Physical education classes are being removed from our children’s school curriculums more and more. This is unfortunate. The kids today are experiencing ever worsening health due to inactivity. Getting rid of gym class is not solely responsible for the increasing rate of childhood obesity and associated health problems such as type 2 diabetes, but it certainly isn’t helping matters. When I was in school, many of my classmates grumbled about having to attend, but I enjoyed gym class all through school. I liked being active, and I looked forward to a break in my school day when I could be up moving around. As much as I enjoyed it though, I can’t say it was particularly useful. That too is unfortunate. From my vantage point today as a professional strength coach and personal trainer, I can see where reintroducing gym class would be a great step in the right direction to helping our kids improve their health. I can also see where there is plenty of room to dramatically improve the standard curriculum. This is this idea I will discuss here to explore what would benefit kids the most.
Earlier when I said I don’t think gym class was very useful, that is not to say it was useless. Nor do I wish to cast any aspersions on the gym teachers where I attended school. What was good about gym class is that it got us outside in the fresh air and moving around. This got our blood flowing and woke us up. I’m certain for many, it reinvigorated us and helped us to get through the rest of our day with perhaps a little more focus and energy. It also was just plain fun. We played many different sports throughout the year, including swimming, and one teacher ran a very popular “adventure” unit, which exposed us to all manner of physical challenges and confidence-building exercises. As fun as I found these things, I see where we could have done things that would have been more useful to us throughout the rest of our lives. What was bad about gym class, or “lacking” rather, is that the standard curriculum was heavy on sports activities – from track to dodgeball – but terribly absent was general instruction on proper human movement.
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So, if I was king, what would I do different? Well I’m glad you asked. Specifically, I would implement a curriculum that would instruct the kids on how to develop proper movement patterns for basic human movements such as how to achieve midline stability through proper breathing and bracing techniques in conjunction with how to squat, press overhead, and pick things up from the floor with safe and effective body mechanics. Those things would constitute the basic groundwork for children at the earliest ages of 5 to 8 years old. For the second phase of gym class in the framework of my fitness utopia for the children from 9 to 12 years old, I would focus on more advanced training where we build upon the first phase. The kids would now take the basic movement patterns and begin to add light loads as well as learn to master basic bodyweight movements like air squats, pushups, pull ups and handstands. At this level of training, the kids will begin building a base of physical capacity as well as advancing their skill set of various movements. Finally for the oldest tier of students in phase 3, I would now require the kids to engage in working to meet different standards of both strength and endurance. They would take the skill set they have been developing, and I would now, at the onset of puberty, introduce them to training principles in which they would work to improve their strength and work capacity in a systematic fashion where they would see material progress and benefit from the program. The end goal of all of this is to give kids tools to achieve their potential at whatever they choose to pursue, whether they want to perform well at sports or just perform better at everyday activities up to and including being more resilient against injuries.
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In closing I want to briefly address a concern I can hear some of you asking. The question being: aren’t you being overly regimented about all this? I understand the concern to not be too heavy-handed and militaristic in our approach to guiding our children through physical education. A few thoughts I’ll share here: I am passionate about fitness and strength training because of how well it has served me throughout my own life. My father imposed upon me the need for strength and general physical preparedness at a very young age. It began for me at about age 4. I’m certain it is a big reason why I am a strength coach and personal trainer today. That base of strength and conditioning that was established at a young age has opened doors for me to pursue all kinds of goals throughout my life. It gave me confidence, taught me self-reliance and instilled self-discipline – all things that have helped me in life. I consider these things basic life skills. To that end, I do feel we are experiencing a severe lack of these qualities in our children and young people today. My approach as I’ve outlined it here should not be construed to be all work and no play. On the contrary, I believe in incorporating play to a large extent in order to engage children in learning human movement. At the same time, there is a high degree of discipline involved in physical fitness where striving to achieve goals is concerned. I believe it is a good and right and natural artifact of proper physical education. My intent is to hold these things in balance.