citabean Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 This is something my 10 year old son and I have been working on for the past couple of weeks. We wanted a fun way to track fitness at home and earn cool prizes. I wanted a way to motivate him to be more active. What better way to keep a couple of nerdy geeks active better than make a game of it?This is the game![ATTACH=CONFIG]3456[/ATTACH]Rules:You earn one space for:- 1 mile walked/run- 3 miles biked- 10 minutes of strength/circuit training- 15 minutes of other cardioEach time you land on a star space, you get to choose an award card from an envelope of awards. These can be anything you as a family come up with. Some of ours: Go-Karts, Mini Golf, Beach, Zoo, Minor League Baseball Game, Movie, Dinner out, $20 for spending monies and various museums.We have super hero tokens to move around the board. Mine is Thor![ATTACH=CONFIG]3457[/ATTACH]The game was pretty easy to make. I found an image online that I printed, colored, glued to cardboard and then put contact paper over. We also put a couple sayings and other pictures on the board. Our tokens are actually pieces from another game of Jonas' he no longer uses. They've got tape on em and we can move them around. The board is up on a wall on the way to the kitchen. So all in all, the game set-up is cheap. My goal with the awards was to get us out and do new things... and to try and stay away from food centered rewards.Anyway, have fun kids! Get your kids involved, get em active! STR 5 * DEX 5.5 * STA 12.5 * CON 7.75 * WIS 7.75 * CHA 3 My Fitness Pal Link to comment
JohnnyConfidence Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 This. Is. Awesome. LvL 2 - Viking Adventurer (Warrior in Training) STR 4 | DEX 3 | STA 4 | CON 5 | WIS 5 | CHA 5 ~ Current Challenge ~ Fit Bit Profile ~ Rogue Squadron ~ ~ YouTube ~ @JConfidence ~ Facebook ~ Link to comment
CowboyMisterIndependent Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 This. Is. Awesome.Quoted for truth.Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2 Cowboy - Human Adventurer STR: 3 | DEX: 2 | STA: 2 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3 Link to comment
BarefootDawsy Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 OMG that is the best idea ever! BAREFOOT DAWSY Scout Commander (ret.) Link to comment
maegs Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 What they said ^^ Current Challenge Goodreads|Instagram|Ravelry Link to comment
Librarian of Doom Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I love it! I may even make one just for me :-) since my kiddos are young enough I don't have to try and get them to be active Hobbit Ranger seeking balance (and cookies) Current Challenge Link to comment
mahchoo Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 This is such a great idea Citabean. My kids are still young enough now that being active isn't an issue for them (5 and 2), but as they get older I think this may be an idea I pack away for them. Right now they get a kick out of doing some of the exercises I do (watching a 2-year-old do jumping jacks is entertaining, and a 5-year-old doing burpees is pretty funny too).Thumbs up! I'm on Twitter! Link to comment
AngelCastaneda Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I am so stealing this idea. You are awesome. [table=width: 700, align: center] AngelCastaneda [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Human Adventurer STR: 3 DEX: 2 STA: 2 CON: 2 WIS: 3 CHA: 3 Current Challenge: Eat Paleo. Run 5K. Walk 10K steps. Read Love LanguagesReal-time Step Data | Fitocracy What are you waiting for? You're faster than this. Don't think you are, know you are [/table] Link to comment
Froggiesrock Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 This is great! Definitely stealing this idea for myself and to get my 4 year old excited about getting healthier! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment
Marck Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Well guys!!!I am here to this thread and read out all the posts thoroughly.According to methat different people like the different game for the family fitness.Family fitness games areso perfectible games for keep fitness f the body.I like these games for family fitness...1 Football2 Badminton3 Cricket... Fitness Training Manhasset Link to comment
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