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#143062 - 02/25/08 07:42 AM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: gims]
CrosstitchQueen Member Registered: 09/20/05 Posts: 477 Loc: Sanford, Florida	Oh, if only................ _________________________ Ann
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#143063 - 02/25/08 10:17 PM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: CrosstitchQueen]
AmyDoodle Registered: 11/06/07 Posts: 143 Loc: South Carolina	Bellydancing! I have plenty of belly to dance, but it's fun and aerobic and I can do it at home with a video. 'Course it scares the dogs. . . _________________________ Visit me at www.mindovermullis.blogspot.com "I share a birthday with Abraham Lincoln. My kids think we’re twins."
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#143064 - 02/26/08 09:49 AM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: AmyDoodle]
jawjaw Da Queen Registered: 07/02/03 Posts: 12025 Loc: Alabama	I know what you mean Amy, whenever I sweat to the oldies with Richard, my dog goes bananas...She thinks I'm in some sort of pain...well, in truth, I am...LOL! _________________________ Queen JJ www.queenjawjaw.com All Things Royal - 2010 and Beyond Humorist for the NABBW
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#143065 - 02/26/08 04:06 PM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: Edelweiss]
ladyjane Registered: 08/22/07 Posts: 1761 Loc: Southern Maine, USA	How about those new stripper videos that teach you how to do a striptease and incorporate real stretching and exercise? I think we should all get them and report back...LOL! _________________________ If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane ~ Jimmy Buffett
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#143066 - 02/26/08 04:10 PM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: jawjaw]
Mountain Ash Member Registered: 12/30/05 Posts: 3027	Reported in the media today here is the question Why do teenage girls lose interest in PE in teenage years There are moves to work out solutions.Obesity is growing here and there is great interest in all aspects of nutrition and exercise. MA
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#143067 - 02/26/08 10:52 PM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: Mountain Ash]
AmyDoodle Registered: 11/06/07 Posts: 143 Loc: South Carolina	Sweatin' to the Oldies! I had that on videotape and haven't updated to DVD. I loved my Richard workouts. He's just like one of the girls. (I don't know about teenage girls today, but when it was me in the pre-computerzoic age, our aerobic activity was buying new makeup and trying it all on.) _________________________ Visit me at www.mindovermullis.blogspot.com "I share a birthday with Abraham Lincoln. My kids think we’re twins."
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#143068 - 02/27/08 05:09 AM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: AmyDoodle]
Mountain Ash Member Registered: 12/30/05 Posts: 3027	Interestingly one idea given in a debate was that the girls who wore make up avoided PE.. Lots of ideas circulating..I am listening to radio/TV. These teenage girls are beautiful and so well groomed .I am sure I was less glam while at school. MA
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#143069 - 02/27/08 02:11 PM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: Mountain Ash]
Dotsie Founder Registered: 07/09/08 Posts: 23647 Loc: Maryland	MA, is the answer boys? I totally agree about being less glam than the gals of today. I hardly wore makeup at all. NOr did most of my friends. _________________________ Founder Emeritus of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com
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#143070 - 02/27/08 03:04 PM Re: What activity have you tried & liked?
Mountain Ash Member Registered: 12/30/05 Posts: 3027	Dont think its just boys..perhaps the adjusting to changing body shape..one thing that was suggested here was tailoring the activity..which meant staff had to retrain.. I was a good all round athlete and around 12/13 was beaten in a race on sports day.My changing shape (hips bust) slowed me .I remember being amazed someone beat me.I even remember who it was.I had to work harder to do what I had been doing.This girl was not yet menstrating and faster.team sports builds such camaradarie that its sad some girls loose out. I danced right through my teens and soon reached an understanding of my body changes. Whatever I hope it is worked out.I still get a rush moving my lawns..nothing is quiet like loving using my body well. Due to my arthritis I have to judge how much I do.Pacing myself. MA
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#143071 - 02/27/08 04:02 PM Re: What activity have you tried & liked? [Re: Mountain Ash]
orchid Registered: 01/21/07 Posts: 3675 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	Quote: Reported in the media today here is the question Why do teenage girls lose interest in PE in teenage years There are moves to work out solutions.Obesity is growing here and there is great interest in all aspects of nutrition and exercise. MA Being more self-conscious of changing/maturing body and boys. Also just distracted by other things to try/explore. But above all, teenage girls like all teenagers have a powerful need to be accepted by their peers and feel secure in an identity that is cool, hip/approachable to them. I was never into PE as a teenager. A bookish geek but yes, I did love softball and played it informally during recess until I was 11. (in a playing field/playground segregated from the boys) Plus biking at home. Had an interest in field hockey but didn't pursue it much..because I enjoyed much more writing poetry, doing art and reading tons of books as a teen. The girls that I knew as a teenager who were interested and did some sports ...tended to be the team/group sports. Same gals did well in 1-2 solo sports --a track and field sport. I actually think it's much more difficult to interest teenagers in solo sports....where performance of the person depends solely on the individual not on teamplay/team performance. Certain sports require extra coaching for individual performance and inner strength of the teenager to keep plugging along in a solitary sport vs. a team sport. I have thought about this because when I belonged to all-women's cycling group (in my 30's) and was on its organizing committee for a few years, we wondered how we could interest teenage girls in cycling. We just couldn't figure out a strategy because all of us worked full-time and couldn't visit the schools. What would truly help teenagers, if PE teachers could help teens in their later years, find a sport that matches their personality and mentor them. Not an easy thing, since enough adults have problems finding and sticking to a type of sport that they love..for the long term. I am not convinced the focus on obesity to motivate teenagers to exercise is the best approach. (by telling teens to exercise so that they lose weight or don't get fat). Pleasure and fun and de-stressing should be more the focus...then the pounds can roll off more easily. _________________________ http://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/ (How cycling leads to other types of adventures, thoughts) http://velourbansism.wordpress.com
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