A New fitness school is being launched to encourage more children to take up exercise.
Street Beatz Dance and Fitness Academy aims to provide a range of fitness and exercise classes to help children and adults become fitter.
With classes from street dance, Bollywood, salsa, cheerleading and contemporary dance, Street Beatz hopes to increase fitness levels among children in a fun way.
They are also launching a new class called Fit 4 Fun to encourage children aged from seven to 12 to take up exercise.
Leanne Hancock, who started Street Beatz with her friend Clare Moran, said: “With children, it’s all about finding something they like and want to do.
“A lot of children don’t want to do dance classes or football training and would rather play computer games, but we’ve discovered they’re quite happy to be playing team games or doing circuits for an hour.
“We can’t make children do something they don’t want to, but this lets them decide for themselves to try something they might enjoy.”
Leanne and Clare were both fitness coaches for East Riding Council, holding dance workshops and fitness classes.
However, their classes became so popular that they decided to strike out on their own and set up Street Beatz.
Leanne said: “Our classes were really popular and we had long waiting lists, so we decided to set up our own academy so we could reach more children.
“We have classes five nights a week and we had 100 children turn up on the first two nights.”
Street Beatz classes are held at St Nicholas Infants’ School in Holme Church Lane, at Beverley High School and at Bishop Burton College for children aged from five through to adults.
Anyone interested in taking part should call Leanne on 07795 210926.
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