Fun Exercises With a Baby

Being a busy mom, or a new mom, it's near impossible to get free time to go to the gym. Why let that stop you? Why go to the gym when you have a perfectly good baby at home? The video above hopefully motivated you to workout with your little one. Not only will you be getting your burn on, but you get to spend that quality time with your baby. Their little laughs and smiles will keep you going.

About the Video

In the video above, I feature my son Daxton with his aunt Samantha who is also my sister. I would have used myself as the example, but I don't think taking "selfies" of my son and I would have been as efficient.

The video includes a few stretching and exercising ideas that you can do with your baby if unable to go to the gym or just want to get fit while playing with your little one.

For some more information on these workouts check out parenting.com and fitpregnancy.com

Baby Workout

Like any workout, you should always start by stretching. Focus on your back, legs, and arms. I start the video by having Samantha show us how to stretch her back in the "cat" position while having Daxton lay on his back looking up to her. This way they can communicate as well as make funny faces for those adorable baby giggles. She follows this stretch with sitting in the "pike" position while holding the baby in her lap, resting his head in her hands. The baby feet in face is a plus. The last stretch I feature, Sam stretches her legs once more while tickling the baby,

Following the stretches, are a few exercise options that will strengthen the core, legs, arms, and abs. They are in no particular order. Featured are wall sits, squats, baby presses, sit ups/crunches, planks, and push ups. All of these exercises give you the ability to talk to your baby while doing them.

Questions?

Did this motivate you? Have some more baby workout ideas you'd like to share? Let me know! I'd love to hear your input!

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