When you are ready to start sweating about something other than which preschool you're gonna send your wee one to, it's time to strategize the regular exercise. Here's
a quick guide to working out with the kids. Nothing here is groundbreaking (jogging stroller, wow) but it's a fine list of things you can do while your children clamor for your attention in the background. You know: join a gym with childcare; walk with your baby in the frontpack; run on the track while your kids play with bubbles in the middle; take 'em to the lifeguarded pool and do laps (I am waaaay too paranoid to ever do that.) But as the author says, you probably either have to double-team with a friend or just lower your expectation considerably. And that's no small problem.
So while I think it's great to do these for one or two of your weekly workouts, if your kid is like mine, I red-light the idea of making this your regular practice. Because there's no greater set-up for frustration than trying to accomplish something with your kids in tow. It'll suck the quality out of that time you spend together. My vote is to find ways to do solo workouts. But if that's not possible, or you wanna involve the progeny in your active lifestyle, I'd add two more options to the list. 1) Find a sport or activity for your kid, and squoosh in your workouts there. Put junior in a judo class and take the simultaneous boxing fitness class. Or sign up for soccer and run around the field. That way your kid is entertained, not waiting. 2) Play kid games for your workout. Have you tried tag lately? It's also called sprinting. Just run around for a good 30-40 minutes, punctuated by wrassling and rolling in the grass intervals. See, you even get to look like "fun parent" at the same time.
