Exemplified by Stan LeProtti at La Sierra High School in the early ’60s, classical PE focused on three equally important thirds: restorative arts (including traditional fitness, calisthenics, and correctives), defensive arts (self and national defense), and pedagogical (sports, games, play, and theory).

Each day at La Sierra began with a 400meter jog and a 12minute strengthendurance routine. That was the bulk of the daily physical training dose responsible for creating a truly remarkable standard of physical fitness.

These were followed by either defensive arts or pedagogical activities and finally finished with a run through the obstacle course—a gauntlet of pegboard walls, ropes, and unique manipulatives that honed bodyweight mastery. They called this 5 minute period their “offtheground” time.

Characteristic of “grease the groove” training, La Sierra students achieved a staggering level of fitness through consistent daily immersion in this short, simple training regimen. Training videos demonstrate the aweinspiring feats like the extension pressup that La Sierra students famously demonstrated on Johnny Carson and in Look Magazine.

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