The beach can be a great place to kick back and relax.  It can also be a great place to get the entire family up and moving.  Here are some ideas to get the entire family active next time you’re at the beach.

  • Throw a football, frisbee or start a game of beach volleyball.
  • Take a walk down the beach.
  • Have a sandcastle building competition.
  • Have a race doing the “crab-walk” or “bear-walk” in the sand.
  • Start your own beach olympics.  Have stations set-up in the sand where the kids can do jumping jacks, sit-ups, push-ups and run in place.  Have them spend 30 seconds at each station and then rotate.
  • What’s most important is that you’re having fun as a family!