We had a guest lecturer this week, Dr. Hunt. He did a great job of informing us about the world of sports during the Cold War. The main point that caught my attention is whether or not we should focus on mass fitness or elite competitiveness. Physical inactivity had started to become a huge problem because there were many young Americans who failed to pass the military fitness test. Also, the Kraus-Weber tests portrayed how unhealthy America is. There were 60% of US children who failed this test whereas Europe only had 9% fail.
John F. Kennedy became very interested in this and decided to fix the problem. He chose to enforce the idea of mass fitness aka start from the bottom and work our way up. By encouraging everyone to do at least the minimum amount of physical activity, we would be able to work towards elite competitiveness. I completely agree with this theory. By implementing a simple exercise program, we can start with younger generations and hopefully increase the health and well-being of our future.
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