In what our kids call “The Olden Days” the only fitness equipment for children was found in the playgrounds that used to abound in any city or town. Parallel bars, swings, monkey-bars and other assorted steel-pipe-set-in-the-ground-in-concrete apparatuses were there to facilitate fitness in children by encouraging them to climb and swing like monkeys. Concerns about safety and in an effort to prevent our children from getting any bumps, bruises and scrapes (none of which harmed their parents or grandparents in any permanent way), much of this playground equipment is gone. It has been replaced by plastic devices with no sharp edges or exposed fasteners, all designed like boxes and pipes, but without much to challenge those little bodies into developing any muscles.
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Children’s Fitness
3 ways to get more fitness into your child’s life
In today’s age of television, internet and video games, it is sometimes hard to make sure your children are getting enough exercise. Gone are the days when your child could just go outside and play for hours and run all over the neighborhood. For safety reasons, [...]