Physical Fitness (1936)

[@kraftmaccheese950]

i wouldn’t mind if my school gym class turned us all into gymnasts

[@Bbbshushrhrsux]

When i was in highschool (04-09) we had gymnastics, it was for only one week out of the year and it was my favorite. It always bothered me that my school had all that equipment but would just let it collect dust for 95% of the school year

[@Gravedig00]

@@Bbbshushrhrsux lol, exactly the same situation for me too! Where do you live? 😁

[@alexhomovc8179]

They were getting them prepared for war

[@Gravedig00]

@@alexhomovc8179 I also thought about that. WW2 was coming 😁

[@futtile2995]

Lol yeah right kid youd quit mad fast

[@gurumantrakhalsa17]

So that's where Parkour was invented. Didn't see that coming.

[@nateno8965]

Actually it was created by soldiers in Vietnam if I remember correctly it's a fun thing to research I'd recommend learning about it

[@makenziemay5449]

Lol nope but sounds cool

[@retr0412]

@@nateno8965 The art of movement has definitely been practiced for centuries and I have no doubt soldiers in Vietnam employed the use of some form of parkour-esc movement, but Parkour as we know it today (the sport and art of free movement) was developed by David Belle in France in the 1990's.

[@vincentlee7359]

@@retr0412 What a nice way to say that he doesn't research effectively at all lol

[@vincentlee7359]

Not even close

[@HigherQualityUploads]

PE back then: PE now: dodgeball once a month, learning about how many bones there are

[@grtf47]

Bro I wish we had dodgeball once a month when I was in pe class. Unfortunately one kid got it banned for the entire school. This was in middle school.

[@azul1964]

And after hands on lab investigation, girls found out boys have 1 extra bone

[@tempest_2222]

for my PE they just let us play whatever we want with required sports once in a while. I stuck with volleyball

[@gregj6648]

odd experiences you all had. Curious as to where specifically these things occurred where you were all debilitated to these degrees. In San Francisco, probably the most liberal city in the US, I taught elementary school kids that were more physically fit than any of these comments and I'm sure would have been overjoyed doing the activities in this video. If I'd had the high budget displayed in this video I would have done these. I raised a child that is now an adult that is far more physically fit than this video .. of children that look emaciated and highly uncoordinated. I think that your rose tinted glasses are faulty and that even though current kids really are physically hindered by excessive phone usage most of them far surpass 1950 and prior feeble physicality standards.

[@gregj6648]

I should add that my young child can run a sub 6 minute mile and easily do 25 pull ups .. far higher standards than old generations. tbh my cousin that I'd consider to be as unathletic as it could possibly get is a highly respected, prolific Marine. While I'm not a proponent at all of physicality increases corresponding to technological advances in any way, it's pretty obvious that 50+ years ago had INCREDIBLY low standards and really is absolutely ridiculous that anyone thinks that the people of that far in the past and prior had much of any regard at all about their health.

[@serpentmaster1323]

Man, can you imagine all of the US congress doing that today! I would love to see that. Preferably televised.

[@Godsglory777]

Speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi!? 😂😂😂

[@dankmango_]

This is British, so it would be just as hilarious to see the House of Commons trying to so this

[@gussewho2732]

If they'll do this now everyone will cancel them for being fatbhobic

[@ngndnd]

@@gussewho2732 gotta love when people say “youre perfect the way you are” to a 200 pound 13 year old

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

While funny, it seems like low hanging fruit I'd be willing to bet it'd be as funny watching most of you doing it too

[@neilgoc-ong8516]

Most of these boys Serve during the war Some survived Rest in Peace to those died in battle 🙏

[@pietrobarbato2813]

They was too skinny for going in war. Why goverent mantain their so skinny?

[@venkkooo]

@@pietrobarbato2813 they werent skinny, they were lean. Also soldiers in ww2 were mostly skinny

[@Dan-sw8tg]

@@pietrobarbato2813 lol wtf are you talking about D: :D

[@AnythingYashubh]

@@pietrobarbato2813 skinny guys are the first one to clear physical test of Army.

[@annatar6453]

Everyone was skinny back then since there was no fast food restaurants and vending machines everywhere

[@isaakvandaalen3899]

Keeping physically fit is one of the best things you can do for your mental health. Obviously it's not some miracle cure, but I can tell you that whenever I have a hard day it's pretty nice to just lose myself in a run / workout. Would recommend.

[@theorangeensemble8156]

well.. I would say it is as close as a miracle cure as possible. It is crazy what good physical activity can do

[@thecomprehensionhub4612]

Physical exercise and emotional mindfulness are important together.

[@mi3helle707]

💯

[@toni6194]

It actually is a miracle cure

[@alastor8091]

Given how much it prevents, it actually is a miracle cure.

[@mdzz4518]

Most of these young men probably would’ve died during the war. Deep

[@varunishere]

Thats why you’re not speaking German.

[@stevenreinke9924]

@@varunishere But you have gay parades and black lives matter BS

[@varunishere]

@@stevenreinke9924 its BS to u since you have no empathy. Gay people are human beings too & so are the blacks. For centuries they have suffered, now you see the opposite reaction. You’re condemning them as if they paraded over your house. Live & let live!!

[@varunishere]

@icylemonade I am not debating if people are born gay. I believe no one is born gay but they become gay, and I don’t want to know how. Gay parades can take place in their neighborhoods where they feel happier. I wouldn’t criticize or hate them because I dont, but at same time I wouldn’t accept anyone telling me how to be gay. Lol

[@4OTrue]

@icylemonade no they don't, questioning ur sexuality doesn't mean you're making the choice, also you were four.

[@Deknis]

Let’s bring this back. 💪🏾

[@ۥۦۥ]

the uk still does this, to a less extent

[@maxymooo]

@@ۥۦۥ No it does not

[@philp1398]

Bring what back. All white PE?

[@Deknis]

@@philp1398 bruh wtf. Bring back the PE in general. Why you gotta throw race into it? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@philp1398]

@@Deknis I didn't have to. A video where every single person is white speaks for itself

[@thomassnell2825]

I’m was born in 1981 in Sweden and we did these types of gymnastics at school, alongside other sports. Good times!

[@pjp7316]

@delong8998 hair color, eye color and bone structure have nothing to do with fitness tho

[@sock7481]

@delong8998 weirdo

[@kuloacido2057]

may I ask if it was the same for women? Or did they have it lighter?

[@norwegianblue2017]

I was born in 1969 and we had physical education when I went to school in the US in the 70s and 80s. We took mandatory Presidential Fitness tests for sit-ups, pull-ups and running. There were a couple of "husky" kids and one fat kid in my class that I can remember. Nobody was morbidly obese. I read somewhere (and this was many years ago), that the average European of the day was fatter than the average American in 1996.

[@SuperTittays]

This would have been super fun to do at school, but even dodgeball was outlawed in my state. I ended up doing all of these calisthenics and gymnastics exercises as warm-ups when I joined my university's MMA/grappling club, especially jumping into forward and backward rolls. It was a blast and I became so much more agile.

[@schecter5035]

Outlawed dodgeball? Wtf. L country the USA sometimes

[@SuperTittays]

@@schecter5035 Too many kids were getting concussions maybe? When I worked at a sports summer camp we would play dodgeball but with lighter balls that have a foam core instead of a super-inflated red rubber ball. Around this time I saw schools incorporate the same kind of balls and now games like dodgeball are sometimes played again- it's just a super cushy version.

[@schecter5035]

@@SuperTittays ah that makes sense. In my school there is a mixture, there is some cushy balls and then some rock hard ones lmao 🤣 Pot luck what you get hit with

[@kirnpu]

@@SuperTittays I just don't understand it. I played dodgeball my entire youth with the red ball and NO ONE ever was hurt more than the sting of getting nailed by the ball. Ever. What's changed?

[@justifiedluffy6635]

@@schecter5035 thats not the USA its just his state

[@jordanrioscreations]

Fitness is essential to living your best life possible, anyone who tries to say or promote otherwise is trying to sabotage you

[@ExoticalT369]

Yep!

[@Downtoearthy]

It’s time for me to incorporate those types of jumping jacks into my workout routine

[@captainobvious8037]

I think they might not be the first choice for.. anything really.

[@sharpasacueball]

@@captainobvious8037 jumping jacks are super beneficial idk what you are on about

[@captainobvious8037]

@@sharpasacueball I think what i meant there are the 2 step jumping jacks we see in the video. In general not an ideal approach to cardio. I do jumping jacks myself, but thanks to modern knowledge we know there's no good reason to choose jumping jacks specifically, as opposed to movements like rowing. If a movememt is a low tier choice among its peers, then it's automatically "not the first choice for anything really"

[@ZipClipChannel]

these exercises are still mandatory throughout schools in eastern europe, and even university

[@epicbrowndragon]

People are fat here now as well…

[@Renormal]

This is how you prevent depression in teens.

[@IVameless]

“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” These young men served in war to create good times for us.

[@xysarenottheprize]

Transgender 4 year olds, the vapid, narcissistic obsession with social media, and the third recession in 20 years is a „good time“ apparently. 💀

[@fallfountain6038]

@@xysarenottheprize he meant soft times

[@brandywineblue]

And we have squandered them so hard times are due again

[@samoaspider]

They did it to prepare for war, but accidentally built a foundation of "healthy body, healthy mind" society for a while, which is why 60s USA was AMAZING.

[@konstantinkammerer6554]

I mean sure, but segregation, vietnam and so on... just sayin

[@greysmans]

segregation and vietnam were amazing?

[@NymbusCumulo928]

Except for all the cigarettes and thalidomide and lead paint and smog . . .

[@microwavememes]

Imagine achieving a healthy mind and healthy body without having to murder people

[@julho9625]

This is a british propaganda film, It has nothing to do with the USA.

[@REALANSHUMAN]

No wonder that generation is deemed the toughest . 💪

[@grieferoncamera4600]

@@eshay people were poorer and had less food or variety to eat but they were tougher mentally

[@b3yourself91]

It’s because war was looming and they wanted soldiers pre trained

[@thekingmeruem]

@@eshay are you blind ? the majority of people today are either fat or skinny with no ability to move and the few strong guys u see on social media are like less than 1% of the population

[@wainach9518]

@@eshay lmao

[@petervamvakaries]

@@eshay they are much stronger and good looking than you now and then tho

[@Frosst]

and Most if not all of these people are now deceased. One day I too shall grow old and fade away, and the river of time shall flow forever onward. Ahh life, you both amaze yet frighten me.

[@biker6070]

Wish they did that for me at school. They got hella lazy in my graduating year (2017) when we were taught by a lazy gym teacher who basically had half the class sit the whole time

[@Liusila]

I would have loved that. In my school the girls were told to run in a small circle continuously like chickens while the boys got to play basketball (and viciously yeet the balls at the girls running in a circle nearby).

[@todorkolev7565]

when you look at 100-year olds who are still around and enjoy their life, these are the people you should be thinking about, not puffy bodybuilders on TRT and 6 chicken/rice trays per day. As much as we hate to admit it, the closer you get to professional sports, the further you get from health. Light bodies, light minds, moderate exercise - this is how you keep healthy and happy for longest.

[@blocksource4192]

bodybuilders on tren* TRT is seen as not enough to them now. I somewhat agree with you but I dont think light bodies is right. As long as you are slightly above average in all categories, lets say 200kg squat, 150kg bench press, you are at maximum healthiness. You got to have somw stength to be healthy.

[@todorkolev7565]

@@blocksource4192 LOL "slightly above average 150kg bench" - you live in fairytale :D goodbye

[@blocksource4192]

@@todorkolev7565 if you workout for like 10 years you should be able to do that. I was talking about where people should be when they are old

[@tonywells6990]

@@blocksource4192Those are advanced to elite level lifts, not 'slightly above average'! Above average (intermediate) should be more around 130kg squat and 100kg bench.

[@fermi1]

Lifting is good for your health. Steroids arent, especially when taken without doctors guidance

[@johnpaul8938]

Even the nerds were *jacked*

[@bundakambikambi9264]

aha 🤣🤣🤣

[@andilouis8770]

Like the JoJo part 1,2 and 3 characters

[@user-cc32vcg811]

Wow doing an assisted cartwheel, super jacked

[@wainach9518]

Jacked? They're all dyels

[@fardeenmahmud8866]

In those days, men were actually men, not the soyboy generation of this time. Back then, you could find men with brains AND brawn, but now it’s hard to find someone with either.

[@frogwav]

What the hell happened? I feel like schools should do more of this. I think it should be a good idea.

[@ScarletL1on]

Its was in 1936, what do you think will happen in a few years?

[@Mr.Starlight]

@@ScarletL1on 30 years later this was still going on

[@pjp7316]

@@Mr.Starlight people turned into hedonists as the year 2000 got closer, after that its all mental

[@whisperienced]

Parents complained that their kid is being discriminated against I'm guessing.

[@oldvlognewtricks]

@@whisperienced 🤣 Your timings are out by nearly forty years, but sure…

[@castlebf1693]

I did this sort of exercises when i did P.E at school in the 1970's even down to the P.E kit except we didn't wear pilmsolls

[@gregj6648]

cool story. What kind of shape are you in now? I'll bet everything I have that me AND my kid can do literally everything clearly better than you. So clearly that it's not even close at all, like in a mile I'll lap you at the least. 1930-1970 were completely less than terrible for physical fitness standards.

[@Nikki_the_G]

Yep. And they had us doing gymnastics on the horse, rings, bar and floor work. Every day, we had PE. They made us run outside when it wasn't freezing lol. And do sports. It's a damn shame this is no longer the case.

[@nonameyet4394]

wow voices sound so different compared to rn

[@redditstoriesfuny]

Times were tough back then and the microphones on the old camera probably changed the way they sounded

[@Schizobateman]

@@redditstoriesfuny no it's just the mid atlantic accent

[@river-left4dead2]

@@Schizobateman no its the microphones u idiot lol

[@Beaneabean]

@@Schizobateman This was in england

[@e_harvey]

It's because old microphones only pick up higher frequencies

[@andreathompson9605]

I would love to see those politicians doing the physical exercise.

[@Saudyization]

It's like moving in exact measurement ha.. so graceful

[@qwertyTRiG]

I love the idea of making MPs do this.

[@Donnie.Golding]

Weird to Think this was nearly filmed 100 years ago

[@michaelcrawford8401]

Actually, it was 86 years ago. As a general rule, you can't round up until you're within 5 years of an event. So you cannot say this was nearly 100 years ago until it was about 95 years ago.

[@Donnie.Golding]

@@michaelcrawford8401 I love you bro you made my day 😂😂

[@pillwolak]

Good way to stay fit. Didnt experts think if you did too much cardio back then your heart could explode?

[@1stcwp]

Well it does feel that way 😂

[@borderlord]

I attended a a British boarding school down in Seaford ,East Sussex between 79 and 86. PE was pretty much like this film,plus cross country running. It definitely had an air of post World War 2....a few of the older teacher had served in the war.

[@aydentretola3894]

This looks so fun. Wish schools did something like this now

[@emortalelitegaming2667]

We need this today

[@raidang]

Society will call u fatphobic and you'll be labeled as toxic masculinity and masochist

[@vincentlee7359]

The real reason this was a thing back then: Possible war and danger looming and the need for healthy able bodied young men to fight in said war.

[@slaviclungdonator9463]

This has been a thing forever 🤣 you reach for conspiracy and fail to acknowledge the many different components surrounding your questioning … it is also implemented to help improve well being and physically for labour… and bull companionship and increase genetic fitness…

[@vincentlee7359]

@@slaviclungdonator9463 Maybe you should try sitting less in front of a computer and actually find out why it was made? It isn't hard when they literally stated what I said.

[@slaviclungdonator9463]

@@vincentlee7359 🤣 stop projecting you lack the critical thinking skills to grasp larger concepts than your obtuse statements

[@gregj6648]

I guess this could be an argument as to why my crazy slow overweight who was cut from even JV sports nephew that was a celebrated Marine that served two tours but couldn't beat my child at anything at all and couldn't last even one boxing round against my child should be celebrated .. but the reality is that current MARINES that far exceed these pathetic old standards are easily beaten by children in every standard.

[@SheepWaveMeByeBye]

No, it was a cultural thing. A healthy mind in a healthy body, things like that.

[@averageskyfatherworshipper9342]

Glorifying strength vs catering to weakness

[@Nswix]

I'm glad I went to a school with a gym teacher from this generation who pushed us... nowadays he'd be fired and probably charged with abuse.

[@kristofkozari9040]

Well, those gym teachers made many to hate exercising in their adulthood, so probably it wasn't that good.

[@БожБ.Ягодин]

Respect from Bulgaria ! 🇧🇬✊🏻👍🏻

[@AngryPeopleReplyToMe]

3 years later the world was enveloped in war.

[@Muswell]

Everyone slim & fit. No-one overweight.

[@Bluemojieatscookie15]

0:57 except him

[@knzthegreatest]

0:24 im sorry but this is kinda zesty 😭

[@room11news]

Bring it back 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tobiaslewis8285]

Wow, those Star-jumps where Different....🙂

[@tawon1984]

Today’s current Population wouldn’t even get halfway done with this before dying.

[@JohnEpresent]

Not true

[@pnaylish1004]

Unfortunately that is very true. The military has called the lack of physical fitness in today’s youth a National security issue. Obesity is the norm in grade school. If make mention of this you’re a bully or accused of fat shaming. Current data support the fact we are weaker, fatter and more metabolically unhealthy than ever before.

[@codedxxx]

They’d rather do it on Fortnite.

[@skidaddleskidoodle595]

Today's population seems to be either too extreme about fitness or non participants. Either you're chubby and don't even try or you're some crazy gym rat who has to eat 200 grams of protein a day and train like a madman until you look like a balloon animal. I wish being thin but athletic was the norm again like it was back in the day.

[@goldpotato1885]

​@P Naylish unfortunately not everybodys American

[@sichel2000]

Am I the only one who noticed the fact, that in 1936 the trining Teens didnt wear underwears?

[@bigsmoke394]

I notice some of them flopping around 🤨so that made me wonder if it was a thing back then during PE... probably they were given shorts and that was it. Kinda embarrassing to be honest, I wouldn't like the teachers looking at me while doing exercise if I had no underwear on 😯

[@sichel2000]

@@bigsmoke394 I mean imagine youre in the locker room and goin buttnacked with youre classmates only top lut in your training-shorts

[@sichel2000]

@willydavid Miss that times to be honest

[@melawankodrat]

I'm impressed by dat camera stabilization

[@jarjarbinks4368]

How’d we go from this to the “fat positivity” movement in less than a century?😒

[@Nekrist._.]

I am girl and I like that these men don't look like the guys on Instagram with the "perfect" body. But these men know how to use their strength, and this is much more important than “beautiful” physics.

[@asteverino8569]

This was great!

[@samelis6546]

This looks fun ngl. Did they only train boys? Would've been really fun to do this

[@Dn_119-w7w]

Yes, only boys.

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Yes fun.only males makes sense. Parkour for men. Ballet for girls.

[@Dash-mo3rp]

mostly boys went to war so ig so

[@dazanii]

Likely yes, as boys were the ones who would become soldiers in the war against Germany

[@megann4908]

Yes and no. Did they only train boys in this way? Yes. This type of muscle building, endurance stuff wasn't seen as very womanly in those days, also becaouse only men could join the army they wanted to build strong men to fight for the country. But girls did still do Physical Education but it was more stretching, dancing that sort of stuff.

[@christiaankoortzen]

Petition to bring this back

[@driplordissa]

Y’all need the government to tell y’all to get in shape man go get active

[@rrs8548]

Many people here are suggesting that we need to bring these types of routines back into the education system. But they forget (or perhaps not aware) that these exercises concluded with a naked swim for the boys (there are videos here on YT which prove it). By contrast girls exercises were far less vigorous and they were permitted to wear full length swim suits. It's best for the government to stick to its job of governing, not in regimenting people's lives.

[@esothetics]

Trained to be ripe for the European meat grinder known as “WW2”.

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

The kids are like 12 and the film is from 1936, I'd be surprised if any of them fought in the war

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

@Jordan Pollard they're like 14, and the war didn't end until 1945. 9 years after this video. A massive number of Teens fought in world War 2.

[@majzon1653]

We need this back

[@traderofgodsgt3518]

Do they remove comments? or why is gurumantra so alone in this commentsection

[@iihc5246]

They done a great job; hope they could see Murica as of today.

[@beteeho]

Very gifted young man front row right

[@jashak9291]

Damn...

[@mattw4496]

😶

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

Kind of gay for you to notice. But that guy is loaded.

[@thelaughingphilosopher2421]

British school kids have progressed SO much, since then...

[@ripvanwinkle6557]

"It's evolving, just backwards!" Seriously, the state of the youth across the west is brain numbing. And I say that as a youth. Of course, back then, the youth was less... darker, shall we say. Might explain why they were better off 🤐

[@crimson6952]

@@ripvanwinkle6557 diversity is our strength, right 🤣

[@ripvanwinkle6557]

@crimson6952 diversity is strength 🤖 diversity is strength 🤖 Diversity is not strength. It is a time bomb. ⏲️ 💥

[@dm9078]

I remember when PE was very much like this.

[@stanleyhape8427]

Same here..we must be old🤔

[@봄열갈결-e5o]

youtube is actual time machine

[@swavvyrico2360]

Eyy that hoop jump tho 😂

[@jmw1500]

Eyyy

[@mr.d5050]

It's always the same story with us. Forever.

[@ez-g3090]

Kids today can barely get off the couch.

[@ers586]

When I was in high school, gym was 10 minutes of exercise and the balance of the period doing my homework while some kids played basketball.

[@sneekyshot1]

My man on the far right end is packing the sauciest of sausages look at that thing dance

[@Michael-hb4wc]

I watched the beginning a few times 😊 The light seems to be a lot better in that front-right corner. Not a jockstrap in the whole bunch, I'd guess 😍

[@payroll_mobvalley4541]

We should be doing this now teens now my age are so unfit it’s sad they can’t even run a mile

[@LEAHF4R]

Weird comment section but ok

[@Gh0stdawg70]

You have no place here go back to trans sub reddit

[@LEAHF4R]

@@Gh0stdawg70 i dont even use reddit but ok

[@charlestonwhite4145]

@@LEAHF4R u a whole trans 💀🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LEAHF4R]

@@charlestonwhite4145 what r u talking about

[@Lyle-xc9pg]

@@LEAHF4R dumb comment but ok

[@kirnpu]

I almost can't even recognize thin bodies in good shape anymore. You just don't see them around you in the US. Our current physical state is light years away from these tough, strong, healthy men.

[@POPINCONEJO88]

they were probably like "I bet by new millennium everyone will be in peak physical shape" nope we went the completely opposite direction

[@magicthe860]

It hurts my heart to see my body thin due to lack of nutrition.

[@sonofromel]

If my PE was like this I would've gone to school more.

[@davidc4408]

Born in 1980 and we did these in primary school in 80s and 90s.

[@ΓαμΆδιοΝ]

That's why these soldiers were achieved great things in the scenes of WW2 of Both sides. Axis and Allies

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

Because they knew parkour

[@Wasztar]

Now this is how physical education should look like!

[@hummuna69demetz29]

Speaking of dodgeball, I was 17 years old and still the smallest in my class (4'11 3/4"). Nobody else could touch me. After 15 minutes of failed attempts, the coach called the game off. I was infuriated saying that the game wasn't over until somebody could hit me from the other side, if not, my team won. He called it a draw which was unfair and afterwards I became a boxer 🥊. That way there was only one winner, and most times it was me.

[@villifula6062]

Did you grow after 17 ?

[@blocksource4192]

@MV I could imagine a meme where someone picks him up and just flings him cause hes small.

[@arlanvdp3616]

you are going to take over the world!

[@SquirrelASMR]

In my highschool gym became an optional course, and it was only black kids and the teacher just gave them a basketball and it was basketball everyday, so i dropped out.

[@stuckonaslide]

this isnt too different from what I do now. the 30s kids were tough bc they were outside 24/7 and also world war 2.

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Wish I spent most of my childhood outside. Darn it. I played outside significantly until I was 14. Sad atheist society without prayer is what it does to you.

[@wxc9076]

Kids in the 30’s were not outside most children were in child labor and there wasn’t as much ethical code then so it was often they went to school then went to work for the rest of the day then came home at night

[@LawnMowerFan]

@@IsraelCountryCubeyou’re gonna blame lack of prayer for not playing outside. You are beyond dense in the head

[@justinmiguel5936]

everyone no matter the age should engage in any form of physical exercise unless theyre physically incapable

[@painstriker3182]

After the Physical Fitness Government: You've been drafter for war.

[@mintymint4048]

I’m know I’m weak , I can’t do what they were doing

[@pbworld7858]

Back in the days when obesity was very rare.

[@bigsmoke394]

No, obesity was still there. It was just that more schools encouraged fitness back then.

[@garthly]

I was a Battersea (London) schoolboy in the 1950s and that is the sort of thing we did. However weight training was forbidden, as medical authorities said it was harmful before adulthood. That explains our standard physiques, skinny and fit.

[@sirachas-dungeon]

“Back in my day”-👴🏻

[@malinex1760]

we just died

[@BjornHansen314]

America needs this! 70 percent of America's population is overweight or not fit, that's just me guessing but percent is probably higher than 70 it's embarrassing to America

[@cupcakepower6479]

It's shame that we don't see mroe of these nowadays. Instead, we have more saying that "overweight is beauty" and "enjoy your life" and eat whatever, and government is like "hey, whatever works for our voting rate is welcomed".

[@nickbaxter8797]

Sad to think that these lads, in the first flush of health and youth, are probably now all pushing up daisies.

[@cousinleigh1470]

We did stuff like this in the 90s in primary for 10-15 mins start day of

[@1968Christiaan]

so they didn't approve of underwear back then....

[@Nihal-wx3th]

Why is that so surprising to people? This is a basic gym class I had in middle school (I am 23 years old btw)

[@riccardo4236]

that room is my adolescent's wet dream lol

[@mrscoob3450]

Looked like a better time.

[@whale3317]

Back when school cared for both physical and mental well being and not just trying to appeal to snowflakes that society created

[@lukamagicgod]

Yeah caue they will send you to war😂

[@kumailsayed730]

Today's generation should see this

[@kel3333]

we did this at my school too, i thought it was normal 😅

[@qwertz666]

We had PE classes like this too

[@lordbeezy1349]

notice that most of these “call to fitness” movements are made right before major wars

[@xam113w]

0:32 Queue Half Life 2 ragdoll slap noise

[@boahnation9932]

That plea at the end was actually quite nice

[@spencerkeanini9626]

Sheesh that kid in the front right doing jumping jacks is packing

[@codecaine]

Excellent workout

[@DavidRamirez-vc8dr]

Dude on the far right packing

[@deniz1603]

Good eye

[@emorykarner2859]

wtf

[@neverspreadjamonabadjer8459]

@@deniz1603 That was the first thing I noticed ...but then I'm a degenerate ☹

[@BTScriviner]

Someone should have told him about jockstraps. 😉

[@Michael-hb4wc]

I hope he wasn't too bruised after that 😂😅😊

[@frankieq6406]

Those poor boys didn't know what was in store for them.