3 hours daily exercise recommendations

MrsSippi

I know that the recommendations for young children is 3 hours of physical exercise a day. While I think it can be a bit tricky to follow this exactly every day (assuming your child is at home as opposed to being at school etc where it is scheduled into the day more) I wondered how you try and factor a good amount of exercise into the day. I take my 3 yo to the park, out for walks etc and she doesn't sit down indoors all day but I still think I could do better and would appreciate some simple ideas of how others achieve this.

Gillyx

We're in the garden almost all day when the weather is fair (I.e not raining) even in winter we spend a good few hours out there if it's dry. When we're outside he's running around with the ball, playing with his bike or trike etc.

We don't have a car so we also walk everywhere, my son has done since 18 months old pram was packed away then.

I'm not sure we get 3h every day but some days we'l have more than 3 so I'm assuming it balances out, he's fit and healthy anyway so I figure it's all good.

savingmummy

We generally do a good 40-60min walk a day (I don`t drive).
We got to the park at weekends for a good hour or two if its nice.
We also do forest walks at weekends, tree climbing etc.

During the week not so much, by the time the kids come out of school its a 10mins walk home, dinner, homework, bath and bed.
My DD is starting at a athletes club which is twice a week.

When mine hadn`t started school we did lots of walking, feeding ducks round the lake, parks, play areas, swimming and general running amok in the garden.

tyllwyd

I had a look here and it says young children should be physically active for three hours a day
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/819.aspx?CategoryID=52&SubCategoryID=142
I didn't read that as saying '3 hours of physical exercise' a day, because just moving around while they are playing would count as some of that exercise.