Could not agree more. We are in obvious trouble that will never be solved without a foundation of health. -Ron Jones, MS

*as a species

@@TheLeanBerets yea

Yeah but programs want to pull kids out of pe any chance they get because they don’t see it as valuable. Parents will call and email for literally any problem. Parents have made they generations soft.

You will never america is in decline and its too late

It's fascinating to watch the running form of the LaSierra boys because most of them were not distance runners yet ran with better form than most of the elite XC runners in high school today! The gravity work they did off the ground really helped to align their bodies, and the well-balanced physical training they did in PE set them up for balance of movement whether running or doing anything else physical too. This is a graphic portrayal of the values or "real PE" and why we should be doing it now too. -RJ

Like 'Swede' Johannson from Heartbreak Ridge

Do you know anywhere that has the complete routine for each level. Finding the warmup is easy enough but I can't find anything beyond that.

@@dingusdangus1790 They all did the same calisthenic warm up drills, but you can access the PE handbook and training videos on our film website here: motivationmovie.com/ls-student-manual/

@@TheLeanBerets The website went down :/

So many have lost their way because they lost control of their bodies and thus cannot control their minds.

@@MosesGBrown in 3 years on varsity, 24 W vs 3L during regular season with a 9-0 season. Different game back then.. if we threw the ball more than 5 times a game, we were behind. Double dive wishbone from an unbalanced set.

@@MosesGBrown My HS FB Coach/Physical Educator was a disciple of the Gemanic/Swedish philosophies of movement. My Coach through donations and volunteers built series a pull up bars and dip bars. 20 students could be doing pull ups, 20 doing dips. If you could do 10 or more pullups, the person behind you added more resistance by holding on as you performed the up portion of the pull up. If you could not do 10, the person behind you help you do the pullup and you slowly lowered yourself down. If you could not do a single pullup, you would do flexed arm hangs and slowly lowered. The great thing was everyone was there to support each other.

Sounds like weight training under a different name

@@InvisibleHotdog when I say weight training, I mean body building which is isolation exercises. The body is meant to be worked as a full unit, dips and pulls are considered compound exercises like Olympic weightlifting. In our weight room at school there were non of what you would call body building equipment. Just weight lifting platform for Olympic weightlifting and some portable squat stands.

Ah! That makes more sense. So, you guys lifted weights, but no body building. That sounds good. That’s what I want. Tire flips sound like great exercises. I want to try practical weight lifting.

Agree. I also work with pro sports and military-they all are saying we have serious movement problems, yet we continue to disregard proper PE and health education. -RJ

@@TheLeanBerets I was not too far from Carmichael at an event and couldn't help but notice how there were a lot of overweight people. It's the norm now.

@@nofurtherwest3474 Tragic “progress.” They went from the best to mediocrity and don’t even know it. :(

thats why i run, swim, and do calisthenics. But i also do video games, you can't say that, that's not fair.

david wagner Thanks for this information.

@@TheLeanBerets Coach Monica was a Physical Educator and HC at Madison HS, NJ from 1954 thru 1981. He was 177-50-4. A 38 game undefeated streak. 9 time state champion. A state champion in 4 decades. He was a Korean War veteran. He graduated Montclair St, NJ in 1950. Enlisted in the USMC. Was wounded in 1953. He maintained a regimented physical fitness practice for himself through out his life.

@@SuperWagner23 WOW. This is absolutely an amazing legacy of leading by example. We need this again with current PE teachers and coaches! Staying FIT...for LIFE!

I am totally disgusted with KZfaq and their invasive ads plus they demonetized my channel saying it violated standards and cited some crap about their education standards. My channel provides quality content. -Ron Jones

Caucasian_ Asian Agree. We stopped teaching proper PE over 50 years ago and ripped our kids off in the process. -RJ

@@TheLeanBerets For me Phys Ed is such a waste of time as it is right now. I wished I had something like La Sierras program at our school, but instead of becoming better in school, I have to do it on my own at home.

and with the africans dominating football and basketball...where can the other students participate? I notice most of the athletes at this time and at La Sierra were white~

@John Warner Media… Jesus fuckin Christ dude

They did that at about the time the offspring of Baby Boomers entered middle school which was junior high in my day. Parents wanted everyone to be a winner so you ended up with participation trophies, and this was probably because most kids growing up in the 1960s and 70s got a poorly executed version of La Sierra's program where the coaches clearly had favorites or didn't bother or succeed with instilling the all for one, one for all ethos. Now it shows with everyone on the verge of fighting each other like starving rats. 😢

If you were a dictator? Wow. I bet you call yourself a "patriotic" American.

It's easier said than done. It would be great if someone actually managed to bring this kind of PE though.

There is definitely much room for improvement with American PE classes!

I mean back then is when they really started pushing seed oils so call it their own doing

Don't forget it's compulsory, almost mandatory for parents to drive their kids everywhere, supposedly because of stranger danger but in reality walking to school is not safe due to high-speed traffic and bad drivers on the way there!

You doing exercise?

Agree.

Indeed. Not now.

This is a fascinating yet disturbing observation! I would have to agree! -RJ

Oh, definitely. Even the freshmen looked like they were 18! 😮

There are so many benefits to the restorative arts found in classical PE methods. The wands are great examples. The Indian Clubs are nice tools too, and yes, you can take a simple stick and use the classical philosophy to make it quite restorative too. -RJ

Where would one find the wands? I can barely find monkey bars at parks anymore.

It was actually preparing them to be productive and healthy citizens-and if they went into military service, then yes, they were prepared and better than others.

Great question and very deep answers that crosses decades of dysfunction and demise. -RJ

The reason is that professional athletes are specialized. Incorporating this into a professional's training would be detrimental to their specific performance requirements. I'd be mad if I were to waste energy on irrelevant training while trying to be my best in my sport.

@@Trancefreak12 that's a small percentage...the athletes don't have to participate..PE is for the rest of the student body ~ 80%

I'm currently working nationally and with organizations to promote PE with a classical approach. At the community level, the first step is having people watch our documentary film which is in the video note section above under "The Motivation Factor." The film lays out the history and philosophy, and without these things, it's just a bunch of mindless exercises that will fail like most of American fitness programs. We have to get our heads around the history and get off the brand marketing BS and money first aspects of physical fitness. -Ron Jones, MS

@@TheLeanBerets I've watched it multiple times...can't find anyone who's interested in incorporating this in our Government Schools..perhaps it needs to be 3rd party for HomeSchools and afterschool training for students..

@@jahnwarnermedia I have spent years “talking” to schools and groups about PE, yet in the end, Americans return to entertainment and technology. Not sure what it will take to wake up America…maybe WWIII? ☠️

Not the full program, but after their calisthenics warm up, it was a regular PE program circa 1960s with exception to last five minutes of class where they did off ground apparatus.

We can work out together ❤

You are doing more than most! Give it time. Stay steady.

You know they were trained to go to war and die right?

@@Rh-sl2kt I don't think you understand. I'm not mocking that era, I'm mocking this era.

Yes. They flew through basic training. One went very high up in Black Ops too.

such a shame though, even vietnamese can beat them

@@bruhbro1181 Not the LRRPs, Marine Recon, Army Special Forces or SEALs. Recondo Rangers we’re some bad asses. They out guerrillaed the VC guerrilla.

No. But you can purchase the authentic training videos on the film website to learn their calisthenics routine. A couple of idiots tried to remake the videos and put them up for free, but their form and terrible directions ruined this classical routine, so there is no substitute for the real thing and videos. :)

It's called CrossFit or you can do another type of group fitness class that follows a similar training methodology. It combines strength, skill, speed, endurance, etc.

Hybrid calisthenics on youtube

Correction. People today are nuts.

I am not sure what the current restrictions are for our film, but you can ask filmmaker Doug Orchard directly: doug@dougorchard.com

It was not a hike but rather a man, lift, and carry test of strength endurance that came out of military training requirements to carry a wounded comrade out of battle--or just to carry a hurt child or person as needed. I used this technique when my son had an ankle injury playing basketball to safety carry him to the car. -RJ

@@TheLeanBerets why were you parked 5 miles away? No wonder your son pretended to be injured.

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t I do not really understand your question and comment. Please clarify.

@@TheLeanBerets he was joking.

@@TheLeanBerets hesheit's just being a douche...very cool that you can carry your son..

The inverted push ups were progressions of the regular push ups. The seated agility drills are variations to their agility routine. The info is in our training videos on the film’s website. Links are provided under film clip notes. -Ron Jones

Look up the FSSF Black Devil cold weather commandos in WWII. They were the best of the best. Combined US and Canadian forces.

theleanberets.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/FSSF-V-42.pdf

School closed due to boundary and enrollment issues. Americans got lazy and undisciplined. -RJ

How can I become as wise in the ways of science as you are?

@@DoctorDewgong exercise, and read lots of books.

bad food and vaccines werent around much

Those things did exist, but back then those kids would simply drop out of school and get a job and live off that. Instead of now where society demands you to fully fail the entire school curriculum or loan a kidney to go to college for any chance of securing a roof over your head.

@@fludblud I was in school and they told me I have a Learning Disability, but as I graduated, I try to get a job because of my LD, the only job I got offer was a Carwash Attendant which I dislike, and pay less; after it went out of business, I have become unemployed, and still wouldn't get hired. Because of the school told me I have LD, and I listen, I have been struggling, now I regret listening to them which I would have gotten a better job, with a higher salary.

LaSierra was not a workout. It was a program driven by philosophy of quality movement. It was never just one workout program. Watch the full film listed in notes to learn more.

@@gboyfu6136 beyond disappointed

No. It was for all the boys. It was LaSierra's PE philosophy to treat each boy like they were a varsity athlete even if they were not playing school sports.

This was pre Title IV, so girls had a completely different program.

Agree

they did it was just at a different level compared to the boys

Keegan Bridwell Yep but they also didnt do it shirtless.

When you run this kind of classical PE, it enhances sport performance in athletes--it does not detract from it. One of the biggest problems today in America is the irrational youth sports programs that prioritize year-round single sport participation at higher levels than D1 or pro athletes in the same sport. It's producing imbalanced athletes both physically and mentally with soaring injury rates. These types of sports programs are abusive. Having worked with professional sports teams and D1 and Olympic athletes, they all had the same concerns of which included correcting an imbalance of training from a single sport focus along with other improper conditioning methods. True classical PE restores a body to its natural state. Since most American PE programs are not really PE anyway and are essentially worthless--I would not necessarily disagree that they are not helping the youth athlete; however, if we are talking about "real" PE like LaSierra or other classical PE programs, the opposite is true as I explained. -Ron Jones, MS

Physical training like this has been promoted since ancient Greece to strength both mind and body, and yes, sometimes it's needed to defend one's nation as well. However, this was not the driving force behind the whole PE system at LaSierra High School. -Ron Jones, MS