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post #1 of 14
7/15/11 at 12:15pm
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First of all, this is a serious post. And I did search, but found nothing, if this has been covered before please point me in the right direction.

My 1yo son weighs 10kgs and he loves to be swung around and all that stuff. I myself need to put on weight so I thought that I might as well kill two birds with one stone while I'm on daddy leave.

Does anyone have experience with training with a living weight? I need inspiration for exercises to do apart from lifting him in front of me. I'm not used to any kind of training so I don't know a lot of exercises.
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post #2 of 14
7/15/11 at 12:21pm
Among others, please don't do excessive swinging around or pulling by holding the wrist/hands with your child for a few more years. The elbow joint is not ready for it yet
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post #3 of 14
7/15/11 at 1:10pm
I used to hold one twin in each hand by a foot, and then lower them to the ground where they would pick up a pacifier in their mouth. it was more a parler trick than an excersize, but it wasn't easy - at the time they were each better than 25 pounds.

I walk with my son on my shoulders sometimes, as excersize - he weighs about 60 pounds, so it is a pretty good excersize

the other thing I do is let me kids climb me - I hold my arms out to the side, and they grab my arms and climb up my body. that is fun and excersize for them, and it takes strength from me.
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post #4 of 14
7/15/11 at 3:23pm
Teach him how to interlace his fingers then use him as a Kettle Bell. biggrin.gif
Edited by willpower - 7/15/11 at 6:24pm
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post #5 of 14
7/15/11 at 3:24pm
This sounds dangerous. Why can't you just have the baby watch you? Like lifting weights while making funny faces (that will burn some calories as well).
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post #6 of 14
7/15/11 at 4:54pm
Try some hang-cleans and maybe an overhead kettlebell swing.
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post #7 of 14
7/15/11 at 11:30pm
There are various partner moves you could do for weight lifting. But with a baby? shog[1].gif

Outside of the fact he's only 10kg what happens when you drop him? Don't think it won't happen.
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post #8 of 14
7/16/11 at 3:11pm
Don't use em' as a kettle bell, by holding at the hands. The radius isn't ready, if you'd understand the kinematics and growth development you'd understand.
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post #9 of 14
7/17/11 at 5:35pm
^

I was totally joking in my post, I thought that the "hang-cleans" comment would be enough to show my sarcasm, sorry it didn't translate well.

Don't use your child as exercise equipment, that's ridiculous. Buy some real weights. If he likes to be tossed around then you can still play with him in that manner as long as you're careful and aware of the physical limitations as outlined by erdawe. Just don't use it as your main work out.
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post #10 of 14
7/17/11 at 9:53pm
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Originally Posted by Bond23 View Post

Don't use your child as exercise equipment

For some reason I just found this to be hilarious. Perhaps it's the phrasing happy.gif
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post #11 of 14
7/18/11 at 2:00am
I don´t know why, but I knew you were from Scandinavia before I could read your location.
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post #12 of 14
7/18/11 at 2:26am
Do some Turkish getups.
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post #13 of 14
7/19/11 at 5:31am
Thread Starter 
Thanks for all the advice. Well. I feel that I didn't manage to express what I wanted to very well in the OP.
I don't want to come across as the reckless father who uses his kid as a piece of eqipment.
Maybe I should rephrase my question.
How can I play with my 1yo in a safe way that is both fun for him and will eventually strengthen me rather than just breaking my back?
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post #14 of 14
7/19/11 at 5:40am
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Originally Posted by dron View Post

Thanks for all the advice. Well. I feel that I didn't manage to express what I wanted to very well in the OP.
I don't want to come across as the reckless father who uses his kid as a piece of eqipment.
Maybe I should rephrase my question.
How can I play with my 1yo in a safe way that is both fun for him and will eventually strengthen me rather than just breaking my back?

teach him to climb you. that is good excersize for both of you
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