Do Boot Camp Calisthenics For Kids

How to Do Boot Camp Calisthenics for Kids

Last Update: August 12, 2008

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Boot camp calisthenics are a great way to keep your kids in shape and off the couch. Learn how to do boot camp calisthenics with your children in this exercise video for parents and children.

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Fun activities
Alternate resistance & cardio
Use light weights

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Known as the trainers' trainer, Carol Ann has 19 years of professional fitness training experience, a Master's degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion, and CEC provider status with AFAA and ACE. She holds current fitness certifications including Group X Instructor, Personal Trainer, Pilates, Yoga, Aqua Fitness, Kickboxing, and Lifestyle Fitness Coaching. Carol Ann has traveled nationally and internationally training fitness professionals, presenting certifications and workshops, and sharing her knowledge for specific training techniques and application. Along with various fitness training DVD's, she is the creator and star of the fitness DVD series called The Steel Physique System. She also is a freelance fitness expert writer for several publications. In 2008 she is launching Studio Group X, a premier state-of-the-art group exercise studio in North Tampa, FL. The focus is to engage her clients into leading healthy lifestyles for a lifetime through an educational and fun process.

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CAROLANN, CERT. FITNESS INSTRUCTOR: This is how to do boot camp callisthenics with kids. Now, if you've ever watched kids on a playground and how they move about, they really start at one piece of equipment then they run to another piece of equipment. So they may start off at the swing set and then they run to the monkey bars. They play on the monkey bars for a little bit and then they run to the sliding board. There's really no endurance involved in kids' activities on a daily basis when they're playing. So what you want to do is you want to emulate the way kids play so it's a little different than how you would do something with an adult. You want to get some fun activities to do with the kids were you're alternating resistance training with cardio training. For example, a simple jump rope would be a great cardioactivity that you can do with kids and its lots of fun. And set up stations that are about one-minute long, so that would be really good to do for a minute, and then switch it up to a resistance-type of exercise. You can use lightweights for resistance for kids, doing bicep curls, or lateral raises. Now, the thing with resistance is you want to keep the weights light. We don't want to overdo the muscles, especially if they're under 12 years old. We really want to do light resistance and do more reps. So lightweight, and may be for about a minute. Another great piece of equipment that you can do resistance-wise is tubing and tubing is excellent for kids to work with, and that will really develop muscular endurance. Another fun thing that you can do is set up cones and play games. Anything that you can do, game-oriented, to get their heart rate up, that will engage them into the activity and they'll want to do it longer. And then, you can also do some resistance training with the medicine ball. So, anything you can do, short bouts of cardio or resistance, and that will give you a great boot camp activity for kids.