Share the Workout, with your kids!

Many people ask me if it's Ok to share a Personal Training session with there kids whether they are young children or Adults. For Adult Children the answer is a very simple yes. Sharing a session with adult child or even a another un-related adult gives the combination of advantages of sharing the cost, very important, for my clients at www.fitnesswithjeff.com can save more the 40% on the cost of a regular session per person. Secondly and more importantly builds a level of support for yourself and the other person, on days where I’m not coming out to do a session and where your not thrilled about working and might just say I won’t do it today the other person will hopefully step up and say lets hit the gym or the tennis cour etc. The more support a person has in there workout routine, diet or life style efforts the better. For personal training I recommend 2 times per week, now you should workout just about every day doing different exercises each day, please refer to my article entitled Workout routine, what to do on each day and that will cover the topic of what to do on each given day of the week.
Now getting back to whether to work out with your children under the age of 18 really depends on the relationship. Is there any tension in the relationship, this can usually manifest itself in the teen years and can be difficult to work though, but baring those kinds of issues, it can really be a win-win, for related family members living under the same roof, I usually will charge only a nominal amount more, maybe a couple of dollars more and if they purchase a package, I usually won’t charge any more, most personal trainers and tennis instructors, which I am, won’t either, so your kind of getting 2 for the price of 1, your learning the same things which hopefully will build a better foundation for doing the exercises or sport movements correctly and hopefully doing them more. Again you’re also building your self a level of support both for you and your child. For Sports like tennis, if your child takes lessons and you don’t, there getting better and you’re not so if you go to play with them, you might play them once and they will be much better then you and never do it again. Some of the happiest times I watch families together is out on the tennis court or basketball court, ball field etc. Good athletic fun builds good health habits and I feel stronger families. Also if you have the knowledge and can share it with your child that truly is a win-win, Remember you are the best coach, instructor, teacher your child can have. Have a great workout.