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Anton posted 11 weeks ago.
I love it! Pulling extra weight around is on the bike strength training...
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beads1985 posted 11 weeks ago.
It is a workout for you and it gets your daughter involved with you.
I take my girls swimming, biking, and playing(which reall is running).
I wear them out, I get a workout, and they don't realize they are exercising and having fun.
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dollfin04 posted 11 weeks ago.
Awesome idea! :)
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beads1985 posted 11 weeks ago.
Now give me 20 ;-)
My kids would do that and I would get quite a workout.
Now they are 7 and 10, and they still want to sit on my back as I do a pushup and it is a little too much. ;-)
I can still do the double piggy back though.
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Ironmom posted 11 weeks ago.
Cool! My kids really enjoyed the tag-a-long when they were little, it's a great way to add resistance training and take the kids with you too! I'm glad your daughter is enjoying it. I also found that both of my kids learned to ride a two-wheeler really quickly after being on the tag-a-long, the whole balance thing just makes sense to them then.
Today I rode with my son on the tandem (now 12 y.o., over 5' tall and almost 100 pounds!), pulling a trailer with 30 pounds, through some hilly wine country (training ride for our upcoming tour), so the resistance training continues...
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cjhoffmn posted 11 weeks ago.
Y, I do the same thing and its great. Super workout, althought he always asks me why I'm slowing down near the end of the ride...
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Leroy Bonkers posted 11 weeks ago.
Ironmom wrote:
Today I rode with my son on the tandem (now 12 y.o., over 5' tall and almost 100 pounds!), pulling a trailer with 30 pounds, through some hilly wine country (training ride for our upcoming tour), so the resistance training continues...
My kid and trailer are only about 60lbs total, so I'm very impressed!
So I took my old, heavy, quasi-mountain bike from CostCo and added one of those hitchhiker / tagalong dealies for my daughter. See the link for a close picture.
http://www.target.com/Mongoose-Hitchhiker-Bike-Trailer-Silver/dp/B0019DO...
Phew! Heavy bike + bike third wheel + 4 year old = quite the hills workout
I seem to remember ironmom posted a similar picture. Anyhow, it's a great workout and my daughter really enjoys coming along for the ride.
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