Appropriate Amount of Physical Activity

According to the American Heart Association, the recommended amount of exercise for children over the age of 2 is at least 60 minutes a day. The physical activities should be enjoyable, vary from day to day, and be moderately-intense activities that are developmentally appropriate. If it is too hard to get in 60 minutes at once, split it up. Have 2 activities each with 30 minutes, or have 4 activities each being 15 minutes. There are three different types of exercised children should include in their physical activities.The first should be aerobic  activities. These kinds of activities can build the child's endurance. The next kind should be muscle strengthening exercises. The last kind of activity is bone-strengthening exercises. All of these activities should occur 3 days a week during the 60 minute time frame.