Low-key physical exercise options

[Anonymous]

My 14 year old and 9 year old are not athletic and we have ever enrolled them in team sports/ball sports, which are really not their thing. However, over the years, they've done gym, swimming, karate, ballet, yoga, and horseback riding.
I'm looking for something they can do during the school year. So far they're OK with horseback riding or gym, but not the others.
I wanted to ask the hive if there are other options we haven't thought about! For example, the rock-climbing thing in Rockville: does it do after school classes?
Anything else?

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Meant to say "never", not "ever", in the first line.

[Anonymous]

I have similar aged kids and one is super into sports and the other not at all. What's worked well is tennis lessons. We use Tennis Star at Bethesda Sport & Health but there are lots of options, esp while the weather is nice.

[Anonymous]

Capoeira, hip-hop dance, parkour, golf, track or running club, fencing, tennis, archery, rowing, ultimate frisbee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Capoeira, hip-hop dance, parkour, golf, track or running club, fencing, tennis, archery, rowing, ultimate frisbee

I'm the parent of a rower, and it is NOT low key. Most teams practice at the crack of dawn for 2-3 hours. My son was a 5x a week competitive swimmer who became interested in rowing. He finds rowing more physically exhausting that swimming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Capoeira, hip-hop dance, parkour, golf, track or running club, fencing, tennis, archery, rowing, ultimate frisbee

I'm the parent of a rower, and it is NOT low key. Most teams practice at the crack of dawn for 2-3 hours. My son was a 5x a week competitive swimmer who became interested in rowing. He finds rowing more physically exhausting that swimming.

My daughter was not very athletic and could never find her sport until she discovered rowing in high school. It is the ultimate team sport and loves it! Being a coxswain does not require the same endurance as rowers, but you get to steer the boat and set the direction and motivate the team.

[Anonymous]

Does it have to be an activity? We have a treadmill and 2 dogs. My non-athlete walks on the treadmill, or takes the dogs for a walk or goes for a walk with a friend in the neighborhood.

If it's just general fitness you want, you really don't need a class.

[Anonymous]

Horseback riding is expensive and time consuming. YOu don't just show up and ride a horse. Plus the gear and getting there.

[Anonymous]

Get a huge trampoline

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it have to be an activity? We have a treadmill and 2 dogs. My non-athlete walks on the treadmill, or takes the dogs for a walk or goes for a walk with a friend in the neighborhood.

If it's just general fitness you want, you really don't need a class.

OP here. In theory, you're right. It's what I do! But I know they won't really exercise daily if there isn't a weekly class to make them aware of their progress, so to speak. None of us exercise for the pleasure of it, so we need so goals.
Re horseback riding, I'm aware of all the hassles, sadly the stable and group class they liked this summer is not continuing this fall, so that's out for now.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a huge trampoline

She wants them to have exercise, not broken bones

[Anonymous]

Roller skating, circus arts. Will second golf and tennis, too.

[Anonymous]

Other PPs have given you some great ideas. I'd add ice skating as well.

Not exactly classes, but bowling/duckpins is a fun low-key physical activity.

I think most rec centers probably have ping-pong tables. You could check at your local center.

At home, YouTube has videos for pretty much everything (dance, exercise, martial arts, etc.)

I was just thinking about getting a mini-trampoline and getting into rebounding. They might enjoy something like that.

[Anonymous]

Where do you live? Some gyms - like Next Level in Bethesda offer training classes.....

[Anonymous]

Gymnastics?