Functional Exercise Activation Wheel
Functional warm-up wheel: each student suggests an exercise and the group does it.
How to play
- Groups in a circle.
- Each student suggests a functional warm-up exercise (squat, lunge, plank…).
- Everyone does it for 30 seconds.
- The turn passes to the next student.
Rules
- Safe, familiar exercises.
- The teacher approves the suggestions.
Variations
Easier
Basic exercises.
Standard
Full wheel.
Harder
Link two exercises per turn.
Adaptations
- Injuries: alternative version.
- Limited mobility: suggests upper-body exercises.
Learning goals
- Gain independence in warming up.
- Learn functional exercises.
PatioLab has "Functional Exercise Activation Wheel" and 599 more activities ready to drag into your lesson and run from your phone in the gym.
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