What is the Fit Kids Holiday Program?

The Fit Kids Holiday Program is a series of fitness sessions designed to give your kids something to do during the holidays and to help nurture their interest in fitness.

You can enrol them for 6 sessions over the full two weeks of the holidays for just $49 per child, or 3 sessions in the first or last week of the holidays for just $30 per child. We have classes for kids holiday fitness in Morley, Baldivis and Southern River.

What it’s based on

The Fit Kids Holiday Program is the brainchild of Bailey Fitness owner Adam Bailey, who is passionate about getting kids involved in exercise at an early age to ensure they grow up to enjoy a fit and healthy life.

Adam believes children should have access to exercise as early as possible and the program is aimed at showing them what’s available, what it feels like to achieve their fitness goals and just how much fun exercise can be.

What it involves

As with adult fitness classes, the instructors for each session will be experts in their particular fields. To develop their strength, endurance and flexibility, your kids will experience a range of different exercises including aerobics, interval training, strength training, stretching and core-building activities. These might include;

• Strength – push-ups, stomach crunches, pull-ups and other exercises to help tone and strengthen their muscles.
• Endurance – aerobic exercise designed to strengthen their heart and lungs and deliver more oxygen to their cells.
• Flexibility – stretching exercises that allow their muscles and joints to move through their full range of motion.

The benefits of fitness for kids

Exercise is vital for growing bodies and fitness classes for kids can have a wide range of important health benefits including;

• Maintaining a healthy weight – calorie-burning exercise and a healthy diet can reduce the chances of your child being overweight.
• Improving heart health – exercise helps reduce the risk of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
• Assisting with coordination – exercise improves balance, flexibility and strength necessary for good coordination.
• Helping to develop motor skills – exercise develops fine motor skills in the hands, fingers and thumbs and the gross motor skills needed for walking, running and playing sports.
• Improving posture – exercise can help correct poor posture which can lead to fatigue, headaches and neck and back problems.
• Improving concentration – exercise encourages their brains to work harder by multiplying, strengthening and protecting nerve cells.
• Boosting confidence – exercise elevates mood and increases their sense of positivity.
• Relieving stress – exercise relieves stress and anxiety and improves their sleep, which is important for overall health.
• Developing social skills – group exercise gives kids the opportunity to make new friends and work together as a team.
• Keeping their bones strong – exercise encourages healthy bone growth and reduces their likelihood of developing osteoporosis in later life.

Why our Fit Kids Holiday Program is so successful

As well as the awesome health benefits described above, the reason our Fit Kids Holiday Program books out so fast every year is because kids love it! They get to try all kinds of cool classes and blow off steam around other kids their own age, instead of sitting at home complaining there’s nothing to do.

And parents love it even more. Because you get time off from trying to think of things to keep them entertained and have the chance to put your feet up and take your own holiday break!

Where you can sign them up

We hold a Fit Kids Holiday Program at each of our three locations in Morley, Southern River and Baldivis, so if you want them to get healthy and have fun, sign them up at your nearest centre today. And if you want them to develop their minds along with their bodies, why not enroll them in Kids Muai Thai classes as well! Just contact us for details at Bailey Fitness.