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Here's a question for you:

What do 9% of all women do when they work out?

Now this morning I was driving and I heard this question asked on the Nic and Val show on CFUN radio. Various callers phoned in with their ideas:

nine percent of all women

-talk on the phone while they work out
-sing
-dance
-read books

lots of callers, lots of ideas: but all wrong.

So can you figure out what 9% of all women do while they work out?

Now the reason I bring this up is because I think it would be a super way to start off a session.

Imagine you write

"What do 13% of businesses forget to do each year?"

"What do 7% of new moms wish they had done before the baby was born?

"What do 27% of drivers do when it rains?"

"What do 5% of all married couples give each other on a weekly basis?"

Intriguing, no?

So let them guess. Let them discuss their ideas and write them on yellow sticky notes, let them predict, guess, re-guess or what have you.

By the way, nine percent of all women eat while they work out. Go figger.

Trophy Hunt

I was reading a magazine that had an amusing idea in it. It showed a mantelpiece with a number of trophies on it. Now this magazine, Toro is aimed at a male audience so the wall was labelled:

The Modern Man's Trophy Wall


Here are a few trophies they featured:



Crabgrass and Dandelion Wreath
Awarded to self in 2001 for tireless lawn maintenance

Most Aggressively Pruned Shrub Award
In recognition of your mastery over nature.

And so on.

I thought this would be a really fun activity for a group who wanted to congratulate themselves on something well done, or congratulate someone else.

I would give myself the:

High Fibre Award
In recogniton of sneaking fibre into every single dish served in the household for a one week period. (the award would look like a giant bean)

Try it, you might like to win one of these yourself.