Add-On Exercise Chain Jog

In groups of five jogging in a line, each student adds one dynamic move to a chain, and the group repeats the whole sequence before the next move gets added. Students build up intensity gradually while working on memory and teamwork.

How to play

1. Make groups of five and mark a rectangle about 20 by 10 yards with four cones for each group.
2. The group jogs in a line; at the first cone, the student in front calls a dynamic move, such as low high-knees, and the whole group does it to the next cone.
3. The caller goes to the back of the line, and the new leader repeats the first move on the next side, then adds a new one on the side after that.
4. The chain keeps growing: each lap repeats every move in order, one side each, and then a new one gets added.
5. When the chain reaches five moves, the group runs through the whole thing twice at a quicker pace, about 7 minutes total.
6. To finish, each group teaches its chain to the group next to it, which tries to copy it once in 2 minutes.

Rules

• No move can be repeated within the same chain.
• Order goes from easy to harder: early moves are gentle, later moves are livelier.
• If someone forgets a move, the group helps out loud; nobody gets called out.
• Safety: stay two steps behind the person in front so nobody gets their heels clipped.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: shorten the route for that student, who can add arm and trunk moves the whole group does.
• Autism: write the chain on a whiteboard as it grows so there's visual support.
• Fitness level: students can walk one side between laps to recover.

Learning goals

• Remember and repeat a sequence of moves in order.
• Suggest warm-up moves that fit the phase the group is in.
• Work together so the whole group completes the chain.

Equipment for a class of 25

• cones: 24

Teacher tip

If groups get stuck, remind them to work from the feet up. Space the rectangles well apart so the lines don't cross.

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