Beat the Freshmen 15

How to stay fit ���and impress on the dance floor  

To get college undergraduate freshmen to dance for one

hour every week as a means of keeping active.

The Goal:

18 year old teenage girl���Just entered her first year of

College���

Meet Sara:!

Let’s use priority charts to figure out how to achieve her goals

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Her Priority Chart���

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The Target���

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Sara meets with a personal trainer to figure out how to get fit and healthy���

Sara goes to the school gym ���

Sara goes to an on campus dance workshop with her friends���

Sara goes to a nearby gym to take dance fitness classes���

Sara looks online for dance workshops she could take���

Sara organizes a dorm outing where they go to a dance fitness class���

Sara buys Dance Central or other dance fitness video game for game consoles���

Sara buys membership to a fitness center that offers dance classes���

Sara meets new friends who are dancers ���

Sara listens to upbeat songs while doing homework���

Sara sees advertisement for on campus dance workshop���

Sara attends a flash mob hosted on campus���

Sara gets new sneakers that look cool to dance in���

Sara downloads an app for advice on how to get fit���

Sara watches a video on the benefits of staying active in college���

Sara goes to a dance performance on campus���

Sara signs up for a dance class ���

Sara watches a dance show on TV (So you think you can dance, America’s Best Dance Crew, America’s Got Talent)���

Sara signs up to participate in Dance Marathon���

Sara goes to a party where she dances and realizes how much she is sweating���

Sara sees friend who has become more fit through dance classes���

Sara goes to the store and plays a demo of Dance Central on Xbox���

Easy to Do!Very

Eff

ectiv

e!

Sara goes to a dance performance on campus���

Sara signs up for a dance class ���

Sara watches a dance show on TV (So you think you can dance, America’s Best Dance Crew, America’s Got Talent)���

Sara signs up to participate in Dance Marathon���

Sara goes to a party where she dances and realizes how much she is sweating���

Sara sees friend who has become more fit through dance classes���

Sara goes to the store and plays a demo of Dance Central on Xbox���

Easy to Do!No

t Ef

fect

ive!

Sara meets new friends who are dancers ���

Sara listens to upbeat songs while doing homework���

Sara sees advertisement for on campus dance workshop���

Sara attends a flash mob hosted on campus���

Sara gets new sneakers that look cool to dance in���

Sara downloads an app for advice on how to get fit���

Sara watches a video on the benefits of staying active in college���

Hard to Do!

Very

Eff

ectiv

e!

Sara goes to an on campus dance workshop with her friends���

Sara goes to a nearby gym to take dance fitness classes���

Sara looks online for dance workshops she could take���

Sara organizes a dorm outing where they go to a dance fitness class���

Sara buys Dance Central or other dance fitness video game for game consoles���

Sara buys membership to a fitness center that offers dance classes���

Hard to Do!

Not

Effe

ctive

!

Sara meets with a personal trainer to figure out how to get fit and healthy���

Sara goes to the school gym ���