You can bike as a family and feel that you’re getting great quality time along with a painless workout. Many communities offer great riding trails for exercise with a view.
For safety, be sure that everyone wears a helmet, Matthews says. If you’re going for a longer ride, pack a healthy picnic lunch and stop to refuel. You’ll want to take water with you, too.
Swimming
Summertime is ideal for swimming, another low-impact aerobic exercise.
You can get a great total body workout from swimming and have so much fun doing it that you won’t think of it as exercise, Matthews says. “Swimming puts limited stress on your joints, bones, and connective tissue, which makes it a suitable option for almost anyone, from children to pregnant women to older adults.”
Thirty minutes of lap swimming at a slow to moderate pace burns about 286 calories if you weigh 150 pounds.