11 Pax were present and accounted for at #TheSword this morning for PE Class as we took the old school Presidential Physical Fitness Test. Here’s the summary:
Welcome/Disclaimer
Mosey to Checkpoint for Warmarama (IC):
-SSH x 25 (50)
-Toy Soldier x20(40)
-Slow Windmill x10
-Long Snapper/Dwight Schrute/Slippery Dip Can/Carrot Pullers/Lil’ Professor x10
Mosey to checkpoint to begin the:
F3 PRESIDENTIAL PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST
Results for a 17 YO Male for the 85th percentile passing threshold (only 1 round of each required):
-1 mile run (3 laps)=under 6:06 min (7:04 is 50%)
-Push-ups/‘Mericans (AMRAP)=53 or more (30 is 50%)
-Sit-ups/LBC’s (AMRAP)=55 or more (44 is 50%)/66 and 42 if partial
-V Sit and reach past your toes (we modified by doing WWII extensions)=8.7 inches or more (3 inches is 50%). We did two rounds of these just because.
-Pull ups (underhand or overhand)=13 or more or 53 sec hang (8 or hang for 30 sec is 50%). We did two rounds of these just because.
-Shuttle run (30 ft down and back x2)=8.7 sec (9.4 sec is 50%). We did two rounds of these just because.
Type of Award Issued (depending on your scores):
- The Presidential Physical Fitness Award – which recognizes students who achieve an outstanding level of physical fitness (> 85th percentile).
- The National Physical Fitness Award – for students who demonstrating a basic level of physical fitness (> 50th percentile).
- The Participant Physical Fitness Award – to recognize the participation of other students (< 50th percentile on one or more events). And to ensure a category where every kid can get an award.
Mosey back to base to get rocks (which were not part of the test but necessary given that we still had time left:)
-Curls x20 (40)
-Skull crusher x20 (40)
-Bent over row x20 (40)
-Squats x20 (40)
-Overhead press x20 (40)
-Calf Raises x20 (40)
Rocks up
Recover, Recover
COT/Namarama/ Announcements/Prayer
Moleskin:
All Pax tried to make their gym teacher and coach proud today. You’ll have to ask each how he did. Many felt the goals set by government leaders were not realistic. There are no measuring sticks or judgement with YHC. For those who did this in March, hopefully you saw some progress. For those who didn’t, you now have a baseline. Peart Plus, Amen, Frontier, and Ponch all did a standard before launch (Peart Plus even wore his ruck vest while running!). Ponch shared some of his favorite behind the scenes moments. Out Cold still has his streak going for posts. He even said he had recently pulled a muscle and still showed! POS and The Colonel both crushed it as usual. Toxic showed us how many pull up’s he could do and also led the Pax as he typically does. It was also good to see TBone and Black Eyed Pea out today and back at it. We all also debated East Coast vs West Coast rap.
History:
During and after World War I, and throughout the Vietnam era, fitness testing and physical training for children was conducted in schools by governmental agencies, linked to preparedness for combat.
The impetus for the style of physical testing developed into the Presidential Fitness Test. It began as a research study conducted in the early 1950s to determine minimum fitness levels consisting of 6 basic exercises. One of their experiments involved conducting the fitness test on 4,000 children on the East Coast, which showed that 56.6% of them between age 6 and 16 failed the test. The high rate of failure caused alarm among politicians, leading to expand testing to 3,000 rural, urban, and suburban children in Italy, Switzerland, and Austria. On average, they found that only 8.2 European children failed the test.
In July 1956, President Eisenhower “officially” launched the President’s Council on Youth Fitness by Executive Order. Before John F. Kennedy’s presidency, he advocated for youth physical fitness in his article “The Soft American,” published in Sports Illustrated, noting “The harsh fact of the matter is that there is also an increasingly large number of young Americans who are neglecting their bodies – whose physical fitness is not what it should be – who are getting soft. And such softness on the part of the individual citizen can help to strip and destroy the vitality of a nation.”
The test had some modifications over the years, began to dwindle during the Clinton and Bush eras, and ended with the Obama administration. It is now called the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, In place of the Presidential Fitness Test, the Program “emphasizes individual progress over exceptionalism”. The test has a new form of calculations, placing students within ranges and removing the Award for achieving the highest category. Instead, students are provided with individual assessments and goals, with the structure of how to achieve the goal.
Oh, to be 17 again…
Prayer Requests:
-The Force’s mom-next round of chemo
-Toxic’s father-in-law’s wife, Barb, has pancreatic cancer
-Unspokens among F3
Announcements:
-F3 Dads camp coming up soon
– Habitat Home Build needs volunteers on 5/6 https://f3isotope.com/?p=258996 (contact Beave for more info)
-Curbside Cleanup in Smithville on 5/6 https://f3isotope.com/?p=259071 (contact Possum for more info)
-Join us May 15 & 16 to demo the old deck and build a new walkway in Statesville for Mr McAllister. Looking for 10 men on each day. Contact @GnarlyGoat to get on board! A grant from @thef3foundation made this possible. Hear from Mr. McAllister here: https://twitter.com/phhtweet/status/1645483720328060940?s=46&t=I9zoJ4_Qk_zDunXzHxIGaA
Always great to start the day with my F3 brothers. Until next time…
Toby
(aka Tobra Commander, Tobra Kai, Tobi-Wan, Teletoby, Tobias, Tobadia, “Toe”bee, TobyMac, Tob-lerone, etc.) I’m