Just getting through the work day, the school day, and other obligations can leave you and your teenage kids feeling pressed for time. Are you both finding it hard to fit in fitness? According to the U.S. National Association for Sport and Physical Education, children should accumulate at least 60 minutes, and up to several hours, of age-appropriate physical activity on all or most days of the week. Getting your child to enjoy exercise and movement doesn’t have to be a fancy or expensive proposition.

Here are some ideas from the exercise experts at Life Fitness to get your tweens (and maybe even yourself!) moving:

It’s back to school time for kids, and back to routine for parents! Summer is fun, but most parents agree it’s good to get their kids back in school and get back to more of a regular daily routine. Even for individuals with no children at home, the coming of Autumn and all that goes with it, makes us all feel like it’s time to get things in order, tighten up the daily schedule and get back into a more regular routine.

That makes this the perfect time to evaluate any damage to your fitness level over the summer, and resuscitate your fitness regime! Coordinating kids’ summer activities, attending backyard barbeques, days at the beach and road trips that encourage bad eating habits, all make it easy to miss a few workouts or stop working out altogether and pack on a few extra pounds.

Adjustable dumbbells have been around for many years but have gained a sort of re-birth as of late. When it comes to working-out at home, there are a few things that most people take into consideration when making purchasing decisions; convenience, cost, and space consumption. Adjustable dumbbells have always hit two out of the three parameters. Now, with the cost of steal steadily rising over the last few years, adjustable dumbbells have begun to be more cost efficient as well.

If you have never used adjustable dumbbells before then here’s a quick educational:

HealthStyles is proud to give recycling a new definition in the exercise equipment industry. With the economic conditions over the past several years, HealthStyles has recognized the demand for more economical ways to provide quality, name brand equipment into our customer’s homes. One way to do this is through offering our customers the ability to trade in their used equipment when they purchase new equipment. Because of our large number of store locations, and the size of the HealthStyles Denver warehouse, HealthStyles is offering a wide selection of quality reconditioned exercise equipment to home and commercial customers.

If you, or a loved one, have type 2 diabetes you are no doubt aware that exercise can help prevent the serious complications that often come with diabetes and heart disease. Research has repeatedly shown that regular physical activity helps reduce the likelihood of having a heart attack, assists with weight loss, and improves mood.

Specifically, exercise has been shown to help control type 2 diabetes by:

Most of the time getting things done faster is often rewarded, but this is not always true when it comes to strength training. Going slow has been proven to be the best method for building strength and definition.

Here are a couple of key reasons why from the experts at Life Fitness: