The Galveston County Daily News:
At Walter Hall Park last week, there was the arresting sight: A speeding baby sitting upright against the breeze in his three-wheeled, made-for-speed jogging stroller.
As his mother ran for the finish line, a second mother-child pair pulled alongside and threatened to overtake.A good-natured rally ensued as a half-dozen other new mothers ascended into view over a small rise with their own offspring on wheels. Hot on the chase.
The entire assembly rounded the asphalt oval, flashed under the canopy of old oaks and then executed a sweeping turn onto the ankle-high grass just off the small duck pond. Moving with military precision, they pulled to a stop.
The kids were grinning.
Then the team formed a wide arc around its leader, the only one to be sans baby, and began a close order exercise drill to the sound of an unseen boom box.
All this represents an activity known as StrollerFit — one of several new pay-to-exercise plans that have been spreading nationwide in an effort to fight postpartum sag.
These franchises seek to extract new moms from couches and cubicles back into suburban wilds, where they can regain muscle tone without leaving their babies behind.
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