Fitness Laziness

The school has been working the students hard lately. I am not sure why, but this year they really want to get them fit, and I am happy to see that, especially with the girls.

Today some groups were doing Beep Tests. It is really sad to see how unfit some 12 year old boys are, but it is truly disgusting to see how unfit, and more to the point, lazy most girls are.
A beep test is a test of endurance and aerobic fitness. Two lines are drawn on the ground. Participants have to run between the lines, about 10m apart, continually. At regular intervals a “BEEP” well sound. This is the indication that you have to start the next 10m run. Trick is to start slow because you will be continually running, stopping and turning around and the time between beeps will slowly decrease, making the test progressively more difficult.

Some boys are pretty lazy, but boys keep going until they are told to step off the course. The girls… disgusting. They will run, and after the first 10 meter they start complaining. They will go for a few lengths, never actually falling behind the time, and then just suddenly stop, go sit on the side line and talk non-stop about how that was oh so difficult. Yes, you heard me right. Thy “decide” they are tired. They are SO tired that they cannot take another step. SO tired that they have to stop immediately and go rest while their slightly elevated pulse rate and breathing goes back to it’s sad normal state.

While this was going on other students were doing laps around the ground. Three girls in particular were talking for the whole 30 minutes that I was watching students. At one point they were even walking arm in arm, and at no point did they stop talking. If you are tired then you can’t talk. All you say is ”Water!” or “Rest!”, and the rest of the time you shut up and if you don’t believe me then just watch the other students running.

Is it any wonder I have so much respect for the few girls in this school, and when I was a student myself, who would run their little legs off because they would not be shown to be lazy cows like the other girls.

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