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FitFamily Activities


From walking the dog and planting flowers to camping and making sand castles, there are a myriad of activities you can do as a family to stay healthy and fit!

Just take a look at all the things you can do together—then use the FitFamily Goal Tracker to select your favorites and begin recording your progress. Have fun!




Family Fun


9 Hours of Sleep
Air Hockey
Attend a Sporting Event
Back Packing
Build a Tree House
Camping
Canoeing
Capture the Flag
Chopping / Stacking Firewood
Clean the house
Clean the pool
Community Service Projects
Cup Stacking
Cut the Grass
Daddy and Me class
Dance Revolution
Dancing
Detail / Vacuum the car
Drawing
Dust the furniture
Family Vacation
Fishing
Fly a Kite
Folding Clothes
Fooseball
Game Night
Gardening
Geocaching
Go to a Park
Handball
Hide and Seek
Hiking
Hopscotch
Horse
Horseback Riding
Horseshoes
House Cleaning
Household Chores
Hula Hoop
Ice Skating
In-line Skating
Irish Dancing



Jogging
Kayaking
Kick Ball
Kick the Can
Knee boarding
Knockout
Learn and Play a New Game
Learn to Juggle
Limbo
Line Dancing
Make a Snowman
Make Sandcastles
Mini-Golf
Mommy and Me class
Mow the lawn
Paddle boating
Paint the house, fence
Paintball
Participate in Community Theatre
Ping Pong
Plan and Go on a Treasure Hunt
Plan and Take a Day Trip
Plant a Tree
Plant Flowers
Play Musical Instrument
Playing in the Snow
Pogo Sticks
Pool
Pull ups / Push ups
Rake the lawn
Rake the leaves
Rapelling
Rock Climbing
Roller Skating
Rollerblading
Run Through the Sprinkler
Science Experiments
Scuba Diving
Shopping
Shovel Snow
Shuffle Board
Sit-ups
Skateboarding



Skiing
Sledding
Snorkeling
Snow Boarding
Start Smart class
Surfing
Sweep the floor
Sweep the Garage
Swimming
Table Tennis
Tag
Take the Stairs
Tap Dancing
T-ball
Tetherball
Theatre Rehearsal
Trampoline
Vacuum
Vegetable Gardening
Visit a Museum
Visit a Theme Park
Volksmarch
Wake Boarding
Walk the dog
Walk the Mall
Walk the Mall
Walking
Wash Clothes
Wash the car
Wash the dishes
Wash the dog
Water Skiing
Water the Plants
Wax the car
Weed the garden
White Water Rafting
Wiffle Ball
Wii Fit™
Wii Fit™ Games
Wii Sports
World Wide Day of Play
Yard Work


Family Nutrition


Avoid soda & sweets
Bring Healthy Lunch/Snacks
    to School/Work
Clear the Table
Cook Healthy Meal Together
Create a Healthy Recipe
Drink 3 servings of milk
Drink 8, eight ounce glasses
    of water
Eat 5-9 servings of fruit
    & vegetables



Eat 6 ounces of grains
Eat a good breakfast
Eat a healthy dinner
Eat a healthy lunch
Eat healthy snacks instead
    of junk food
Eat moderate portion sizes
Eat three regular meals
Eat whole wheat bread instead
    of white bread
Family Sit Down Dinner at Night
Food Journaling



Select healthy choices at a
    fast food restaurant
Serve Healthy Portion Sizes
Set the Table
Share Events of the Day at
    Dinner
Take a Healthy Cooking Class
Taste a new fruit/vegetable
Wash the Dishes


Family Sports &


America's Kids Run
Badminton
Ballet
Baseball
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Biking / Bicycling / Bike Riding
Bocce Ball
Boot Camp
Bowling
Calisthenics
Cheerleading
Circuit Training
Cricket
Croquet
Crossfit Workout
Dancing
Eat Healthier
Elliptical Trainer
Exercise as a Family
Exercise Bike
Exercise Daily
Family Bike Ride
Family Hike
Family Hour at the Fitness Center
Family Walk
Field Hockey
Flag Football
Football

Fitness


Four Square
Frisbee
Frisbee Golf
Fun Run
Golf
Golf Lessons
Gymnastics
Half Marathon
Hockey
Ice Hockey
Jazzercise
Join an Intramural League
Judo
Jujitsu
Jump Rope
Jumping Jacks
Jumping Rope
Karate
Lacrosse
Line Dancing
Lose Weight
Marathon
Nordic Track
Pilates
Play Catch
Racquetball
Roller Hockey
Rowing
Running
Sailing
Set Healthy Goals
Soccer



Snowshoeing
Softball
Speed Skating
Spinning Class
Stair Step Machine
Stationary Bike
Step Aerobics
Street Hockey
Stretching
Swimming
Tae Bo
Taekwondo
Tai Chi
Taiko Drumming
Take an Aerobics Class Together
Target Shooting
Tennis
Throw Frisbee
Track & Field
Treadmill
Triathlon
Tumbling
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
Walk 10,000 Steps a Day
Walk Daily
Water Aerobics
Weight Lifting
Weight Training
Yoga
Zumba Class
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