Fun Family Winter Fitness Ideas are all about the infinite opportunities the winter season offers families to connect and stay active. Our family loves the outdoors so we might rule out the parks and beaches during the winter months but getting outdoors should not be cancelled.
Fun Family Winter Fitness Ideas are about our commitment to stay active during the winter months in spite of the cold weather because there is nothing that beats nature, fresh air and good old Vitamin D, weather permitting. Even when it snows or the temperature reaches the insane minus level with wind chill, we take the opportunity to have fun with the Wii or to exercise with the help online videos.
Our motto is a family that works out together stays fit together because WELLthy reflects the memory making moments we spend together doing the things we love! Here are some fun family winter fitness ideas to inspire you to stay active together:
A Beautiful Walk in the Neighborhood
It’s amazing how taking a walk in our neighborhood makes us discover our neighborhood in a whole different way. We get a chance to meet some neighbors who walk their dogs or take a stroll like us in the neighborhood. Hubby and I are thankful to work from home and make time to go for a run before work or during our lunch break.
Run/Jog/Walk on the Trail
We are a family that loves to get outdoors as much as possible so once a week we make time to go on the trail for a walk or a jog. We make take our sweet time to enjoy the outdoors and reward ourselves with a nature stop to reset and recharge. We love exploring trails near us and AllTrails is an app we highly recommend to discover trails and state parks near you.
Hiking over the Mountains and through the Woods
There is definitely something marvelous in all things of nature because our family always looks forward to our hiking adventures. We can never resist the call of nature all around us and do our best to go on adventures as a family when the weather permits even in the winter months. Hiking brings infinite opportunities for us to explore and we live for those priceless moments.
Indoor Family Workout
While we are able to get outdoors some days, the unpredictable cold winter weather is an incentive to include indoor workout in order for us to get moving. We include some time into our daughters’ schedule to move their bodies and burn off some energy, especially after school. Here is a list of online exercise videos that are favorite among our daughters:
- Go Noodle: The site features a plethora of silly videos that kids love to move along with. Whether they’re dancing along to songs from Trolls or doing an actual workout like their Fresh Start Fitness Collection, GoNoodle videos will keep your kids active.
- Little Sports: The kids workout videos are fun, engaging, and easy for kids to follow along with on their own. Each video is approximately 15 minutes long and teaches kids a variety of exercises to do at home including stretches, standing exercises, cardio moves, and more.
- Popsugar Family Fitness: This channel is aimed at getting the entire family to move together. Kids and adults can follow along and do jumping jacks, squats, and more while focusing on working out as a family.
- YMCA members can now stream exercises programs and classes anywhere, anytime with YMCA360 and screen time for healthy living is one we happily obliged as a family.
- Marvel/DC Fun Workouts: Our family loves everything Marvel and DC so when we discovered Avengers and Justice League Fitness Training, we were over the moon. There are 7 exercises with 40 sec timers, 10 sec rest in between. You choose one of 3 exercises per slide and you are in for a super workout. If your child has a favorite superhero, look it up and have fun like this Black Panther workout which is one of our favorite to train to.
The need for kids to get up and move their bodies is a crucial part of every day. Fun family winter fitness ideas are creative ways to get moving and not just in the winter months. The above list is exactly what family fun memories are built on and what is needed to stay fit together and create lasting connections whether it’s Spring, Summer or Fall.
