Kids weren’t doing farm work and the military was having to spend too much time in PT to get them up to physical expectations. The 4 that couldn’t do the 2-1/2 mile run: 3 had pneumonia and one had a hidden heart defect.
Kennedy’s physical fitness programs were in response to a sad decline in fitness of America’s postwar, increasingly urban, population. I think we were urged to pull-up ourselves by our bootstraps or something equally bizarre. If my life had depended on doing a pull-up, I would have converted to some religion that believed in reincarnation. :)
SHIVA 24 days ago
Glad you’re back, Sr. Martin!!!
PoodleGroomer 23 days ago
Kids weren’t doing farm work and the military was having to spend too much time in PT to get them up to physical expectations. The 4 that couldn’t do the 2-1/2 mile run: 3 had pneumonia and one had a hidden heart defect.
RadioDial Premium Member 23 days ago
Was trying to recall what all you had to do… sit-ups, pullups, running, a baseball throw and some sort of jump I recall.
mistercatworks 23 days ago
Kennedy’s physical fitness programs were in response to a sad decline in fitness of America’s postwar, increasingly urban, population. I think we were urged to pull-up ourselves by our bootstraps or something equally bizarre. If my life had depended on doing a pull-up, I would have converted to some religion that believed in reincarnation. :)
darcyandsimon 22 days ago
Oof!!! Go, Pedro!