Group Personal training session for Kids

Group Personal training session for Kids

I teach all kinds of people, all of which I love of course, but for pure enjoyment and a sense of accomplishment there is nothing like teaching good workout, motor skills, nutrition and self esteem habits to young people. Kids can come to an activity or topic with a thirst for knowledge and tend not to bring in as many bad habits as adults. If you learn something correctly the first time, the easier it is to retain good habits and the bad habits aren’t as in grained as it is with older people.

In my last article I discussed the pleasure I get from working with young people and working out. It is very rewarding to start kids with good workout and eating habits. Things to think about as far as what to think about before you sign your child up for personal fitness training. What kind of shape is your child or children in, do they enjoy physical exercise, working out and sports and physical activity in general, what are there strength's and weakness and have some goals in mind. In the last article I spoke about the right age for private sessions, and I think the age that seems to me to be the most appropriate is 7-8 years of age is about as early as I recommend for the average child from the terms of maturity and physical and psychological development for private instruction. That being said there are kids that will benefit and grasp the techniques at a very early age, even as young as 3 or 4 years old for private sessions. In the remainder of this article I would like to talk about group fitness for kids for kids 4 years old or older, group kid workouts and fitness classes makes the most sense to me. For real young children (3-5 yrs of age) a lot of the group sessions are spent doing traditional workout things like, jumping jacks, lunges, arm circles, stretching exercises etc, for kids I also add non- traditional activities: throwing and kicking balls, juggling, hacke-sac, other body movements to development coordination etc to work on motor skills. For older children, 9,10 years and up I tailor the workouts to there maturity and interest of the groups, for instance I would do a much different program for kids involved in tennis as I would for football players
For the groups I like to keep the kids separated by no more then 2 years within the same group, just too much variation based on age of the kids. The smaller the group the better, I like to have groups of around 3-5 kids, allows me to give each child the attention they deserve. In general I recommend a combination of private and group sessions, depending on budget and needs and age, this keeps the cost reasonable for the parent and gives the child the good a degree of attention.