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Sporty child: training more or less cancelled...any suggestions for the coming weeks?

31 replies

Madcats · 17/03/2020 19:40

Just that really. For the moment we are minus 7 1/2 hours of hard swim training and no sports fixtures at school.

I am sure the sports centres will close shortly.

Does anybody know about those things you can put on bikes to make them indoor?

I've not looked for 1980s aerobics videos on Youtube, but I hope not to have to do this.

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dyscalculicgal96 · 12/04/2020 19:33

All organised sports are on hold too.
Every single proper sport club is closed. The kids used to have a swimming lesson at a local pool in town on Monday afternoon. The club owner recently emailed all members families to tell them of the impending closure. I now basically improvise however. I have seen a few families playing tennis at a local park. I also ordered a skipping rope on Amazon earlier this month to use at home.
We try to do some form of exercise each day. We do lots of star jumps at home. I also get the kids out of the house on a family nature walk on most days too. I have even dusted off our bikes in storage this week as we are going cycling tomorrow.

BlueChampagne · 06/04/2020 16:41

DS2's fencing coach is very keen on skipping!

Madcats · 20/03/2020 11:39

I obviously caught Decathlon online and some Amazon small shops at a quiet time. Kit is either on it's way or just delivered!

It looks as if I will be rearranging the ground floor to accommodate a turbo trainer, yoga mat, music stand, dun bell. Hopefully the weather will improve so I can retreat to the garden!

Hope everyone stays fit, well and sane.

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FrankieManca · 19/03/2020 07:36

Skipping rope if you have a garden, get brilliant at different routines.
Gym ball
YouTube Zumba routines
I used to do circuit training in the house- tricep dips on the bottom stair etc.

Stuckforthefourthtime · 19/03/2020 07:06

okiedokieme
Running outside isn't banned nor cycling, not even in Italy or Spain

Yes it is. You're in the house and can only leave alone and to go to shops/medical centre or to walk the dog within 50m of your house. Sole parents have had to go to the shops with kids but otherwise kids usually don't leave the home at all.

horseymum · 19/03/2020 07:02

My ds 14 does triathlon and will be really fidgety without. At least he can go running and cycling, also we have a basic turbo for bike. He does a press up app and is up to about 80 a day from Christmas (!) So maybe find some apps for them to challenge themselves. The club will be putting some things together for them soon I think.

MadameF · 18/03/2020 20:32

You will all be on lockdown like we are on continental Europe soon so best to find activities to do in the house and garden for your DC. Mine are loving the weeding and other jobs needed in the garden 😅

Madcats · 18/03/2020 20:25

I follow a few swimmers on Twitter. One is about to release a load of land training ones (not sure whether £ are involved). Do we want links to various sports here or on separate sports threads? DD is 12, so no immediate sporting ambitions, but I really feel for the kids hoping to trial for Tokyo squads.

Hopefully our bike thingy will arrive shortly. DD and friends are too busy WhatsApping about school closure for her to pester me too much, but she wasn't happy when I reminded her that we will need to cut down her food intake.

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DisasterousManagementPlan · 18/03/2020 19:51

I'm now awaiting an email from our club about what they want the kids to do until swim training resumes. Whenever that may be. I assume there'll be some land training stuff they want them to do.

squintsoftheworldunite · 18/03/2020 17:03

My dancer will be doing daily cardio sessions and min4 x online classes a week, plus normal daily conditioning. I don't know if there's anything similar for other sports - training exercises etc.

BlueGheko · 18/03/2020 11:51

Same, down 6 hours of football. At the moment Ds is still going the local astro pitches and playing footie with friends after school, they're all still in school together anyway. He also cycles to school, am hoping we'll still be able to go out for bike rides for the foreseeable. In the case of total isolation, we have a small garden and a skipping rope. I work out at home so have weights/resistance bands etc, going to try to find child friendly workouts on YouTube.

fedup2017 · 18/03/2020 11:43

Same problem. 4 boys and all swimming football and tennis cancelled now. Have told older ones they will be coming for a very early run with me if no symptoms in house. We also have a treadmill in the garage. The 10 year old will play just dance on the PlayStation. I think I may start looking at hit type YouTube videos..... They also challenging each other for the house planking record...

KatyMac · 18/03/2020 10:57

All of DD's class venues have closed - so she has set up on Twitch (whatever that is) and is running online classes for everyone - she re-organised within 12 hours of her first class cancelling

Bookishandblondish · 18/03/2020 10:55

For gymnastics, some of the US gyms are posting conditioning routines that look pretty hardcore but can be done at home. I think there will be a flood of home based routines from different sports teams on twitter etc.

sashh · 18/03/2020 10:48

Skipping? No one cat get within a meter of someone with a skipping rope and it is a dying art.

Barbeasty · 18/03/2020 10:25

Our swimming club is still training for now, but it was agreed last night that when they have to close the head coach will be emailing out regular land training tailored for each squad.

Redcrayons · 17/03/2020 21:45

Same here. Down 4 hours of training and 2 hours of playing at weekend.

OneThousandthNameChange · 17/03/2020 21:39

Same problem here :(

PickledLilly · 17/03/2020 21:28

Watching with interest. My daughter’s gymnastics club is still running at the moment but I can’t see that lasting and her behaviour always seems to spiral out of control on the odd occasion they close. She was dreadful over Christmas and no amount of walks in the woods seemed to help. She really seems to need that high intensity exercise.

ExpletiveDelighted · 17/03/2020 21:23

Our Swimming Club has shut down as of tonight as per the latest Swim England advice. That's all our sports gone now. Our club coaches are going to try and set up online land training sessions. We will also be walking and running.

Mumoftwoyoungkids · 17/03/2020 21:07

If you do manage to get either a turbo trainer or rollers then Zwift is free for kids.

MadameF · 17/03/2020 21:04

Actually in Spain you can't practice exercise outside. Here in France it's possible at the moment with an attestation but if people abuse we will lose that right. Make the must of your pools and guys while you can, we can't do any communal sports at all, just walking, running or cycling alone and for a short time.

Madcats · 17/03/2020 20:44

Good ideas here. If anybody has tried and tested things for sporty children that work... I am seeing a lot of reviews on Amazon about kit that is helping people lose a few Kg (though that will be me) rather than super-sporty kids that need to be stretched.

Bless her, I think she is currently playing basketball on our geriatric wii fit.

Small, sloping, city garden but maybe we should all get digging when school gets closed!

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lorisparkle · 17/03/2020 20:15

My ds has a pull up bar that goes on the door frame.

randomsabreuse · 17/03/2020 20:05

HIIT videos might appeal - Fitness Blender might have some cooler trainers with no / minimal equipment or bodyweight stuff.

Any normal land based training routines?

Circuits in the garden/house.