Run a mile in the cold? Well I wouldn’t know, I hate running.
But I’ve snowboarded in 4C and couldn’t wait to get down to my t-shirt after a few minutes. Hell, even walking for too long in that thing sounds like an awful mistake.
Anon goes to PE class
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saltesc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 8 months ago
And my tropical ass feels cold in just 18C where I try to find a second layer.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
T-shirt weather starts at 23C thank you.
JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 months ago
What’s your BMI? When I was too skinny this wouldn’t have bothered me, now that I’ve gained a lot it would.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Is there actually any evidence that shows this sort of thing is valuable to make kids do in the middle of a school day? PE always just seemed degrading to me, and I’m not even that out of shape.
rockerface@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I reckon it’s like any other subject. Depends on whether the teacher gives a fuck and/or has the resources to make it engaging and useful for kids
roguetrick@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Beyond that, class size is a big thing in developing motivation. You can’t really coach kids in huge classes so it just becomes a weird literal check box rat race.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 8 months ago
PE is fucking useless and is the number 1 reason most people don’t do any sport at all after high school.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Keep telling yourself that lol.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 8 months ago
Ugh, I get that. I’m only just now building a workout routine, almost a decade after school. And I’m only just now learning what a rep even is, and why you should stretch before and after workouts. What a waste of time and energy PE was.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I figured it not having anything to do with employment and being an expensive hobby that requires groups of people to sync their free time was why adults don’t do sports as a hobby. People can barely make D&D sessions work and that’s just sitting around a table.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Team sports are good for interaction.
A good opportunity to try random weird sports (only time I’ve tried a shot put or javelin).
Regular 5k cross country runs are probably only benefiting a select few.
Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
PE exists to pick athlete kids and nothing else
Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I mean, it’s well understood that there’s a host of health benefits from regular exercise, and it’s also pretty well established that habits built during youth tend to be the most ‘sticky’ that we continue for the rest of our lives.
Given these two facts, I suspect that there are in fact studies that show those who participate in regular exercise programs during their school years are more likely to maintain a higher level of fitness and gain the derived health benefits.
That said, it’s likely a small but statistically significant increase, not a massive easily observable difference.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Honestly, I doubt the benefits you describe are outweighed by the number of people who learn to associated fitness with shame and humiliation as a result of how PE is taught.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 months ago
Ugh, if anything it should be at the start or end.
thelsim@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I didn’t mind doing PE if it was gymnastics like bars and rings. I loved that, and I still feel like I benefit from it to this day. Having a sense of balance and knowing what your body can do is pretty nice. I hated the outdoor running though.
There was this small lake in our home town that the gym teacher often made the class run around during warm days. But a lot of us liked to cheat by hiding our bikes out of view. We’d run for the first five minutes and the moment he couldn’t see us, we’d pull our bikes out of the bushes and cycle for most of the way, hiding them again just before popping back into view.
It worked 9 out of 10 times and we only got a mild scolding when got caught that one time.
After that we only had one more run, me and a friend took our time, bought an ice cream along the way and ended up half an hour late :)JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Is there evidence that exercise is good for kids? That’s your question? Well have you seen American kids? Do you think they’re getting a lot of exercise?
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Posted this from the bench, no doubt.
AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I see we’re just posting advertisements now
JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 months ago
Alright, I typed “blanket hoodie” into Amazon and I didn’t immediately see the pic from the post. (Not saying this isn’t guerilla marketing.)
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 8 months ago
One brand of them is called the comfy, they is as the name implies :3
boletus@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
In Australia, oodie is the common brand
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Because it’s a hoodie that makes all the ladies go "ooo!“?
roguetrick@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Run faster.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I had a friend like that in highschool, but it was a wool poncho.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Need a weighted blanket hoodie.
(A weighted mesh blanket hoodie for summer.)
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 8 months ago
> end up drenched in sweat and stink of BO all day
> wonder why no one likes me