High School Fitness Program from 1962. Junkfood & GMO's Were Unknown #MAHA #BringItBack 💪
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Went to High School in the late sixties and physical fitness was required. We used to have to shimmy up these thick ropes that were hung from the high ceiling of the gym. You had to touch the steel beam at the top to get credit for it., even girls (like me) were required to do it. There were maybe three or four fat kids in the entire school. We also played field hockey, basketball, softball and did track. All in gym class. We were lucky enough to have a pond near the school and got to ice skate on it during the winter months.
I climbed that rope in the 70s without using my legs.
I was the only one in my class to do it. I threw a lot of hay bales and did a lot of water skiing. Real stuff is better than weight lifting...
Most urban and city folks have no idea how strong farm kids are.
Move thousands of pounds of hay bales every week, along with other farm chores and you will be insanely strong.
You said it Grady. ..and said it well. 💯% 👍
throwing hay out at my mamaw and pap's farm and doing that rope w/out legs -man, what I wouldn't give to be that again, right now. wonderful memories and physical exercises that kids just do not know today. I'd bet you're in better shape today than most 20/30 year olds. Until me getting smashed by a tractor trailer and it screwing up my back I was still what I'd of considered to be in pretty good shape. Throwing hay back at the farm. man,.. you just don't know how wonderful people and life is -until its not there, and neither are they. 'miss mamaw and pap every single day. Pap and all his brothers [my uncles] were WWII vets. Some of the best people I've ever had the pleasure of being around and showed unconditional love to the point of making you feel like Col. Steve Austin. I was the six million dollar man back then - or so I thought. 🥲
I remember... I started school in mid-60s. I had one of those push-up extension records
Good for you! I think I failed push ups, but could do chinning on the bar okay. I kind of sucked at track too, but they didn't care as long as we completed the course. I can't even imagine them letting kids skate on a local pond as part of PE now.
too many liabilities and honestly I do not think the kids would be strong enough to do it today, so far as even standing up on the skates. I know if I were a teacher in this day and age, I'd be a nervous wreck watching these kids. I'd have em' all wearing arm floaties and crash helmets just to stick their feet out on that ice. lol
Yep. Us too. No pond for ice skating in Seattle though. Do you remember the President’s Physical Fitness badge?
I was just going to mention this. We worked all year for one day a week, roughly, in order for everyone to make the base requirements for the President’s Physical Fitness award. We had PE three times per week and music the other two times for the last lessons of the day.
music, ah yes... boy do I remember that. getting up infront of the class and singing [if that's what you could call it] I wasn't that good 'course I had mamaw just grinning ear to ear at church when we all would sing. I miss those times. thanks for bringing up "music class" -good memories. Cheers Trumpgirl 🍻
I do lol
absolutely remember that. wasn't a bad thing either. instilled a sense of self-confidence and healthy competition. not this participation trophy junk that literally does nothing for anyone.
Yes, nearly the entire school got them.
I got one of those.. many of my classmates did.
In 1962 Someone opened a candy story right across the street from my elementary school. The school stopped the children from leaving the school during lunch.
Gym was still required in the 90s. The rope climb I don't recall, but indoor and outdoor sports will still offered and encourage. Most days were spent doing warm up laps and then an indoor sport like volleyball or basketball.
we had gym sometimes and they make us do the stair laps. always had that one guy though that complained about his ankle. Rodney - oh rod' yeah, that guy might as well of had a wooden leg and just called it good. He ended up being a policeman after highschool. Only guy I ever went hunting with that I made it a ONE TIME ONLY affair. I told Pap that he shot off through the back field running and shooting all at the same time with my brother being in a treestand downwind from him. lunatic 😆 and ended up with a gun on his side for years. -I'd of ''one bulleted him like barney fife if I'd of been sheriff.