A video started making its way to me last week, one that covered the implementation of President Kennedy's physical fitness initiative in the early 60's.
Instead of trying to explain it further, I will let the video do the talking.
I also recently got the book that covered this initiative for adults.
After watching the video, I wanted to find the program for historical purposes, but it lead me to the adult physical fitness program put forward by Kennedy's council on fitness.
I am pretty impressed with the physical prowess of the kids in this video. In a day and age where we are worried about obese kids... do you see any here in this video?
More on this to come.... I'm pretty inspired by the history of this program, and after reviewing the adult fitness book, its got some good stuff in it.
The kind of stuff that would be pretty solid today.
Its core base of 7 bodyweight movements doesn't take a lot of time.
For Level One, the circuit takes about 5 minutes to do. Level Two took me about 8.
There is more than just the bodyweight exercises, but its a good foundation to start with. In a new day and age where bodyweight exercises are still a popular choice, I see some cool benefits from this 'Blast from the Past" workout routine.
Like I said, there will be more on this to come on this blog. This is some good history to dig into.
Watch the video up above as you sip your morning cup of coffee.
Prepare to be inspired.
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Swing & Sip!
Coach Rick
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