Snobby Connoisseur of Software
I'm a snobby connoisseur of software, and very little of it impresses me. Exhibit A: my Oura ring, banished to its charger, whose app omits my actual run from the suggested workout. Exhibit B: an Apple Watch that taps my wrist every five minutes to ask if I'm exercising. Yes. Still yes.
I'm a snobby connoisseur of software. That's no surprise to me. More on that in a bit though.
Family Workouts
S had recently lamented how skinny K was. It's not like he doesn't eat. He is healthy. He would just rather read a book than exercise. Or eat. That got me picturing "family workouts". Coordinating all of our schedules, and being able to do so consistently, is impossible – that won't work. The idea looks cool in my head though.
Then I remembered back when I was giving H screen time for pull-ups. The solution here is a point system. I'll assign a target number of points for each kid based on his current fitness. I'll have a workout menu that enumerates the exercises and the associated points for each.
For instance:
Points Exercise
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3 Pull-up
1 Pushup
4 Burpee
2 Lunge (one per leg)
1 Squat
? Run (per something)
? Walk (per something)I need to firm up the numbers and then assign a point goal for each kid.
While I type this, I realized that I'm hearing GVO Kids Workout (a YouTube channel) in the other room. H, J and A are doing a workout. Brings a smile to my face!
