Encourage the kids to eat healthily with these tips
Our kids’ nutrition is our responsibility, and getting it right early can set them up for a happy any healthy life. In this article, Jane Rylands from kitchen appliance retailer Belling shares some great ways you can encourage healthy eating with your children. Getting the kids to eat healthily is a struggle for many parents, […]
What is Coyote Kids Fit Club?
As soon as you start thinking about your child joining a sports club or sporting activity, you often think of the obvious, such as football, rugby, dance, athletics, gymnastics, tennis and swimming (to name but a few). We all know what each one of these activities involves, but when it comes to a ‘fitness class’ […]
Top 5 Family & Kids Fitness Events 2019
There is no better way than to get children excited about being active than getting them involved in a fun fitness event that includes the whole family taking part too. The buzz of the crowd and excitement of the preparation teaches children resilience, team work, motivational skills and most importantly confidence in their ability to […]
Boost Stamina in Kids
What is stamina? “Stamina is the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort”. As we all get older we have a high risk of losing our stamina if we do not keep up our own regular exercise activities. It gives not only adults, but children the physical and mental strength to do something that […]
Nutrition, like it or hate it why do we obsess about it?
We all know the importance of a healthy, well balanced diet in our lives and our children, yet why do we need to research about it constantly, why do we feel we need to be better at it? We all know what is healthy and what’s not, but still keep looking for another fad diet […]
Bring back Get in Shape Girl from the 80’s!
Does anyone remember “Get in Shape Girl”? During the mid to late 80’s, Hasbro produced a line of fitness sets aimed at young girls, each set came with various pink and purple aerobic kit, a cassette tape containing popular music and verbal workout cues, plus a poster, (wow, our kids wouldn’t even know what a […]
How do we measure our Coyote Kids fitness levels and why?
Fitness testing is simply taking measurements of the body and its responses to exercise so that we can work out where a component of someone’s fitness is, at any given moment in time. By performing particular child friendly fitness tests, we at Coyote can see and measure how our children’s fitness levels have improved. This […]
10 Free fun and cheap activities for the family!
Here are ten ideas to get you and your little ones active. Play Tag Go on a bike ride and have a picnic Go on a bug hunt Build a den in your local woods Join your local park run, there are both adults and kids versions. What’s your name-using the alphabet, assign different children […]
10 Commitments that us as parents should follow to raise healthy children.
Be active. The habits that we develop in our childhood will stay with us for life. Exercise and active play need to be at the top of that list! Make them a habit and not a chore, it should be as easy to do as brushing your teeth! Limit “screen time” to encourage more active […]
What is worse than being an overweight adult? Being an overweight child.
Raising a child can affect, and is affected by everyone and everything around that child, and being good role models and leading a healthy, active lifestyle is the greatest lesson we as parents, and adults can give. It will form good habits that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. I am […]