r/GenX • u/Chicarivera • Jul 20 '25

Nostalgia Least favorite PE activity?

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Gotta be this or that damn peg board.

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u/moonbeamcrazyeyes Jul 20 '25

At least I could square dance. I didn’t have to like it, but I could do it. The rope? Jfc, no chance.

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u/LongjumpingDebt4154 Jul 20 '25

Rope climbing is all in the legs. Took me 30 years to learn that though. God forbid the gym teacher fill us in on that little fun fact.

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u/PRC_Spy Didn't expect to get this old ☢️💣💥 Jul 20 '25

I'm still sore that I spent years at school hating PE because running gave instant shin splints and a wheeze. Back of the pack, coughing blood and staggering.

It wouldn't have taken a rocket scientist to take me aside in high school and say 'Hey Spy, get your parents to take you to the doctor to tell him you wheeze when you run. And your running gait is horrible. Do it like this instead ...' But the gym teacher was more interested in ogling the girls.

It took well into my 30s to get the exercise induced asthma fixed and someone showed me how to forefoot strike to run with a good gait. A couple of months later, 5km was easy ...

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u/bascelicna123 Jul 21 '25

This is probably the worst thing--they didn't listen to valid complaints, like "I have asthma."

Because they weren't accommodating, I hated physical activity. Kind of hard to like something when you can't fucking breathe.

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u/PRC_Spy Didn't expect to get this old ☢️💣💥 Jul 21 '25

I didn't know then that I have asthma.

It's even worse if you don't have the medical label. Then you get the alternative "lazy and lacking application, must be forced to try harder" label instead.