With the increase of technology in their daily lives, children's lack of physical activity has become increasingly common.
Despite the effort of many parents to make their children participate in activities such as football or karate, the incompatibility of schedules is more often the reason children don't exercise more.
But why not include them in our functional training workouts?
BENEFITS OF FUNCTIONAL TRAINING
Rules and discipline
Mobility and Physical Capacity
Corporal Conscience
Energy
Get them to workout
The best way to convince the little ones to train is ... training with them! Involve them in your workouts, with the necessary adaptations, but make them feel that this is not an obligation, but an opportunity to spend more time with the family!
WHICH IS THE BEST WORKOUT?
The workout must be adapted to the practitioner and, in the case of children, this is no exception. There are countless workouts that can be done and adapted for the little ones, so here are 3 workout ideas that can be done as a family ...
At home:
Maximum repetitions in 15 minutes
50 single or 25 double unders with rope
10 Push-ups
20 Sit-Ups
30 Squats
Outside:
5 rounds for time
30 meters Bear Crawl
20 Deadlift with med ball or kettlebell
10 Pull-ups or rows
At the gym/box:
You go, I go
For time
100 calories row or bike
100 Wallballs / Squats
100 Jumps / step-ups to the box
WHICH IS THE BEST EQUIPMENT?
From broomsticks to water bottles, to medicine balls and plyometric boxes. Any object can become the perfect equipment to get the little ones moving!
We have left some suggestions below those that are most suitable for age groups between 5 and 14 years old.
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