on your back, a chest press, lifting them up and down in the air. 
  • Pretend you’re an animal and mimick movements such as slithering like a snake, hopping like a bunny or running like a cheetah. 
  • Create a homemade parachute game with a blanket and a few balls.  Launch the balls into the air and let the retrieving be your aerobic exercise!
  • Use the basement or clean out the garage to let kids ride bikes, play hopscotch or roller skate.
  • Put on music and just dance!  Or, dance to motion songs like ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes.’
  • Build an obstacle course.  Make things to climb under and over, crabwalk and donkey kick, hula hoop, climb stairs, and make your own hopscotch out of masking tape.