Get your Kids in Motion!

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The Grupo Mayan resorts in Mexico have many families visit us for their family vacations each year. While at one of our Grupo Mayan resorts families are able to spend quality time together participating in our many exciting activities. The Grupo Mayan staff urges parents to continue keeping your children active when you return home from your vacation. The Grupo Mayan health and fitness pros have some great advice on teaching to kids about health and fitness.

The Grupo Mayan pros say that by getting your children interested in their health and excited about exercise you can create lifelong habits that will lead to great health and fitness when they are adults.

Do as I say do, not as I do

Does not fly with the Grupo Mayan health and fitness pros and it probably doesn´t not work with your kids either. If you tell your kids to get out of the house and exercise while you stay inside and play computer games your children will not have much interest in getting outside. Most kids will want to spend time with their parents and if that means staying inside, that is what they will do. Find exercises, like biking and going on walks, that you can do with your family. Exercising together as a family is the first step to creating kids who love to keep fit.

Try to keep your kids time spent playing video games and watching TV to a minimum

A little of each can be good but if your child sits in front to a TV for hours on end or is constantly playing video games you may be on your way to raising a professional couch potato. Get your kids moving, say the Grupo Mayan health and fitness professionals, by scheduling lots of family activities and encouraging your kids to participate in sports. When the weather gets cold you can join a recreation center with a pool and work out facilities to keep your exercise program going during these cold months. Most rec centers offer family memberships at a discount.

Try new things

You can get your kids excited by finding new and unique ways to get moving. Think of activities your children will like and schedule classes for the whole family to take. Rock wall climbing is very popular these days and kids love the feeling of accomplishment they get when getting to the top. The Grupo Mayan health and fitness pros tell us a great family activity is to take scuba diving certification classes together. That way, when you return on your next Grupo Mayan holiday, you can go scuba diving off our beautiful coasts.

Prepare family meals that use fresh vegetables and other healthy ingredients.

Change the way you eat

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The Grupo Mayan health and fitness professionals hope these ideas will be useful to you and your family. We look

forward to seeing you soon.