If you’re a fan of fitness, chances are your kids will be, too. Now, I don’t mean you need to be a stellar athlete or anything — according to Health Psychology journal, parents would be wise to just should show enthusiasm for physical fitness by walking or running in local road races (register your kids if you can — many races have kid versions!) and taking the kiddos to local sporting events. You could also watch sports movies, like we do in our house, and challenge your young ones to master feats now and then. For example, I’ve been timing my 8-year-old son a few times a week in the mile run — he’s been running a consistent 8-minute,  39-second mile, and he’s way proud — and I make sure I run it with him. We’re in it together — I just don’t do as well as he does, I’m a 10-minute mile girl. I think that’s part of the appeal for him — beating his mom. Works for me if it keeps him active.

Are you role modeling fitness in your house? Tell us what you’re doing.

Photo: Matt McGee, Flickr

Time to lace up those sneakers and head out on a walk, because today, my friends, is National Start! Walking Day. That means that if you don’t already have yourself a walking routine, you get to embark on one today. Do it for your heart, for your fitness, for family time. Just put one foot in front of the other in a purposeful and somewhat strenuous manner (which means hoofing it from the couch to the fridge and back does not count), and then do it again tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, and so on. You know the drill.

Read on about this special day over here at That’s Fit.

Now leave us a comment and tell us how you plan to incorporate walking into your world.

Photo by: Renneville on flickr