Our responsibility as parents, guardians and role models is to
protect our children from injury or accidents via a cautious
vigilant approach to activities in the everyday life of the
child. The family home where the child spends most of their
time, often features gym equipment, and thousands of cases each
year see children rushed to hospital for injury’s from equipment
including weights and exercise bikes. Fitness equipment
represents the healthy and happy but it is a very sobering
thought that the most common cause of death amongst children
between 1-4 is unintentional injury and gym equipment should be
prepared and proofed to avoid unnecessary accidents. It is
unfortunate that the pulls, pushes and chords of weights
equipment are a highly appealing magnet for young children’s
eyes. Traditional weights can cause injuries falling from
machines in addition to being attached to heavy hard machinery
that can cause bumps and bruises should a child fall or misplace
their step. Little fingers have known to be trap