Started By
Message

re: High school fitness, 1962

Posted on 2/15/23 at 1:52 pm to
Posted by tss22h8
30.4 N 90.9 W
Member since Jan 2007
18658 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 1:52 pm to
You sure that's high school PE? It looks more like boot camp.
This post was edited on 2/15/23 at 1:52 pm
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
30273 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 1:53 pm to
quote:

Not one fattie detected


Odds are those high school kids are in better physical shape than a large percentage of the kids that enter our armed forces today.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66364 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 1:56 pm to
High School in the 60s



High School today

Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
31436 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 2:24 pm to
quote:

You sure that's high school PE? It looks more like boot camp.


yes look up La Seirra project. its HS PE

not all HS pe was like that though, not even close. but prolly closer to that then it is to the BS they have today at many schools.

not all btw. many schools have brought back the presidential fitness test
Posted by DarkDrifter
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
2929 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 2:36 pm to
quote:

Odds are those high school kids are in better physical shape than a large percentage of the kids that enter our armed forces today.


Without a doubt..
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72177 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 2:39 pm to
quote:

Pictured: the BMI that a bunch of dudes on here insist would make them look anorexic
100%

Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 2:41 pm to
quote:

100%


they make you do all that at Catholic High baw?
Posted by SeaBass23
VA
Member since Jul 2019
1591 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 2:48 pm to
They’ve basically replaced the fitness standards with the Pacer test which is a shuttle run against the clock. My kids got upset in elementary school when the teacher would make them stop at 50 and not see how many they could actually get.

My neighbor is a P.E. Teacher (in her 60s no pics) and she says that they had to stop doing pull ups because a couple of kids nationwide injured themselves straining to do the pull up.

Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
7599 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 2:48 pm to
quote:

Gonna be a whole bunch of fatass 40 and 50 year olds acting like they did this shin the 90's in high school.


nah, coach tossed us a couple basketballs then sat and watched.
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
15365 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 2:48 pm to
Were they all allergic to shirts or something.
Posted by Clark14
L.A.Hog
Member since Dec 2014
19779 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 2:58 pm to
Not all kids looked like that.

Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:01 pm to
quote:

Were they all allergic to shirts or something.



funny you should mention that, there was kind of a macho thing back then about taking off your shirt while playing pick up sports, we even did it at baseball practice in high school, not really sure what was behind that
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
1675 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:04 pm to
I get your point, but I'm not buying all of those guys are high schoolers. I saw a few that looked like they in their early twenties. And your average high school PE class was not doing peg boards.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
31436 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:06 pm to
quote:

I get your point, but I'm not buying all of those guys are high schoolers. I saw a few that looked like they in their early twenties. And your average high school PE class was not doing peg boards.



this wasnt your average hs....google the LaSierra HS PE class. its called the LaSierra project
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
31436 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

funny you should mention that, there was kind of a macho thing back then about taking off your shirt while playing pick up sports, we even did it at baseball practice in high school, not really sure what was behind that



quote:

Were they all allergic to shirts or something.


from what i have read, boys were not allowed to wear a shirt, shorts only. essentially fatshaming

that part would never work today, but the rest of the program could if parents wouldnt threaten to sue.
Posted by achenator
Member since Oct 2014
2957 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:19 pm to
quote:

Gonna be a whole bunch of fatass 40 and 50 year olds acting like they did this shin the 90's in high school.

had a gym coach in junior high that was trying to lose weight so he had us doing the Jane Fonda Workout one semester LOL.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90874 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:27 pm to
I went to private school so it’s probably different than most public schools but out of my class of 45 I think we had 6-7 that were fat. The rest were either fit or at least skinny
Posted by Sterling Archer
Austin
Member since Aug 2012
7336 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:32 pm to
quote:

this wasnt your average hs....google the LaSierra HS PE class. its called the LaSierra project


Get out of here with your facts. This doesn’t fit the narrative
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
53119 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:43 pm to
quote:

It’s a fact that men 18-35 today have faaar less testosterone on average than 18-35 year old men from the 70s-2000s

Only because you boomers poisoned the water supply and food to hurt us millenials
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90874 posts
Posted on 2/15/23 at 3:44 pm to
I’d also argue in the 60s was peak Vietnam war so I bet the govt was pressuring public schools to make sure young men were fit for the draft
first pageprev pagePage 2 of 4Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram