With school age kids at home over the next couple of weeks, it can be tempting to say goodbye to your regular exercise routine and take a break, but there’s a few key reasons to keep up your fitness over the school holiday period.

1.      Disrupting Fitness Routine –  once a routine is broken, especially a fitness related journey, it can be doubly hard to get back into the routine. Staying consistent with your fitness routine keeps you on track to achieving or maintaining your goals.

2.      Fitness Levels Can Slip – even taking just 2 weeks away from a regular fitness routine, can make it super tough when you return to it. You may notice this in terms of your cardio levels or physical strength or even your recovery can be slower than usual with muscle soreness lasting a lot longer.

3.      Time to de-stress – it can be stressful having the kids at home over the school holidays, and keeping up your fitness is a great way to manage stress levels and keep making time for yourself with a bit of self care.

4.      Time to Mix Things Up – Having a slightly different schedule to work around while the kids are at home, may help or force you to mix things up a little with exercise at a different time of day, a different class or finding new ways to exercise together with the kids by fitting in fun ‘active’ activities. Some things you may like to consider are hikes, outdoor treetop adventures or indoor play centres like rock climbing which are all great challenges to complete with the family. Obviously stick with something that is age appropriate for your children.

5.      Helps Kids Understand the Importance of Exercise – regular movement is so important for long term health. Either staying in your regular fitness routine, or doing something active with your kids together over the school holidays shows how important regular exercise is to you. Find a way to make it fun by involving your kids in a local hike or active play at the local oval or playground.

Enjoy staying active with whatever you do… have fun and challenge yourself for better active living!

Best wishes and happiness always, Di xo

Di Shepherd is a Master Trainer and Founder of local Outdoor Fitness provider ‘ibelieve fitness’ operating out of Ryde Park.  

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