Strive for 60 minutes of exercise a day!

It's easy to get 60 minutes of exercise a day.  It doesn't matter what you do, you just have to be active.  Staying active will help you feel good and give you lots of energy. Try one of these fun activities.

• Walk your dog or a neighbor's dog
• Fly a kite
• Toss a Frisbee 
• Ask your parents to take you to a state park where you can take a nature hike
• Ride your bike
• Skate
• Rake the yard or pull weeds
• Play tag
• Have a hula hoop contest, and see who can keep the hoop up the longest
• Learn to juggle
• Jump rope
• Visit the zoo, amusement park, or museum (lots of walking)
• Wash the car
• Shoot hoops
• Play soccer
• Play softball
• Have a water balloon fight
• Put on your bathing suit and run through the sprinkler
• Go swimming (never without an adult to supervise!)
• Give the dog a bath. The bigger the dog, the more exercise you'll get!
• Do jumping jacks 
• Play miniature golf 
• Go bowling 
• Play touch football 
• Learn hip-hop dancing 

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Try some of these other helpful exercise tools!

• Take the fitness challenge! (Game)
• Have fun with a pedometer (Count your steps, your goal is 10,000)
• Map out a bike ride or jogging loop 
• Find out how many calories you burn while exercising
• Learn how to exercise with resistance bands (Video)