Winning Workouts for Girls
Help girls “warm up” to physical
activity with the following ideas:
• Conduct
circuits. This way girls get to sample different activities. They won’t want to
do the same activity for 45 minutes.
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• Introduce
girls to activities they wouldn’t usually do in physical education classes and
offer workshops that focus on different sports or activities.
• Teach
activities that have a purpose beyond working out. For example, girls tend to
like indoor cycling (because it prepares them for outdoor bike riding) and kickboxing
(because it’s empowering).
• Lead
programs that allow girls to express themselves. Nia works well because it
encourages participants to do their own variations on moves and to “free dance”
during certain sections of class.
• Keep
choreography simple with straightforward blocks of movements so that every
participant can perform the moves successfully.
• Let girls
pick their own music. They’ll tell you what’s cool and what’s not.