Kids FitDeck cards: A super way to get moving

Kids are more obese than ever and Superman is super cool. So I can't help but absolutely love the idea of these FitDeck exercise flash cards for kids ... more importantly, for my kids!

They are a colorfully packaged card deck that includes 50 exercise cards, four instructional and two stretching flashcards, accompanied by a game and activities workbook. Each flashcard features illustrations and instructions describing a different exercise. You don't need any equipment and you use your own body weight to do the exercises. It's a novel product, targeted towards children ages 4 to 16 (in my opinion 4 to 10 would be more appropriate) . After all, what young kid wouldn't want to work out with the big guy sporting the "S" on his chest?

"Superman's greatest enemy is no longer Lex Luthor. It's childhood obesity," says FitDeck creator, Phil Black.As the founder of FitDeck, Inc., a company that produces exercise products for all ages, Black is committed to inspiring children to "get off the couch, away from the computer, and start exercising again," he says. And who better than the world's most famous superhero to help him achieve his objective?

The Superman FitDeck has become part of game night at our house and the kids love it when I draw the Kryptonite card, which means you have to double the amount of reps you do on the next card you pick. After two thirty-second bouts of "crab crawling" or "bear crawling" my kids get to enthusiastically tell me that I'm no Supergal.

It's a great way to jump-start an active lifestyle for your kids and there is no equipment needed, which means NO EXCUSES.

So pick a card, any card. Who knows, you might just create the world's next Superkid.