P.E. - Page 2

ZenGum · 01-24-2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Why didn't my fancy school have personal trainers?

. . . oh yeah. That was before personal trainers!

Sounds more like you had impersonal trainers.

lookout123 · 01-24-2008, 09:28 AM

As far as I can remember school PE wasn't meant to be like a high end gym with personal trainers developing specific plans for each individual. It is a cookie cutter approach to getting at least some exercise squeezed into our sedentary lifestyles as children so that maybe we'll see the value and continue through life.

I wasn't a jock, but I loved the team sports.

Cloud · 01-24-2008, 09:51 AM

yeah, that cookie cutter approach nearly turned me off exercise for life.

Team sports to me means: standing in the outfield in the hot sun. Tennis: running around in the hot sun (did I mention I hate being out in the sun?). Field hockey: incomprehensible tedium. Basketball: running.

Guess I'm just not a cookie cutter person.

lookout123 · 01-24-2008, 09:59 AM

the point of the class was to force people like yourself to experience those things because they know you wouldn't do it on your own. chances are the people that excelled and enjoyed those activities also did them in their free time so for them it was just icing on the cake. for the others that prefer to be inside and not hot, or sweating, or moving quickly, or whatever it is an attempt to get them moving and try to introduce a couple of healthy ideas into their lives.

Cloud · 01-24-2008, 10:14 AM

that sure wasn't the point of my p.e. class. Even if it was, it backfired.

and I'm sure that was fine for most people. I'm just not most people, and it really damaged me rather than benefitted me.

bluecuracao · 01-24-2008, 01:59 PM

I loved P.E. in school, even in spite of our evil, scary teacher in jr. high. The only sport I didn't like then was gymnastics. We had to spend an inordinate amount of time perfecting routines on the balance beam and uneven bars, and kids were always falling off of them. Worse, one girl went and broke her ankle when she fell off the balance beam.

In high school, I took P.E. as my electives--one year, I had it for three classes. No gymnastics thank god, but lots of tennis, basketball, aerobics, and weightlifting. Plenty of track running too, which I'm not the biggest fan of either...but at least it wasn't freaking gymnastics.

Now...I walk quite a bit, but I haven't played a sport (except for maybe golf) or gone to a health club in a really long time. I kind of hate health clubs, actually. To me, part of the fun of physical activity is a group social-interactive aspect, which is what P.E. had, and health clubs don't seem to.

Flint · 01-24-2008, 03:27 PM

I took Golf as an athletic credit in high school.

BigV · 01-24-2008, 04:16 PM

PE was ok. I lettered in swimming and water polo in high school. Those sports let me use my physical attributes to good advantage, namely height/length/reach and, shall we say, buoyancy. I *hated* running, and still do. I appreciate the cardiopulmonary benefits, but it sucks for me. Pounding and wheezing and burning up. I was much much happier working just as hard in the pool.

I college there were fun sports (intramurals) but not much organized PE. I did continue my water based activites in college. I earned my WSI (water safety instructor certification) which let me teach swimming, and coach competitive swimming. I parleyed that into a lifeguard gig and that into the pool manager position. Getting paid to tan is really really the way to go in college in Southern California.

I've always been built for comfort, not for speed. I'm still not that fast, but my endurance has continued to increase with age. I can hike forever. The hills are ok, as long as there's no race to the top or the bottom, and I can shoulder a heavy pack. I just don't like to be in a hurry.

Cloud · 01-24-2008, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

a lifeguard gig and that into the pool manager position. Getting paid to tan is really really the way to go in college in Southern California.

until you have to deal with skin cancer later in life, which is exactly what my boss is doing now, due to his lifeguarding. Hope that doesn't happen to you! Sunscreen!

kerosene · 01-24-2008, 06:43 PM

I am with you in this thread, Cloud. I HATED p.e. class. Hated it with every cell in my body. I hated being the last to be picked, being pitted against stronger, faster people for the sake of 'getting to the end of the gym first', hated playing a dumb game I didn't care about. Hated it. I liked that in high school I got to choose to some degree. I chose weight lifting, which I liked. No competition for competition's sake. No dumb games that I didn't care about.

Cloud · 01-24-2008, 06:57 PM

glad I'm not alone, here. I do see your point, too, Lookout. Sort of. And, after all, schools are required to provide physical education, and they may be operating under all sorts of constraints. And I went to a very small school.

But I do wish there had been a bit more emphasis on encouraging young people to find out what type of physical activity they enjoy, rather than forcing them to endure . . . anything. I'm just contrary--don't like to be made to do stuff.

melidasaur · 02-02-2008, 05:56 PM

I had a love hate relationship with PE. In elementary school, I was fairly good at most sports, so I enjoyed playing whatever game we were required to play that day.

As I got older, I turned into more and more of a whimp. I didn't like gymnastics because I have this fear of being upside down and falling. I loathed volleyball because I thought (and still think) it was lame.

I did like pickle ball, floor hockey and playing with parachutes. I also liked square dancing because it was so hokie.

In high school, I moved to Illinois where state law requires PE every day. I took "Total Body Fitness" which was a girls class where we did aerobics, weight lifting, and unfortunately ran a lot outside, up to 3 miles sometimes. Me and running do not get along. As I got older, I began to loathe gym because it was 50 minutes that I would have rather focused on academics than doing step aerobics.

Now that I'm older, I generally like to work out. I prefer fitness classes over just going on a treadmill, but will do what I can to preserve the ol' bod.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2008, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

the point of the class was to force people like yourself to experience those things because they know you wouldn't do it on your own.

Like shower, dress, and get to the next class in 4 minutes... then sit quietly, still damp and sweating, for the next period.

Or maybe an hour in liquid chlorine for the first period Friday morning, then spend the rest of the day smelling the chlorine you couldn't possibly get off and still get to your next class on time.

No, I wouldn't do it on my own.

Undertoad · 02-04-2008, 12:52 AM

Showering nekkid with other dudes!

I wouldn't do it on my own

skysidhe · 02-04-2008, 08:51 AM

Probably one of those middle of the road peoples. I liked high school track and field,tennis,horseback riding at home. Hated grade school p.e. and the fact girls got the huge softball I couldn't throw and the boys got the nice sleek small fast hardball.

01-24-2008, 09:28 AM	#17
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	As far as I can remember school PE wasn't meant to be like a high end gym with personal trainers developing specific plans for each individual. It is a cookie cutter approach to getting at least some exercise squeezed into our sedentary lifestyles as children so that maybe we'll see the value and continue through life. I wasn't a jock, but I loved the team sports. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

01-24-2008, 09:51 AM	#18
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yeah, that cookie cutter approach nearly turned me off exercise for life. Team sports to me means: standing in the outfield in the hot sun. Tennis: running around in the hot sun (did I mention I hate being out in the sun?). Field hockey: incomprehensible tedium. Basketball: running. Guess I'm just not a cookie cutter person. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-24-2008, 09:59 AM	#19
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	the point of the class was to force people like yourself to experience those things because they know you wouldn't do it on your own. chances are the people that excelled and enjoyed those activities also did them in their free time so for them it was just icing on the cake. for the others that prefer to be inside and not hot, or sweating, or moving quickly, or whatever it is an attempt to get them moving and try to introduce a couple of healthy ideas into their lives. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

01-24-2008, 10:14 AM	#20
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	that sure wasn't the point of my p.e. class. Even if it was, it backfired. and I'm sure that was fine for most people. I'm just not most people, and it really damaged me rather than benefitted me. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-24-2008, 03:27 PM	#22
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I took Golf as an athletic credit in high school. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-24-2008, 01:59 PM	#21
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	I loved P.E. in school, even in spite of our evil, scary teacher in jr. high. The only sport I didn't like then was gymnastics. We had to spend an inordinate amount of time perfecting routines on the balance beam and uneven bars, and kids were always falling off of them. Worse, one girl went and broke her ankle when she fell off the balance beam. In high school, I took P.E. as my electives--one year, I had it for three classes. No gymnastics thank god, but lots of tennis, basketball, aerobics, and weightlifting. Plenty of track running too, which I'm not the biggest fan of either...but at least it wasn't freaking gymnastics. Now...I walk quite a bit, but I haven't played a sport (except for maybe golf) or gone to a health club in a really long time. I kind of hate health clubs, actually. To me, part of the fun of physical activity is a group social-interactive aspect, which is what P.E. had, and health clubs don't seem to.

01-24-2008, 04:16 PM	#23
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	PE was ok. I lettered in swimming and water polo in high school. Those sports let me use my physical attributes to good advantage, namely height/length/reach and, shall we say, buoyancy. I hated running, and still do. I appreciate the cardiopulmonary benefits, but it sucks for me. Pounding and wheezing and burning up. I was much much happier working just as hard in the pool. I college there were fun sports (intramurals) but not much organized PE. I did continue my water based activites in college. I earned my WSI (water safety instructor certification) which let me teach swimming, and coach competitive swimming. I parleyed that into a lifeguard gig and that into the pool manager position. Getting paid to tan is really really the way to go in college in Southern California. I've always been built for comfort, not for speed. I'm still not that fast, but my endurance has continued to increase with age. I can hike forever. The hills are ok, as long as there's no race to the top or the bottom, and I can shoulder a heavy pack. I just don't like to be in a hurry. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-24-2008, 06:43 PM	#25
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I am with you in this thread, Cloud. I HATED p.e. class. Hated it with every cell in my body. I hated being the last to be picked, being pitted against stronger, faster people for the sake of 'getting to the end of the gym first', hated playing a dumb game I didn't care about. Hated it. I liked that in high school I got to choose to some degree. I chose weight lifting, which I liked. No competition for competition's sake. No dumb games that I didn't care about.

01-24-2008, 06:57 PM	#26
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	glad I'm not alone, here. I do see your point, too, Lookout. Sort of. And, after all, schools are required to provide physical education, and they may be operating under all sorts of constraints. And I went to a very small school. But I do wish there had been a bit more emphasis on encouraging young people to find out what type of physical activity they enjoy, rather than forcing them to endure . . . anything. I'm just contrary--don't like to be made to do stuff. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-02-2008, 05:56 PM	#27
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I had a love hate relationship with PE. In elementary school, I was fairly good at most sports, so I enjoyed playing whatever game we were required to play that day. As I got older, I turned into more and more of a whimp. I didn't like gymnastics because I have this fear of being upside down and falling. I loathed volleyball because I thought (and still think) it was lame. I did like pickle ball, floor hockey and playing with parachutes. I also liked square dancing because it was so hokie. In high school, I moved to Illinois where state law requires PE every day. I took "Total Body Fitness" which was a girls class where we did aerobics, weight lifting, and unfortunately ran a lot outside, up to 3 miles sometimes. Me and running do not get along. As I got older, I began to loathe gym because it was 50 minutes that I would have rather focused on academics than doing step aerobics. Now that I'm older, I generally like to work out. I prefer fitness classes over just going on a treadmill, but will do what I can to preserve the ol' bod. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

02-04-2008, 12:52 AM	#29
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Showering nekkid with other dudes! I wouldn't do it on my own

02-04-2008, 08:51 AM	#30
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Probably one of those middle of the road peoples. I liked high school track and field,tennis,horseback riding at home. Hated grade school p.e. and the fact girls got the huge softball I couldn't throw and the boys got the nice sleek small fast hardball.

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