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Gym/ wxercise equipment for 12 year old at home

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hadwebutworldenoughandtime · 20/09/2023 12:06

Has anyone any suggestions for gym/ exercise equipment to use at home with my 12 year old DD?

We have limited space to store anything but have a shed and a small garden although she may prefer to do stuff inside.

It all started as we have some small hand weights and she started to see a difference in her muscles and wants to get 'stronger' - I'm thinking fitter rather than body building!

She already does a 45 minute walk to school twice a day. She has a bike but does not enjoy running.

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GingerIsBest · 20/09/2023 12:10

There are various online videos etc you can watch on this. DS does quite a lot of sport outside of the house but at home, he likes to do things like sit ups, crunches, push ups (different kinds) and pull ups (he does have a bar you can attach to a door frame for this).

He also creates obstacle/exercise courses in our (not very big but not tiny) garden - so he'll jump on the trampoline for 2 minutes - doing a mix of jumping types - then skip for 2 minutes - then do multiple sprints across (I'm not sure how useful this is in a 10 m garden but...Grin), then he do burpies or lunges or his sit ups/crunches/push ups etc.

hadwebutworldenoughandtime · 20/09/2023 12:20

Thanks, all good suggestions which I'll talk to her about.

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Moredarkchocolateplease · 20/09/2023 13:14

Do you have somewhere you can add TRX straps? I have amazon version. They are screwed into our garage wall.

Also DS 13 has a punchbag on a stick (can't think of a more appropriate name!)

He uses it in his room while watching movies.

hadwebutworldenoughandtime · 21/09/2023 12:10

I hadn't heard of try straps before but will look into them. Punchbag might be good for her actually!

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