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In my last post I discussed some tips on how to help kids to be active as a part of a daily lifestyle.
To build on that, I wanted to talk a little more about exercise.
There are three kinds of exercise that important for your child.
1. Aerobic exercise for the heart:
You will often hear that kids need moderate to intense exercise (aerobic activity). Activities that raise our heart rate are moderate to intense depending upon how much it raises our heart rate. This is important for all of us because our heart is a muscle and it needs exercise too. When we do activities that raise our heart rate, we are essentially making our heart exercise. We also breath harder when we are doing aerobic activity and this is good for the lungs.
Here are some examples of moderate activities for kids:
These are activities where we we essentially putting weight or force on the bones. This is important because it stimulates our bones to be grow and be strong.
Activities that produce impact on the bones (usually from the ground) include:
These are activities that make muscles small and large do more work than usual. For adults this is usually accomplished from weight lifting or resistance exercises.
Common muscle strengthening activities for kids include:
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