It was my daughter's first time in a fitness gym. I brought her along with me yesterday, a Saturday. Being a teenager, she gets conscious now of her physique. It's natural to have baby fats at her age. What I am inculcating in her mind is that it's better to lead a healthy lifestyle while at a young age. Eat healthy foods, exercise regularly, get adequate sleep, drink lots of water. :) I really need to guide her on this. Good thing she is not into sweets.
She has a tutorial class in the morning so after bringing her to school, I went to the gym by my lonesome. I finished my set target for my core exercises in the morning so that I can concentrate in assisting my daughter in the afternoon. That's just what I did.
She did the treadmill gradually increasing her speed from 2 km/hr to 5 km/hr for a total of 30 minutes (divided it by 2 consecutive 15 minutes so she can rest a while as this was her first time to try a treadmill). She did a walk/run in the treadmill. Nice. She did it herself. I did not tell her to do it.
She tried on the triceps pulley but of course at a very light load. She also did some weights at 2 k per arm. We tried on the stationery bike. She set bike's effort at 6 but reduced it at 4 after about 15 minutes. 6 is quite heavy for a first timer.
She also tried the leg push equipment (honestly, I don't know how the equipment is called).
I was careful in what she's doing as I am not a PT. We just tried basic exercises to let her warm up at the gym. Next Saturday, we will be joining Body Vive as this is easy for her but requires a lot of movement.
We spent the whole Saturday bonding. After the gym, we headed to the salon and had our nails pampered.
We had fun! I love it that physical fitness is added to our bonding moments. :)
that is a really nice bonding time..
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