Gym Class Heros- Building Leg Strength

Good day homeedders I hope you're all having a wonderful timem. It has been a little bit since I blogged about home edders. Not that I haven't been teaching the kids just that I haven't had much new things to share.

Eduction gets quite repetitive but I thought I'd share my current training with little bloke, whom as many of you may recall wasn't walking yet. I put the delay down to lockdown as he really wasn't incentivised but since lockdown ended and we been going out more he has really jumped forward in leaps and bounds.

Ok so we officially started walking on the 18th of March full time prior to that it was a bit of a mix and more on the bum shuffling side of things. So I decided to go easy on little bloke but not wanting to lose his momentum get a grip of the situation and focus in on strengthening his legs so he would continue to walk.

By the looks of him chilling on the couch as a fully fledged walker now, you can get a grasp of the success we have had in that department.

So how did I do it?

To be honest I didn't do all too much it was all mainly him but I started off with some light encouragement and focusing on things he wanted to do.

Just like little miss who has kind of trickled out of the gym, lil bloke too has shown interest in training.

He's been big time into the treadmill so I decided to give him a bit of a play with it on it's slowest level and 0 incline.

He didn't last all that too long and I was close by just to be sure if he fell. But he was tiring pretty quick and often jumped to the safety of the plastic case at the front of the treadmill for a rest.

But since these pictures a few weeks ago he goes really good on a low speed and as soon as he sees me put my gym clothes on he often runs in here to beat me to the treadmill 🤣

The other core thing I've been focusing on is soccer, lil bloke loves heading off to training with little miss and I every Saturday morning and he has shown an interest in the sport.

So I entice him to walk by playing a good ol fashioned game of Kick to kick with him which he has come to enjoy so much he often brings the ball too me all times of the day.

But it's quite interesting watching him grow and shine since he began walking. Also noticing the differences between lil bloke and little miss.

Although due to lockdown I am home more than I was with little miss so he is more intune with my routines and pass times.

He loves training with me in the gym which is awesome because now that little miss is 5 she has bailed on me to play with her doles or draw in her book.

No doubt, lil bloke will do the same to me too eventually but for now I have a new bestie that wants to hang around.

Now that we have him walking and training his into all kinds of mischief and just the other day I was met with brute force 😀 while preparing the nights dinner I was assaulted by a 1 yr old with a mega fist 👊🏽 🤣🤣🤣

I have to admit, as a parent I thought I had failed my son due to being a late walker and I was starting to get scared.

But with a few extra outings, some fun times to develop his drive to want to walk and a few training sessions we're at full pelt running up and down the hall way even at times on his sisters scooter.

Happy days! And now the real learning begins! Get ready to have your blogs light up with stories if little blokes journey.