Comments on: How To Raise Large, Healthy Children http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2005/12/12/how-to-raise-large-healthy-children/ Daily writings about fitness, diet, and health Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:52:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cranialmuscle http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2005/12/12/how-to-raise-large-healthy-children/#comment-393 cranialmuscle Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:20:19 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=444#comment-393 <p>I have an old friend who is a track coach. He runs every day and his small children have always wanted to join him and now do. He did not push them to do it, they just want to do what daddy does. Not only do I think they will likely always be healthy since they have started a healthy habit early, they get the invaluable benefit of spending that time with him.</p> <p>When my children were young, they wanted to lift weights with me. However, I believed the old wives' tale about weight lifting being bad for young children and did not let them lift. Though they are now active in high school sports and very healthy, I regret that missed time with them and having one more thing we could share.</p> <p>By the way, if your children do want to join you in working out, don't be competitive with them and do remember that they are, in fact, children and will have less focus and intensity than you. Adjust their workout to make it fun. The game face can come later.</p> <p>Wishing I'd known then what I know now....</p> I have an old friend who is a track coach. He runs every day and his small children have always wanted to join him and now do. He did not push them to do it, they just want to do what daddy does. Not only do I think they will likely always be healthy since they have started a healthy habit early, they get the invaluable benefit of spending that time with him.

When my children were young, they wanted to lift weights with me. However, I believed the old wives’ tale about weight lifting being bad for young children and did not let them lift. Though they are now active in high school sports and very healthy, I regret that missed time with them and having one more thing we could share.

By the way, if your children do want to join you in working out, don’t be competitive with them and do remember that they are, in fact, children and will have less focus and intensity than you. Adjust their workout to make it fun. The game face can come later.

Wishing I’d known then what I know now….

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