These Vintage Work-Out Photos Will Make You Thankful For Modern Gyms

Gym Class

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If you thought that you hated gym class in high school, count your blessings that you weren’t a part of this class in Germany in 1930. The boys are exercising by bending over in a line and funneling the ball back and forth. Although this surely requires energy, we don’t think that this is exactly the correct way to exercise. In school today, most gym teachers are required to have some form of kinesiology degree and an actual knowledge of the subject matter instead of just making kids do pointless exercises that are more likely to hurt them than help them.