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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 84 points 10 months ago

> end up drenched in sweat and stink of BO all day

> wonder why no one likes me

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And my tropical ass feels cold in just 18C where I try to find a second layer.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

T-shirt weather starts at 23C thank you.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

T-shirt weather starts at ~~23C~~~ 13c thank you.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Missing a tilde there, but you're absolutely right.

Sincerely,

Scandinavian and well-upholstered

[–] abcd@feddit.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tell this to people living up north: Was in GB once for work. There I destroyed my winter jacket. Shopping around for a new jacket I met several guys wearing shorts an t shirts. I was freezing and they walk around casually like it was summer!

[–] dafo@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

>up north

>GB

make up your mind

Sincerely, someone who grew up on the polar circle

[–] abcd@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago

Well, living in south Germany every part of GB is up north 😉

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 6 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.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 10 months ago

Posted this from the bench, no doubt.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 17 points 10 months ago (8 children)

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 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, not having enough teachers could be a real issue, causing oversized classes

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 14 points 10 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.

[–] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly, I doubt the benefits you describe are outweighed by the number of people who learn to associate fitness with shame and humiliation as a result of how PE is taught.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Wed be a million times better off if we normalized having a 15 minute dance party at the start, middle and the end of the day.

[–] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago

PE exists to pick athlete kids and nothing else

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Ugh, if anything it should be at the start or end.

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 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 0 points 6 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?

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu -3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Keep telling yourself that lol.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Mostly the kids dragged each other through hammer swings on a wheel board while I listened to the teacher while they talked about their miscarriage and cried

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's objectively true. PE class only makes people disgusted by sport. All PE teachers are terrible, do nothing while students run aimlessly on a track with no training at all, turn a blind eye to rampant bullying (if they aren't directly complicit), then give grades seemingly at random. It took me 8 years after leaving high school to figure out that I actually enjoy sports if I have proper training and the people around me aren't all bullies.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago
[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Weight lifting is not something that most health experts recommend for children. We had a weight room in my middle school but you really need close supervision for good form and to reduce injuries. That level of individual coaching is hard to get at public schools.

That's why they focus on cardio and team sports.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even that kind of knowledge isn't something broached in the classes I took. I'm not even sure if the word 'reps' is more associated with lifting specifically or exercise in general!

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's associated with strength training. You could call bodyweight exercise reps, but usually we don't do sets and reps with things like pushups, situps, unweighted squats and chin ups. They're usually considered endurance exercises unless you're really heavy.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A lot of sports can be done solo. Running, swimming, bouldering...

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but that's not really what we're talking about. How many sports in school gym classes are Solo sports? How many people going to the YMCA to go swimming or jogging in the park consider that a "sport"?

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One brand of them is called the comfy, they is as the name implies :3

[–] boletus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In Australia, oodie is the common brand

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because it's a hoodie that makes all the ladies go "ooo!“?

[–] boletus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

My partner has 4 so you're probably right

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Run faster.

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I had a friend like that in highschool, but it was a wool poncho.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Need a weighted blanket hoodie.
(A weighted mesh blanket hoodie for summer.)

For my depresso and to train ofc.