In this episode, we talk about the end of PE in high school and how it has changed the way we live our lives. We also talk about how fast we should be running and why we are so fat these days.
00:00:52.360People are shocked at what American high school gym class looked like in the 1960s.
00:00:56.920This footage is from one of the 4,000 U.S. high schools that followed La Sierra's physical education program that was pushed to be the standard model by JFK.
00:01:05.380According to the La Sierra physical education standards that were outlined in their 1966 handbook, the minimum push-ups that a student should be able to do is 16, and they should have at least a 7.5-minute mile run.
00:01:17.040Considering most modern Americans struggle to even complete five push-ups, this 16 minimum is quite shocking.
00:01:23.740The top group that was outlined in the handbook is Blue Team, and to be a part of this, you had to be able to perform 12 handstand push-ups.
00:01:46.500It's interesting to see beach pictures from that too, because now you see like so many overweight, chubby, big people, but then everyone was in shape.
00:02:29.700And they say, isn't it, like, oh, I think one of the reasons, there was this fat YouTuber, she was talking about, well, I'm overweight because I can't afford good food.