Fun Upside Down Fitness For Kids

Fun Upside Down Fitness For Kids

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Fun Upside Down Fitness For Kids

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Margie Weiss

MG Gymnastics

www.bodybyweiss.com  

(703) 675-1553

Margie Weiss has been in the fitness industry all of her life, having been a national gymnast as a child, and mother/trainer to three international athletes. Owner-coach of MG Gymnastics, her team produced international stars for 15 years. Former owner of 2 Gold's Gym franchises, Margie is also a certified personal trainer, specializing in youth sports conditioning. She has trained international athletes, including her children. Her son, Michael, is a 2-time US Olympic figure skater and 3-time US National Champion. Currently, she is GGX (Group exercise director & instructor) for 3 Gold's Gyms, where one of her programs boasts 500 classes per month; she supervises 175 instructors. Having published many articles in the fitness field, she enjoys seeing progress in each of her participants. But the things that makes her most proud of the lives she has affected are her 5 grandchildren, all of whom live very close. Seeing their smiles makes every day worth smiling about!

Fun Upside Down Fitness For Kids

Personal Trainer Margie Weiss shows parents some easy and fun exercises to keep kids fit.

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Margie Weiss: Everybody likes to be upside-down, especially kids, and if we can help them working out in something that they have fun with, they're not going to realize perhaps that they also are getting a good workout and they're getting fitter as they do it.

Riah is going to put her hands on the floor and her head, so that her head and her hands make a triangle. I am going to put her hand under her shoulders so that there is not a lot of pressure on her neck. She is going to take one leg and lift it up. I'm going to just bring it to the top.

Then she gets the idea, I slide my hands up to her legs so now I can put her body into a straight position, so she wants to keep her feet together. Once we get so that we're established here, we can start doing some activities upside down which will help to build her overall body strength.

Notice I have my knee kind of in the middle of her back to help stabilize her. We're going to take the legs; I'm going to go out to the side. She can stop half-way, or if she's a little bit stronger she can tap to the floor and come back up. As she gets stronger, I'm going to bring my hands down closer to her hips, she has to do more of the work.

So I'm going to put my hand again right at the waist, other hand on the thigh, so that she can gently drop her feet forwards and come right back up. As again she gets stronger, hands on the hips, make her do the work, all the way down and all the way up.

In order to get the child down onto the ground safely, hand goes on the waist and then a bend on the thigh so you can slowly lower her down, and then she comes back up.

Three different exercises, you can do the head-stand, the straddle and the pike. All which work the whole body, so the child has to work all her muscles in conjunction with the other.

Kids' Health - Upside Down Fitness for Kids

Kids' Health - Upside Down Fitness for Kids

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Fitness for Kids - Warm Up

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Fitness for Kids - The Headstand

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Fitness for Kids - The Handstand

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Fitness for Kids - The Wheelbarrow

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Fitness for Kids - The Bridge or Backbend

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How to Exercise with your Baby

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Fitness for Kids - Basic Cardiovascular Exercise

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Fitness for Kids - Warm Up Routine

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