The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoPresidential fitness teststartrek.websiteimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imagePresidential fitness teststartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareqooqie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoGotta make sure the youth can be good little soldiers if needed
minus-squareSoylentBlake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThis is 100% fact. Eisenhower made PE a universal part of education to increase overall fitness in the case of war and conscription.
minus-squareBael422@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoI think it was worse than that. It was to test for and increase capability for military life, but the exercises themselves are not a good way to keep a general healthy body so it actually caused physical health to decline in the US.
Gotta make sure the youth can be good little soldiers if needed
Fuck yeah!
This is 100% fact. Eisenhower made PE a universal part of education to increase overall fitness in the case of war and conscription.
I think it was worse than that. It was to test for and increase capability for military life, but the exercises themselves are not a good way to keep a general healthy body so it actually caused physical health to decline in the US.