The Best Workout DVDs for Children

Obesity is on the rise in children. Poor diet and junk food are the main culprits. Children simply do not get the proper exercise. Your young children should be active. They need to put exercise into practice now. It teaches them how to take care of their bodies and prevents many health problems such as diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. It also encourages your children to have fun with exercise videos. This can prevent a future of becoming an obese adult. If your child is a little overweight these workout DVDs can be an encouraging boost to help your child lose unnecessary pounds.

Tae Bo Kicks for Kids– The workout choreography is basic, for the whole body and low impact. The 38-minute aerobic and toning video has fast-paced moves that are classic Tae Bo moves. Billy Blanks slightly simplified the segments to match your child’s abilities and attention span. He made it fun and easy to follow. He tells them to move like a windmill during the speed bag routines. His interactive approach motivates the child doing the exercises. The kids on the video love it when he shouts out a compliment or works personally one on one with an exercise. The children featured in the video range in all shapes and sizes. The video was geared toward 5-11 year olds. People have bought the video for younger kids who absolutely love this engaging DVD.

Move & Groove Kids at the Zoo-This video is designed for very young children between 2-5 years old. It is basic, for beginners and low impact. It blends cartoon animals with a real instructor and then real kids are on a make believe visit to the zoo. The very creative video is for your young child’s active imagination. The run time is 26 minutes. This short amount of time can be worked into any routine. It is great to do a couple of hours before bed time. This will help some kids to wind down, and get a good night’s rest.

Lesilie Sansone’s Kid’s Walk-The first walk aerobics program for kids ages 3-9 year old. Leslie uses super easy marches & kicks along with side steps to offer a good mix of fun. The beginning starts with basic walking, and then move into walking with optional weights just to get a little upper body training. It ends with street walking. The street walking segment is edgier. The main idea is everyone is learning about fitness and having a good time.

Kari Anderson’s Sake for Kids- A beginner basic, lower impact workout created for 6-11 year olds. It increases confidence, coordination and energy. All kids will enjoy this while burning off that school lunch or that Mc Donald’s hamburger and fries for dinner. Kari’s moves are fluid & kid friendly. She teaches eight complete combos, each one a mix of high energy upper & lower body movements. The exercises range from stomps, kicks, pivot turns, & twists. She uses cute names like “macaroni” or “stir it up”. The video DVD ends with faster paced challenge song and all 8 combinations are in a non-stop dance sequence.

Sabrina Bryan’s Byou Dance Workout-The 66 minute intermediate dance workout is let by Sabrina from Disney’s “Cheetah Girls “and former “Dancing with the Stars” contestant. Girls will love it. Its film quality production and pop music tunes are awesome. All girls who are fans of the “Cheetah Girls” will want this video but the targeted age group is 8-13 years old. It has the look and feel of an MTV video minus the vulgarity. This video is about dancing, and getting fit. There are 3 sections. The 1^st teaches the moves at a slow pace. The 2^nd uses fewer repetitions. The 3^rd final segment features faster paced, more choreographed combinations. The girl doing this will feel like she is learning the moves to her own video. There is a bonus feature that breaks down all the moves.