Girl Power Week is Back!
In March 2018 DAREBEE first launched Girl Power Week, a week-long challenge designed to “inspire women of all ages to take a ninja-like approach to fitness and rediscover the warrior within.” The original Girl Power Week featured seven brand new difficulty level four workouts celebrating brave and powerful women.
Many DAREBEEs loved the old DAREBEE Theme Weeks. So we’ve decided to bring Girl Power Week back for 2026.
Q: Why Girl Power Week?
A: We chose Girl Power Week to coincide with the week leading up to and including International Women’s Day on March 8th. In a realm too often dominated by men and male imagery, DAREBEE has always sought to create workouts in which women and girls could see themselves, feel included, and feel empowered to try challenging routines and work to be the best versions of themselves. We want to honour that legacy of inclusivity, equality, and empowerment with Girl Power Week 2026.
Q: Is Girl Power Week just for girls?
A: Not at all! While this special themed week does highlight the power of girls and women, everyone is welcome to participate in Girl Power Week. We recognize that women are not the only group to have been marginalized within and excluded from fitness spaces; but at DAREBEE, fitness belongs to everyone. No matter your gender identity, you are welcome here and you’re welcome to participate in this special challenge!
Q: Sounds good! How does Girl Power Week work?
A: This year we’re expanding Girl Power Week to include four different tracks:
The Power of the Tempest: This track features the original seven Girl Power Week workouts: a challenging mix of strength, cardio, combat, and metcon workouts that will really put you through your paces. The Power of the Tempest invites you to channel your inner warrior, taming the emotional tempest to find mental clarity and become the calm in the eye of the storm, ready and able to channel your energy into physical power to conquer these tough workouts.
The Power of Positivity: If your joints (or your downstairs neighbours) don’t allow you to engage in high impact activities these days, this track might be for you. The Power of Positivity is the most accessible of the four Girl Power Week tracks. We’ve included only standing, low impact exercises. Which means all of these workouts are rated difficulty level one. But don’t let that rating fool you! These workouts will still get your heart rate up, help you build full-body strength, and challenge both your balance and coordination. The Power of Positivity is about saying no to limiting beliefs and yes to yourself, showing up with what you’ve got and working always to be your best version of yourself.
The Power of Time: There’s never enough of this most precious resource, is there? Between work, kids, elder care, maintaining a home, commuting… the list of demands on our time goes on and on. How do you squeeze in a workout when the world is pulling you in umpteen different directions at once? Girl Power Week has got you covered with its Power of Time track. This track features six bodyweight workouts and one dumbbell workout that will really put you through your paces, all in ten minutes or less. The Power of Time demonstrates that a workout doesn’t need to be epic in length to be epic in effect. Ten minutes (or less) is all you need to get in a solid workout that will help you build the strength, stamina, and courage to face the rest of your busy day.
The Power of Breath: This track is the counterpoint to the Power of Time. When the world around us is chaotic, often the best way to nurture and strengthen ourselves is to slow down. The Power of Breath is your ticket to doing so with seven brand new yoga workouts that invite you to step away from the rat race and find strength in mindfulness and the quiet, calm, steady flow of your breath. But make no mistake: while we’re taking things slowly in the Power of Breath, we haven’t made these workouts easy. This track features a nice reward at the end of the week, but we’ll put you through your paces first with some challenging poses and powerful holds in the earlier workouts.
Each day of the week we’ll be posting the workouts for that day—one from each track—right here in this thread. Choose the one that best speaks to where you’re at in your fitness journey that day and complete that workout. Then come back here to tell us how you did and to cheer on your fellow powerful DAREBEEs. You may choose to follow the same track throughout the week, or mix things up and complete workouts from different tracks on different days. At the end of the week we’ll have a special badge you can claim if you conquered the Girl Power Week challenge by completing one of the workouts each day.
Girl Power Week 2026 runs from March 2-8.
Each day’s workouts will be posted here by 4:00 PM UTC the day before their day in the challenge. (e.g.: The workouts for March 2 will be posted by 4:00 PM UTC on March 1.) So you’ll be able to get a sneak peak at what’s coming up, so you can plan for which workout you want to complete the next day (or—depending on your time zone--later that day).
Are you brave enough to face the Girl Power Week challenge?
Yeah! You are! Choose from the workouts below (one each day), and show yourself what you've got.
Day | Power of the Tempest | Power of Positivity | Power of Time | Power of Breath |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 (March 2) | Paragon | Courage to Change | Minute On, Minute Off | Greet the Day |
| Day 2 (March 3) | Genesis | Made With Love | 7-Minute Legs | Star Power |
| Day 3 (March 4) | The Maid of Tarth | I Showed Up | Cardio Pump | Inner Fire |
| Day 4 (March 5) | Grit & Grace | Not Perfect | Power 18 | Float |
| Day 5 (March 6) | Tough Cookie | Perseverance | Blink | Bend, Don't Break |
| Day 6 (March 7) | Onna Bugeisha | I Am Enough | Lean Legs | Take Flight |
| Day 7 (March 8) | Virago | I Am in Charge | 10-Minute Streamline | Deep |
Girl Power Week Final Meditation:
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The Power of Community:
DAREBEE’s Girl Power Week 2026 is an international effort brought to you by DAREBEEs and friends from: the United States of America (@Syrius), the United Kingdom/Greece (@neilarey and the DAREBEE Team), the Netherlands (@Maegaranthelas), the United Kingdom/the Netherlands (David Gallows), the United Kingdom (Troyificus), Italy/Germany (@Anek), Germany (@sleep_twitch), the United States/Canada (Nancy Moss), France (@PetiteSheWolf), and the United Kingdom/Canada (@Laura Rainbow Dragon).
We hope you enjoy this special community event, and that participating in it makes you feel empowered.
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