Do you love to exercise or hate it?  It seems most people enjoy it once they make up their minds and find the time to do it, but...and that's always the problem, the "but".  We all have good intentions, but the bottom line is for whatever reason we usually have a hard time making up our minds and finding the time.  Here are some sites that list various fun ways to exercise in the hopes that if the exercise if more appealing to our fun side, we'll actually do it.

  Check these out and see how many you'd like to try.  Then start scheduling some of them in.  Find an exercise partner who likes the same kinds of activities and schedule to do them together.  Don't forget that some people love competition, others want to just enjoy being together without competition.  Also take into consideration any physical restrictions, ie. back and knee problems.

   One more thought, as homeschooling parents, we can always include the kids.  Exercise doesn't ever seem boring for them and with them.  They have the delightful way of making almost anything fun.

   Here are the sites:

Large and Lovely: Have Fun and Exercise     http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art5473.asp

About.com  Making it Fun (Exercise)

http://beauty.about.com/od/makingitfunexercise/

AARP Walking: Putting Fun into Exercise (although written for AARP, this is a wonderful article for anyone looking for ways to make walking more fun)

http://www.aarp.org/health/fitness/walking/a2004-06-04-walking-fun.html?aboutMembership=about

TimesDispatch.com  Nutrition: Yes Exercise Can be Fun in Right Place  (another article with unique and varied ideas)

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783549250&path=!flair&s=1045855936229

KidsHealth: for Kids   It's Time to Play

http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/what_time.html

About.com  Add Fun to Your Workouts with an Exercise Ball

http://exercise.about.com/b/a/021404.htm

About.com  Women's Health   Enjoying Physical Activity - Ways to Have Fun Getting Fit

http://womenshealth.about.com/od/fitnessandhealth/a/exercisefun.htm

SparkPeople Fitness Articles: Ways to Make Fitness Fun

http://sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=276

Baptist Memorial Health Care: Fitness Should Be Fun

http://www.bmhcc.org/health/library/exer3102.asp

For New Moms and Their Baby's  - check out StrollerFit

http://www.strollerfit.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=C3CE1B00-AD30-5EB8-23F64127F72EBE9C

So...what do you do to make exercise fun?  What activities does your family do together?