5 Ways to Get Your Family Active

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Here are 5 easy ways to get your family active.

1. Build a Home Gym:  Home Gyms are a great, inexpensive alternative to a gym membership.  Set up workout times for each family member and help motivate/encourage each member of the family. 
   
2. Buy a Dog:  And then walk the Dog 3 times a week as a family.  Walking for 1 hour 3 times a week can burn up to 1500 calories.  If you combine walking 3 times a week with working with 3 days of weight lifting you can burn up to 3500 calories a week, the equivalent of 1 pound of fat.
   
3. Buy Sports Equipment: Buy a Basketball net, build a soccer goal, buy some road hockey equipment, and set aside one day a week where your family plays the sport of choice for at least an hour.  Work your way up to 2 hours or more.  Just make sure you stay hydrated.
   
4. Start a Neighbourhood Sports League:  Contact your neighbours, friends, and family and set up teams.  Set one day a week to hold a sports tournament.  It can be road hockey, lawn bowling, basketball, touch football, or any other sport you can think of.  This is for fun; so don’t let your competitive juices take over.  The key here is to get outside and get some exercise, not to be the best team on the block.
   
5. Buy a Ping-Pong/Air Hockey Table: Although not the best workout you can get, Indoor Ping Pong/Air Hockey can get the heart pumping.  1 Hour of Ping Pong can burn up to 400 calories and 1 hour of Air Hockey can burn up to 250 calories, plus it’s really fun.

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