
#183:When High School PE Was a Man-Maker
The Art of Manliness
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In the 19 60 there was a high school in california called la sierra hi. A coach developed an intense physical fitness programme that was inspired by the ancient greeks, nineteenth century physical culture. The goal as to create strong young people, sort of healthy body, healthy mind. In this programme fired, four thousand other high schools adopted the same programme and for about ten years it was the talk of the town. But then it just faded away, and the p e became the sort of blow off class that have to day. Today on the podcast, we're nto discuss the history of this physical education programm its effect on the students who took part in it. Some
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