"The School Where Fitness Counts" (LaSierra High PE)

[@scottmonroe6522]

Class of 87, purple. It wasn’t just exercise, they taught us how to play all of the major sports, basketball, baseball, football, volleyball, badminton, track and field, heck I even learned to throw a discus! I weigh 175 lbs and can still do 25 pushups. It stayed with me my whole life. Also, Nice to see coach Debonett in the film!

[@TheLeanBerets]

Tremendous! Thanks for sharing! -RJ 💪🏻🇺🇸

[@derekjolly3680]

This place was said to have closed in 1983 due to budget cuts and low attendance.

[@Olis4897]

Dang imagine being a high school athlete in the 60s and your coach being like "alright team next we're playing LaSierra"

[@TheLeanBerets]

Ha! Indeed. They had a pretty robust athletic team program there of course. There was NO need for pre-season conditioning because they got it all in PE class! :)

[@gabrielmorales9908]

I’d quit the team

[@phillyphilhouse79]

The entire team calls in sick and forfeits. 😂

[@drats1279]

@@phillyphilhouse79 There were very few quitters back then. No pansy millennials.

[@jakeleo4518]

1:33 oh boy those words didn't age well. He would be eat thsoe words if he saw where we are now.

[@scaryblackrifle1481]

I'm literally feeling an intense sense of sadness in my heart that we lost this in our country.

[@TheLeanBerets]

It’s a rational feeling.

[@AriusBLK]

You can bring it back …!!

[@tiagomoraes1510]

honestly us still has more of this than most of the countries. In Brazil we have absolute nothing

[@procram]

an eight hour high school day; five hours academics, two hours athletics and an hour for 45 min healthy lunch period and a 15 min snack period would be infinitely better than what is going on in schools today.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Agree!

[@jschools1392]

I love this whole idea. It’s all built on personal growth and advancement. If you can’t succeed at first, you’re given another chance. It’s not about humiliation as a lot of people would want you to believe, it’s all about improving yourself. The coach said it perfectly: “we want to give them the gift of physical fitness and teach them how to keep it”

[@TheLeanBerets]

Exactly.

[@jererutter7414]

How I wish I’d taken better advantage of the program while attending La Sierra(Class of 76). Didn’t begin fitness & weight lifting till in my 60s. It’s amazing how much better a person can feel!!

[@TheLeanBerets]

Glad you started even if later!

[@Tency777]

This school is in riverside , I just graduated from here

[@jererutter7414]

@@Tency777 That’s strange. In the opening credits, if you look at the card it says San Juan School District, Carmichael California. Also the mascot shown in the video is Longhors 🐮. No matter though, I’m glad you also graduated from La Sierra. 😊

[@voxtemporis4503]

I did everything I could to avoid exercise all of my life.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

@@Tency777 Nah it was in Carmichael CA, near Sacramento.

[@HeyJoeHaze]

This is awesome. I wish they had this still in all high schools in the USA

[@TheLeanBerets]

Agree.

[@byebyeoldusername]

Yeah like, if my school had this gym would be much more interesting than basketball soccer cricket

[@UserUnknown_333]

They do in many classical curriculum schools...enrolled my children this year in a brand new K-12 classical charter school (tuition-free) and P.E. is just like this. It's really growing, especially in states that have school choice.

[@LA_HA]

​@@UserUnknown_333 Nice. So, they have a traditional, classical curriculum as well?

[@UserUnknown_333]

@@LA_HA yes, 100% classical curriculum. Search: Hillsdale K-12 classical education

[@stovallranch]

Class of 1968.... I loved PE, we had the opportunity to learn so much. I am still active on my hay/horse ranch in Nevada.....

[@TheLeanBerets]

This is great to hear. We interviewed about 200 LaSierra alumni for the film project. Almost all of them remained active even though many were in their seventies--still exercising and active! :)

[@80americarlos]

Good

[@Ebvardh]

I wish I had that kind of PE growing up. I consistently made an extra effort in PE because I wanted to be better and the “teacher” didn’t even care if some of the students ran their warm up laps or not. As somebody who struggled be being an obese kid, I’m constantly making up for a bunch of people not caring how I did. It’s okay, I’m still alive, and I can still put in the effort. I just wish maybe my children had this great opportunity.

[@rikhendrix261]

My PE teachers kept telling me to not take PE so seriously. To not play so fast or good. So the other students could keep up.

[@mountainlion9002]

@@rikhendrix261 ur prolly the annoying athletic kid

[@rikhendrix261]

@@mountainlion9002 Yeah you are probably right, doesn't hurt to be in shape and learn to take a hit tho

[@abrahemsamander3967]

Well, maybe you can learn the routine and look up the program handbook and teach your kids yourself :). I think I’ll try when I have children.

[@billsoderholm3125]

It's not that the teacher did not care. The teacher is powerless to change the student from refusing to participate or even change clothes for class or take a shower.

[@evanlorezca6329]

1:30 "you probably heard that American kids are getting soft" The narrator said this back in the 70's or 80's, if only he'd know what America has come to now, especially if he thought the kids back then were soft.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Yes. Sad but true!

[@starboy-b5n]

It is a generational thing, the previous one always sees the next one as weaker, my grandfather used to see my father's generation in the same way as he sees mine now.

[@carlosbautista2247]

@@starboy-b5n nah but it is weaker physically. Most kids in school are fat now, it’s insane that a most 15 year olds are in worse shape than I. I am 28 years old. If you look at this video, everyone is in shape 🤷‍♂️🔥🤦‍♂️. Also the whole Black Lives Matter and all these dumb movements. I am Hispanic and I believe we all have equal opportunity to thrive in the 🇺🇸 USA. All these soft people complaining instead of just working hard and achieving their goals, they put all these excuses of why they can’t 😂😂

[@ctrlbrwl]

@@carlosbautista2247 Very well said!

[@efenty6235]

@𝐀ᴅᴏɴɪs cope

[@ZOANOM]

I graduated from La Sierra in 1982 and went straight into the Navy. Boot camp was a letdown.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Thanks for the note. You were one of the last to benefit from this amazing school.

[@ericcarson342]

That is wild. These kids definitely looked ready even though many of these kids are 15-17.

[@captainobvious8037]

Recruit1: "🏃🏻‍♂️🥹🤕🫨🏋🏻‍♂️" Recruit2: "We've been warming up all day.. FOR NO REASON" Instructor1: "La Sierra graduate?" Instructor2: "La Sierra graduate."

[@synchemist6462]

Member of the class of '76 here. I missed gold by only a few pull-ups. I remember the coaches Lebont (sp?) and Hooker. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Coach Hooker would have this red-headed kid with the last name Fairley slug me in the shoulder all the time (probably 20-30 times) because I wouldn't join the track team. I played 4 years of varsity golf. During my time at La Sierra, I believe we had 3 Navy Blues, Ro(u)ss McGehee, Dana Sabraw, and one other if I'm not mistaken.

[@spooderman4990]

When it was your first day there, was it a rough time? and as time went on did it progressively get easier?

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@spooderman4990 They spent the first couple of weeks teaching form before layering the volume and intensity; hence, they never had an injury problem with the boys.

[@Liam1991]

It was good times mate!

[@kento1957]

Likewise, same class. Was on the blue team as a freshman. Was fun seeing this. Peg board was my nemesis. Remember that we couldn't do it barefoot on the indoor wall since bare feet would give us extra traction.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

How is your health / fitness today?

[@bryangobbell5814]

This is exactly what kids need today! The issue is that it would take the first semester to get the majority of kids into condition so that they can begin to do this program.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Likely far more than a semester! Our kids are obese and rotting mentally and spiritually.

[@hellogdmorning]

A program like this would initially start in kinder, preschool or 1st grade.and move progressively at that point. I would begin a program in middle school and start wit on PE section to build toward this and see how it would go. Then as popularity increased, add more sections or add more student that want this as part of their pe credit. That's another possibility on integrating this back into the schools.

[@monteenb]

My father created this program. Stan LeProtti

[@bh5817]

Does he have the specifications for the different apparatus used? I want to construct them to replicate the programme exactly

[@JimPaclik]

Your dad was a great inspiration. I graduated in 1964, 1st Freshman Gold. Set a record of 500 Extension Press Ups. And years later, every time I had a chance to stop by La Sierra or Bella Vista in Fair Oaks I would crank off 60 bar dips, without stopping just to show myself I still had it. I could still do those 60 non stop 40 years later. It stays with you.

[@drats1279]

I graduated in 1965 and only made it to purple in my junior and senior years. Stan LeProtti was also the varsity football coach and was well-liked and respected. His nickname was Stan the Man. Great memories.

[@israelmorales9921]

I remember earning the “Presidential Physical Fitness Award” every year in high school, a program like this would have been awesome.

[@AnnaSzabo]

The newly-elected American president does NOT like exercise

[@qwertyqart]

this was more than 50 years ago, I bet this program is much more popular and advanced now. can't wait to see the generations of athletes they have raised...

[@qwertyqart]

meanwhile the reality - this ableism oppresses me and discriminates against me because I can't do 14 pull-ups.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@qwertyqart Most Americans cannot even do ONE pull up!

[@Uvulus1]

@CryptoSkywalker I went to school there in the early eighties. School was closed in 83 and turned into a community center. It's still there.

[@JimPaclik]

I graduated in 1964. The first Freshman to make Gold. This is a great video. I saw a lot of my friends in the video. Doug Lindsey and I were good friends and encouraged each other to be better. Great memories.

[@drats1279]

You must have been delirious or something, LaSierra did not close until 1984, and the school bldgs. remained and were used as a civic center. Our 20th reunion was held in the old cafeteria. Are you sure you grew up in Carmichael?

[@sydneyflores5137]

I wish today's PE was still like this I love working out because it makes me feel good knowing that I'm keeping my self healthy and I find this stuff fun and for me I see the soreness and pain as an award knowing that I did my best in my workout.

[@ChristCrucifiedforyou]

"...our main objective is a high level of development and fitness for all students, rather than just for those who are athletically gifted..."❤

[@buckdowner]

Mira Loma, class of '66. We took PE very seriously and attempted to gain the appropriate color of trunks according to strength/skills. Gold was the highest, then purple, blue, red, and chubby "white."

[@wonderingwonderer3747]

Very cool and very motivating wish schools would do this now!!!

[@TheLeanBerets]

Agree! :)

[@dvchel]

@@TheLeanBerets Count me in from Western Europe.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@dvchel Europe had amazing classical physical education as well. The Czech Sokols were the elite out of all of them. :) -RJ

[@christinah.8504]

today, you'd get kids parents to go to the school and tell them "you can't make my kid do any of that." The schools now bow their head and say, yes, ma'am all sheepishly.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@christinah.8504 Hence, we have become weak, fat, and lazy which is far more dangerous.

[@christinah.8504]

@@TheLeanBerets , yep.

[@AnnaSzabo]

And mentally-unstable

[@TheLeanBerets]

@ Truth

[@jeffmorse645]

I so wish this had gone nationwide and stayed in place. Imagine what the country would be like today if it had.

[@TheLeanBerets]

We would have a strong America and safer world if it had stayed.

[@jomu23]

Over 4,000 schools took and used this method. Stinks that it died out.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

This school got it right. This should have been taken country wide. Unfortunately even if it was I feel like all the lazy non fit people who couldn't do this stuff would have voted for it to go away. Its always people that can't do that criticize.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Agree. -RJ

[@lsmmoore1]

The thing is, though, the people who can't do that also need accommodation, because it's not okay for them to be shut out of ALL fitness just because they can't keep up with particular exercises (because if that person is shut out of fitness altogether, well, they don't get fit). Those exercises could be part of it, sure, but also more adaptive techniques might help. Things like workout modifications for those who can't do the regular exercises (a guy named Antranik developed a few one could start with, and there's also equipment to aid in those modifications if the other ones don't work for you). Or something like - using a rock wall for the climbing portion (again, for those who can climb at all) because with that you can use your legs as an assist in areas where you may not have the upper body strength to do it with just your arms. Same with a rope climb to some extent. Then again, that climbing machine they use could also come with assist machinery for those who needed it (sort of a belay machine where someone can spot you) - like to take just enough weight off so you can do the thing, then the machine is set to give less of a weight assist as you get stronger, and eventually you progress to not needing that lift machine at all. A steppingstone, if you will. Heck, gymnastics teachers use steppingstones like that all the time, and look how fit their students are. Steppingstones aren't a sign that you aren't good enough. They are a way to help you get where you need or want to go.

[@hellogdmorning]

Kind of the way negativity does? 😐 SMH

[@djj3357]

Amazing. I was born in 1970. Appreciative we were afforded the ability to play and compete at games. However, this was next level. Sure would've enjoyed reaching elevated fitness so much earlier in life.

[@mikenw253]

I grew up 2 blocks from La Sierra...which closed the year before I entered high school, unfortunately! Played a lot of basketball over there...open gym.

[@TheLeanBerets]

It was really a shame that it closed.

[@nard94]

I didn't do any of these types of exercises and team-building activities until I went to basic training. That was in 1989.

[@ilovebasketball4874]

I’m a freshman I want the school to bring this back

[@TheLeanBerets]

You are way ahead of your peers to understand this. I hope you get better PE. 🙏

[@TheLeanBerets]

@Clone Trooper CT-3807 Thanks for commenting. I am glad you are benefitting from our film and the LaSierra information. 😀

[@HanyH]

Extra incredible video!

[@bronzvelkov9522]

Absolutely beautiful era

[@lukuscarter3563]

We weren't off, some years ago by as much as some people may think, atleast in the track time. When I was in middle school in the mid 90's we did 2 miles in 13 min as the end of season test in P.E. I remember that.

[@sawmtem.s2369]

Their physical is so damn good

[@jrueholidayburner2345]

I want to know the requirements for navy blue trunks and see if I can eventually reach them for fun. It'd probably take me years to do it but it'd be so much healthier as a result

[@Olis4897]

This to me looks like its beyond recognition of the importance of physical fitness. To me it seems like an era where the US government had motivation from the top to invest in schools and the youth of the nation. Something I feel that has sadly been lost over time. Can't really blame kids for having terrible food in school or living in communities that barely have gymnasiums. This isn't even to mention what else was going on in the 60s for a lot of kids you won't really see in videos like this or in schools like this.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Excellent points. JFK prioritized PE and connected it to improving culture and learning from ancient Greece...there was a lot going on beyond mere physical fitness in this era. True, we cannot blame children who grew up without proper PE and gymnasium or recreational opportunities. If someone is to blame--it's the adults in charge not the kids.

[@rw717]

at 7:53 seeing those girls do REAL SITUPs, is no joke......

[@TheLeanBerets]

Indeed.

[@youwatch1995]

Student's grades should be graded not only on academics alone, health and character must be added for good complimentary balance of each individuals. Imo

[@TheLeanBerets]

Indeed. This is essential to UPlift culture!

[@youwatch1995]

​@@TheLeanBeretsthanks

[@RadialGH]

I've recently started taking fitness more seriously, it makes me feel sad knowing this is what my highschool P.E experience could have been. Maybe if I was this active in highschool I wouldn't have let my weight get out of control during COVID

[@TheLeanBerets]

Indeed. Points well taken. Good luck!

[@mr6johnclark]

"Pain is Weakness leaving the Body!" - R. Lee Ermey

[@Torgo1969]

I didn't go to LaSierra, I grew up in Syracuse NY, but am grateful to come from a "sports family" and that my high school had PE. Even though I did exceptionally well academically, I would have felt ashamed of myself if I rested on those laurels and had not rounded myself into a more whole person via physical fitness.

[@PLONG12345]

Damn this is harder than the current Army and Marine physical test.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Very true. Lowest level LaSierra boys would have blown them away.

[@piotrd.4850]

Well, today's tests are basically risk mitigation - check if recruit has resonable chance to survive bootcamp with small enough chance of serious injury.

[@PLONG12345]

@@piotrd.4850 thats sad. I hope they focus on recovery rather than making the physical test easier to reduce injuries.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@piotrd.4850 That just does not sound realistic. Beyond bootcamp-what about active combat? Unless they are trained properly, surviving active combat is significantly decreased. Thanks for the feedback of the current situation. -RJ

[@vega702]

NGL I wish that when I went to high school in the early 90s the PE program was like this.

[@gemcitydad9509]

In my middle school.... they made us walk until the first bell rang..... very little was done for PE. most things were broken. The pegboards existed. Yet there were no pegs.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@gemcitydad9509 Sadly typical.

[@alexandralynn186]

i wouldve loved to be in a school like this

[@goofen4770]

THEY HAD BOW AND ARROW CLASS????

[@TheLeanBerets]

Yes. Many classical PE programs had archery and even rifle shooting in some schools. My high school had a rifle range under the cafeteria. Outdoor recreation crossed over into the PE, so that's how you saw the archery, shooting, camping, hiking, hand or manual skills for building things, etc. -Ron Jones

[@goofen4770]

@@TheLeanBerets that's so cool! I wish we preserved this so we can show classes can be more in intresting and fun

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@goofen4770 Yes. Agree. There are still a few US schools that offer archery, but they are very few in number now.

[@mrbluesky585]

Boy I wish we had this at our school. I have a question, if this had been implemented in all schools across the nation, those where it gets very cold and snowy for example, how would the program work? Would they have a ton of the equipment inside instead? Getting that big outdoor apparatus would surely be a hassle, finding the space to build the whole thing indoors. Thank you for the amazing video!

[@TheLeanBerets]

The key is the philosophy behind the program. Once you have that foundation, adapt equipment and movements for population, weather, age, etc. 😀

[@billsoderholm3125]

Snowshoeing, Nordic skiing, you can run outside in the snow, you can do most of these things outside in the winter with proper clothing.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

Yeah probably just do more stuff indoors in the gymnasium.

[@thomastuffin6171]

I wish my parents had sent me to a school like this when I was a kid.

[@925blues7]

This is very interesting! What happen to the program?

[@TheLeanBerets]

The school was permanently closed in 1983 due to district boundary changes, and the program died along with quality American PE.

[@925blues7]

@@TheLeanBerets wow that's sad to hear

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@925blues7 Indeed. Beyond sad.

[@dexterlockwood7829]

Not everyone in the world nowadays is fat and obese by the way. Also, I feel this is quite a big problem inpeticular for America, as they are the biggest country for fast food.

[@LOLHAMMER45678]

@@dexterlockwood7829 We're not the fattest country in the world anymore- Kuwait is. We just got there before everyone else did.

[@jebby16]

11:47 DAYUM!!!! 😬

[@opqwd]

Excellent vidoes

[@Dante-fb3ck]

Some of y'all had some hot grandma's.

[@GrilledChickenRamyun]

Im so jealous!!!!

[@jacaranda777]

How many of these boys wound up in Vietnam. How many didn’t come back.

[@TheLeanBerets]

While I acknowledge your comment, the value of "real physical education" goes far beyond temporary military service. If you watch our full-length documentary film "The Motivation Factor", you will see that the impact of this high school PE program drove the success of LaSierra students for decades into their senior years. This is the point. Please make a note of it. -Ron Jones, MS motivationmovie.com/

[@trevorjames7490]

😆 it was heavenly to see those girls running.. apart of that, thanks for this video, it's motivating,, this is what teens should be doing.

[@johnnyredux4019]

California was the land of so much opportunity, and beautiful weather all year round. All gone to waste, like so many things.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@johnnyredux4019 Agree. My family moved there in 1890s. I left in 2021 and do not even want to visit now. -RJ

[@marywinn8953]

President Kennedy started the fitness challenge. My husband won the challenge when he was in jr high and high school. 1971 graduate. He is still in good shape.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@marywinn8953 He provided proper vision and action to lead the country back to proper PE. No one whether Democrat or Republican or Independent is talking about PE today. Big difference.

[@mrbluesky585]

The way physical education should be.

[@raiderrodavis6357]

Props to Tucker for making me find this

[@1stutterafter]

The Rock for president and this will be in all Schools nation wide. Improve the mind with education and improve the body with fitness to improve the soul.

[@derkong7114]

We were once a great nation...

[@TheLeanBerets]

At one time, yes. We were.

[@tangbein]

They even had karate lessons.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Yes. Classical PE had three content areas; one included combatives. 1-Restorative Arts; 2-Combatives; 3-Pedagogy

[@tangbein]

@@TheLeanBerets It's strange though. Back in the 60's Bruce Lee had yet to have his breakthrough in the west with his kung fu movies. I thought karate didn't become a thing in the west before the 80's.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@tangbein The emphasis of teaching combatives in PE goes back generations. It was part of American PE in 1800s long before modern martial arts. It might have been revitalized with the Bruce Lee influence...not sure.

[@atvanael]

@@tangbeinWhat they’re doing there is judo, and that was popularized in America long before karate was.

[@rystrlng3329]

so who’s idea was it to stop having classes like that ?? did it stop nationwide like that or was it gradual ??

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@rystrlng3329 Great question. It happened over time due to multiple reasons. Society got soft along with our men. We got lazy. The Greeks called this spoilage effete’ and it happens when you have excess over time.

[@iwillnoteatzebugs]

Bring this program back. Ban phones at school

[@10mikeken]

Unfortunately, this type of program would never be allowed today!!

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@10mikeken The truth cuts like a knife.

[@franciscocosta9177]

i would like to know how frequently teenage pregnancy was in those schools

[@TheLeanBerets]

I'm not sure why you want to know, but if it's a serious inquiry, I do not know. I would say it was less than teens today, but that's just my guess.

[@dianaverano7878]

Warm up? Compare that to typical gym routine of warm ups nowadays 😂

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@dianaverano7878 Indeed. Five minutes of LaSierra blows away 50 minutes of high school PE today.

[@arindamkumar7725]

Amazing! But what I really want to know is how many of LaSierra's students became great in academics.

[@TheLeanBerets]

PE was on record improving their academic performance too.

[@monkeyb1820]

typically, this type of fitness leads to a mix of confidence, mental clarity (tied to good endorphins flowing through the brain), that would be correlated with good academic performance.

[@winesmaker]

I was class of'61, lettered in varsity football. At our 50th reunion, there were a dozen of us PhDs and MDs sitting at one table. Me, I went to Oxford and got a PhD. LeProtti always told us 'sound body, sound mind'. He wasn't kidding: an awful lot of my class went to college on scholarship.

[@Jones-w5i]

Gr8 school. More excerise to alleviate depression. 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@TheLeanBerets]

Agree!

[@brucealanwilson4121]

I can't imagine asking today's HS kids to do this. So many teens today are overweight or even obese; they spend all their time playing video games and stuffing themself with junk food; if you ask them to do this, they'd either refuse or if they tried they'd collapse. Any physical education teachers, can you comment.

[@TheLeanBerets]

I am currently teaching elementary PE. I teach real PE and quality movement. I do my best to give a fighting chance to be able to attempt a fraction of LaSierra quality. It’s a challenging task but quite important. Thanks for commenting. -Ron Jones

[@izyobey4086]

If the is was still around, in all honesty I’d fail highschool within the first 15 seconds for my them workouts

[@TheLeanBerets]

Their culture was to help each other improve, so maybe you would not fail eventually. 😀

[@tangbein]

Funny how they talked about softness back then too. Instead of snowflake generation they had marshmellow generation.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Yes. Sadly, things seem to usually go downhill and get worse with physical fitness over time--unless there is a national emergency that "demands" physical fitness.

[@kanlee9667]

This is the late 60's. You had a lot of faculty who grew up before WW2. California had a much smaller population then and was much more agricultural. So a lot of the older generation probably grew up on farms and ranches. They knew what hard work was and probably didn't need a PE class to get into shape.

[@erenjeager9442]

Is their a video of how la sierra high school exercise?

[@TheLeanBerets]

motivationmovie.com/ls-student-manual/

[@tetrades5348]

How long is one class?

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@tetrades5348 Standard length. About 50 minutes

[@ericcarson342]

Forget crossfit, these guys are functionally fit.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Totally agree. We never found a single recordable injury in the history of their PE while researching our documentary film. We interviewed about 200 alumni-not one injury. It was then I knew we were really missing something. More is not better; better is better which is earned through quality of movement-not senseless WODs. -RJ

[@ericcarson342]

@@TheLeanBerets I believe it. It's not about how much you can snatch for time. Looking closely at all of their movements you see mobility, warmup, stretching, strength endurance from head to toe. It's all there. And they are not bulky, no big chests or huge biceps. Great video.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@ericcarson342 What I found fascinating that I did not understand until researching each exercise of their calisthenics routine for our film research was that each particular exercise had corrective benefits that optimized movement…IF you used the WWII era methods. This is what virtually no one understands today. -RJ 💡

[@TECH-hg7yp]

Why i wasn't born at that time

[@goth_beach]

Nah imagine this country going from this to skibidi ohio rizz😭😭😫😫😫😫😫

[@Bbbx3b]

I’m fat kid i think me and many other people need this back

[@TheLeanBerets]

Good PE can and should be modified to make sure people overweight can participate safely. Yes, we need proper PE back so kids can have a fighting chance to be healthy again. Good luck! :)

[@GrilledChickenRamyun]

Samee!!!!

[@phaedrabonaparte735]

back when gym teachers actually followed what they preached and were not the manifestation of a sphere in human form.

[@theonline9]

Where do we get the full documentary?

[@TheLeanBerets]

The film link is at the bottom of the note section. -RJ

[@johnpacker3741]

This is where the kids from camp Mohawk went to school. lol

[@VideoJunkee]

Why did it end?

[@TheLeanBerets]

School was closed due to boundary issues, but I think it was part of the plan to weaken America. -RJ

[@joetepan6102]

1:37 damn were they wrong. Look at us now

[@gigib2479]

If they call that generation “marsh mellow gen” what do you call the generation today?

[@TheLeanBerets]

I do not know of a term that bad! Might need to invent one. 🙁

[@ohsweetmystery]

The slime generation.

[@snoopy8870]

What abou lunges , squats , pistol squats... Legs ? 🤓

[@Andy-kw5nw]

Those exercises, believe it or not aren’t functional to the lower body like running, sprinting or shuffling is. And they swam. But those are all great exercises for muscle development. I think if you added those to the routine it would definitely be complete.

[@TheLeanBerets]

This is a calisthenics routine that had to be done briskly. You cannot do pistol squats briskly, plus, there were general conditioning exercises for the average person. The squat thrusts they did plus getting in and out of push ups were leg driven. -Ron Jones, MS

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@Andy-kw5nw Remember, this was only the first 101-2 minutes of their PE class. They did lots of other activities too. :)

[@nicholashernandez4367]

Lol, "the marshmellow generation"

[@TheLeanBerets]

Now look! 😲

[@slickjonny1472]

There’s an entity of people out there that don’t want you to be healthy, for malicious reasons or otherwise. Stay healthy and fit as a fk you to them. Mericaaaa

[@TheLeanBerets]

This evil plot started over 100 years ago…also, JFK challenged America to be strong, so our own government took him out. See the connections? -RJ

[@akashanumberfive199]

My only problem is the general lack of information on the program for girls. Also...I want to do the same as the boys. Grace is fine but guys can use that too. How many times have my feet been stepped on? Ugh

[@TheLeanBerets]

Of course, but this was pre-Title IV and before general PE was gender-integrated. The girls at LaSierra ran a completely different PE program in the sixties.

[@ikesau]

Love that 60's sexism 8:20 😂

[@edbauerfit]

CROSSFIT! Ha, beat ya to it.

[@TheLeanBerets]

NOT Crossfit! This program was quality based and produced NO injuries. Big difference.

[@edbauerfit]

@@TheLeanBerets No problem, my comment was mostly in regards to the "Get With The Programming Podcast" channel referencing this video in regards to a handful of movements that were included in the 2022 CrossFit Games that just ended on Sunday. They had legless pegboard ascents, parallel bar traverses, and wall facing handstand push-ups tested, to name a few.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

Was it based around calisthenics? Seems like it

[@TheLeanBerets]

That was their warm-up, but then they also did sports, games, weights, and self-defense.

[@philosopher1a]

today Our military have trouble with this

[@Igor-dm1fp]

“American kids are getting soft “ imagine what bro would say if he sees today’s generation 💀

[@TheLeanBerets]

This: ☠️

[@MsBetke]

imagine kids who went to that school now seeing the kids of today , what a sad thing

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@MsBetke We have talked to many of them, and they know what’s missing.

[@AnnaSzabo]

How can they enact change?

[@TheLeanBerets]

@ We need a national PE effort with sweeping reforms to go back to what worked well before.

[@vladdracula5477]

Some guy did this back in the 1930s. Seemed to work pretty well for his people too, but we all decided to ignore it.

[@TheLeanBerets]

Actually, there were multiple generations of classical PE that was very high quality starting in the late 1800s. LaSierra was the end of quality PE in America with just a couple of exceptions.

[@youcontrolfreakssuckit3784]

Well that other guy had some pharmaceutical assistance but it faded away. Thank goodness.

[@ericcamarda3534]

Ah yes, physical fitness promotion is ‘fascism’

[@bh5817]

@@ericcamarda3534 yes exactly and now you understand why they got rid of it

[@showusjustice523]

They considered young Americans "soft" back when hardly any one was over weight? They would have a heart attack if they saw us now

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@showusjustice523 TRUTH

[@josepharmstrong6852]

Why did it change ?

[@TheLeanBerets]

Many reasons, but the district changed boundary lines in early 1980s which required them to close one high school. They chose LaSierra to close despite heavy protests largely in support of not shutting LaSierra due to its amazing PE program. The country also got more liberal and more lazy which shut down other good PE programs.

[@josepharmstrong6852]

@@TheLeanBerets I wish we knew the people involved. In Britain Peter hitches has wrote a book about the grammar schools and there removal. This documents how it was done and essentially it has been done to remove the threat to the elite changing its purely evil and control of power. Which values short term goals over long term strength and growth of the nation. For without a future competent elites the society will collapse.

[@Denidrakes69]

I bet the kids that would have been diagnosed adhd now, had an easier time back then

[@TheLeanBerets]

Kids were normal then because they active and fit enough to be mentally stable. ADHD= you need more exercise!

[@Denidrakes69]

@@TheLeanBerets there's a fair bit more to it than that, but I get your point.

[@TheLeanBerets]

@@Denidrakes69 As a credentialed veteran teacher, almost all of my ADHD kids do not get enough physical activity. Yes, there are other factors too. -RJ

[@Denidrakes69]

@@TheLeanBerets of course, and I think we're on the same page - which is why I suspected they had an easier time back then. I'm female, and between the ages of 3-10yo, you would most likely find me up a tree, or on a roof. After that, I rode my bike EVERYWHERE. As, I got older and was expected to sit for a longer periods of time, anxiety well and truly kicked in. Between running about to relieve it, and studying, it was very difficult to find time for anything or anyone else - which also created guilt because it was incredibly difficult for me to break from physical activity, causing people to assume I was selfish. It's also meant that at times I have also neglected my own children's need for physical activity because they can't walk far enough, run fast enough, climb high enough etc so I go off without them. I can manage my ADHD alone - it's when other people enter the picture that it becomes a struggle. Hope that makes sense...

[@stevenrhodes9639]

I feel absolutely robbed of what phys ed could have been holy smokes

[@TheLeanBerets]

Join the club. Same here.

[@JohnTheWudman]

This was a great program if you could find a way to work up from having to wear the white shorts. Otherwise, carrying white shorts past the freshman year, was a badge of dishonor and you were likely to be subject to repeated humiliation. That warmup wasn't the challenge..

[@TheLeanBerets]

Very few did not test out of whites.

[@larryjohnny]

Was there a t-shirt shortage back then? I hated going shirts and skins because I thought I was fat, but now that I see my pictures I wasn’t.. If I was super thin it might have felt better to go skins otherwise.. give me a t-shirt or a jersey! What a nice side benefit for everyone to be in shape and attractive.. especially the ladies.. yes! What about injuries? Did you have to try out to get into this school? Kids these days either decide to do sports or not.. I doubt you could get all the high school to agree to exercise like this.. no way! Maybe if you promised them an iPad!

[@TheLeanBerets]

Zero injuries in our film research. They were proud of their fit bodies and were not ashamed to show them off, but the large groups shirtless were for the photo and filming publicity. They did not always go shirtless. -RJ

[@jakeleo4518]

1:33 oh boy those words didn't age well. He would be eat thsoe words if he saw where we are now.

[@softbatch1]

11:50 The Bro-gram.