From military-style drills to risky rope climbs, these once-common school gym routines defined a generation—but would they still make the cut in modern classrooms?

WEBVTT ERIC: NOWHERE IN A TEACHINGMANUAL DOES IT SAY GRADUATINGSENIORS NEED TO KNOW THE FINERPOINTS OF 9-SQUAREYET EVERY WEBSTER CITY TEENAGERKNOWS TO PLAY, YOU'VE GOTTA MOVEAND THAT MRS.SCHROEDER, ...

Looking back on high school, gym class was weird. A game of crab soccer between trigonometry and history never seemed quite right, no one took showers and the gym teachers rarely epitomized excellent ...

Steve Lowe, from left, and Ron May spot Zach Marrs as Marrs does a series of squats with more than 360 pounds. Marrs is co-owner of Olympic Iron Gym, 520 E. 22nd Terrace, where several competitive ...

Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed walking into a gym class? Felt like the odd one out? Or, heaven forbid, watched your name being ranked on a leaderboard? Gyms can often feel intimidating to ...

Every time the summer Olympics roll around, I look forward to watching one event in particular: women’s gymnastics. When I was young I dreamed of becoming an Olympic gymnast, and I participated in ...

That framing is particularly relevant as wellness becomes both aspirational and practical. “Health is the new wealth,” Bladt ...