WALK LIKE A CRAB GAME

"Children learn from role models," says Liz Donnelly, a family

 fitness specialist from Cleveland, who blogs at Family Fitness Guru.

"Grandparents are in a perfect position to [be that] role model" by

stressing the importance of an active lifestyle.

Walking or biking to a destination instead of driving, or even

playing Wii instead of watching TV encourages kids to be active.

 Next time you are with the grandkids, use playtime as a way

to get the heart pumping.

Pretend to be a crab: Walk sideways on your hands and feet

with your torso and head facing up. As you and the grandkids

 crab-crawl around the room, you'll tone your arms and backs.

Once you get the hang of it, have a race! To increase the challenge,

 find out who can crab-crawl the longest, using only one foot, an

 exercise game that strengthens the backs of the hips and legs.

Funny walking relays cause a lot of falling down and laughing. The

 crab walk, in which two or more teams line up at at starting point.

The first person on each team walks on hands and feet with stomach

 turned up to resemble a crab. Each "crab" goes to an end point and

 returns to the team walking backward, still with his stomach up.

When a member gets back to the team, the next person assumes

the crab position, and takes off. Or, try a chimp relay with the same

 format, except that the players walk bent over, and grasp their

 hands with their knees.