INFORMATION FOR INSTRUCTORS

In 2019, Sport England funded EMD UK to create This Girl Can Classes. The product was built after insight revealed that many women felt uncomfortable joining group exercise classes.

Reasons included ‘not feeling fit enough’ and concerns they would not be capable of keeping up with the rest of the group as well as feeling self-conscious.  Therefore, EMD UK and This Girl Can set out to change this by creating a new class concept which was specifically designed with the needs and concerns of less active women in mind. 

There have been many successes to date from This Girl Can Classes, including:  

  • More than 250 instructors trained. 
  • Classes taking place across the country, in community and operator settings.
  • A 92% participant satisfaction rate. 

However, instructors have shared their challenges with delivering the existing This Girl Can Classes, not least linked to the impact of the pandemic and cost of living crisis. In response to this, EMD UK and This Girl Can are working to offer instructors, across all group exercise genres, access to new resources which will meet their needs to overcome current challenges they face to engage less-active women.  

WHAT’S NEXT?

The new approach, which will be co-designed with group exercise instructors and sector partners, will launch later in 2024.  

It will put the power truly with group exercise instructors across all styles and genres, to help more women break down barriers to attending classes.

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