![]() ![]() Suggest that they try to have a friend join them in their choice of exercise. When someone has fun, they are more apt to keep going. Just like when your kids were younger, try to encourage your teen to find activities that they find fun. Once your teen starts adding daily exercise into their routine, they’ll love the feeling and want to keep going. Exercise reduces stress, increases energy, and gives an overall feeling of good health. Like most things, once you get rolling, the momentum builds and it’s easy to keep going. Anytime is fine as long as they agree to get it in. Or, they may find they like to exercise prior to bed. They may wish to break up their school day and clear their mind just before lunch. They may agree to wake up earlier and get it out of the way first thing. Let them have control on how they want to add it in. Sit down with your teen and discuss how you would like them to find time to add one hour of physical activity into each day. This includes watching TV, completing their schooling, browsing online, and playing video games. It’s no surprise it’s hard for teens to find time to exercise when upwards of eight or more hours each day are spent in front of the screen. Some form of screen time is being had at most moments of the day, especially when your teen is a virtual learner. Watching kids is a sure way to burn calories because they keep you on your feet! Is your teen looking for a part time job? Suggest they try babysitting. Need something from the convenience store at the corner? Have your teen walk there instead of driving. Remember, chores burn calories (plus it frees your day up when the whole family helps with household chores). ![]() The list of exercise possibilities is endless.Įven everyday activities present exercise opportunities. Encourage your teen to incorporate some form of activity each day whether it is skateboarding, bicycling, yoga, swimming, sledding, snowshoeing, football, baseball, karate, etc. Medical professionals recommend that teens get one hour or more of physical activity each day. Let’s take a look at how you can encourage your teen to add fitness into their daily schedule and get them back on track. Not only will exercise help your teen to maintain a healthy weight, but people who exercise tend to have better outlooks on life, better overall health, and those who partake in sports have higher self-confidence. We all know that the benefits of an active lifestyle are plentiful. It’s been shown that people who have led an active life starting at a young age tend to be active and healthy throughout their adult life. They have a lot to juggle at this age and often times their fitness falls to the wayside. Adolescents tend to turn their attention off of physical activities like sports and dance and onto things like part-time jobs, friends, their devices, and their studies. Now that they’ve reached their teenage years, their days of early rising are a thing of the past and their daily activity level has probably dwindled down. Remember how they were little busy bodies, just bursting with energy? Those days were long and exhausting but you never had to worry if they were getting enough exercise because they never stopped moving, bopping from one activity to the next. Think back to when your middle or high schooler was a young child.
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