I hated junior high gym but loved high school because I took weight training and volleyball. I think that I ended up getting mentally more psyched up to lift than to rope climb for sure. It was sad that they make kids do lots of things that they are not comfortable doing rather than encouraging them to do it. I would have ran in track had I been inspired to but instead the coach looked at me like I was dead weight, making me more self-conscious. Thus led me to be nervous of my running and I never really got into it as a result.
I like the gym now, lots of rad men and women all there to motivate each other and get it done.

Katie

Hmm, don't remember doing this in gym class, we did things like field hockey, soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming and tennis (I wouldn't play baseball so they let me go to the tennis class.)
Looking at this, I was like "Great, this would be a good thing to work on"... however it is a bit intimidating for me since I can't even do one sit up (I'm working on it, but am still waiting for that day that I make my attempt and POP! up I go in a sit up-- have been working on this for over a year this time...)

totally going to try this and stick to it

Hmm, don't remember doing this in gym class, we did things like field hockey, soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming and tennis (I wouldn't play baseball so they let me go to the tennis class.)

Ok for you guys who had acutal sports for gym all I can say is WOW!!!! We did the Presidential award thing so it was 6 weeks of prep...hated it!!!
Other times we could play dodge ball (Some boy would always hit me in face or boobs) or volleyball. But for the most part we were doing a 'gym' workout that we adults do...Funny right?!? full circle

In Elementary school we had gym every day and we would play outside (four square, basketball, jump rope, monkey bars, swings, balance beams, ect) unless it rained they we were in the lunch room and we played dodgeball and we had a parachute that we would play games with like red rover, bouncing balls, ect) occasionally they had softball (starting my fear of softballs and baseballs-got hit in the nose with a softball and nearly broke my nose.) Middle school (at least the first two years before we moved) it was track, baseball, flag football, basketball, soccer every day, when we moved up north that was when things changed. In 8th grade the school that I went to didn't have a gym so we had "gym" once a week out in a field two blocks from the school and in high school when I did everything above, we had gym every other day on a 6 day cycle rotation (for me I had gym on odd days and orchestra on even days)
I think that they should have gym back in schools to me it was all part of being healthy, we went outside and we PLAYED, same thing after school (after homework was done and parents were home) and on weekends.

Ok - I shared this with my girls via text. They might do it. I printed it and took it home for Mo and I. I showed the link to my workout buddy. Mo and I did today's session right after our HIIT. So that means 27 more days!