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. 🥲