eBaumsWorld: Funny Videos, Pictures, Soundboards and Jokes
Funny Galleries Funny Videos Games Time Wasters Internet Classics Spicy
eBaumsWorld: Funny Videos, Pictures, Soundboards and Jokes
  • Funny Galleries
  • Funny Videos
  • Games
  • Time Wasters
  • Internet Classics
  • Spicy
Funny GalleriesFunny VideosSpicyGamesTime WastersInternet Classics

23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

Back in the old days we used to be a real country, and school systems took fitness seriously.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 5 months ago in Wow

Gym class or physical education as it's known on NPR, is an amalgamation of state administered tests, safety-first dodgeball games, and zero-elimination layup lines, where participation is all but optional. 


School systems once took fitness seriously. From difficult calisthenics, to literal boot camps, to lots and lots of ropes, here are 23 photos of gym classes from the '60s and '70s. 

  • 1

    Gym class in the 1970s.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 2

    A U.S. public elementary school gym class.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 3

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 4

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 5

    1961, students stretch as they do windmills.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 6

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 7

    Teacher helps elementary students support each other during movements, 1973.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 8

    Smoking in gym class, Long Island, 1977.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 9

    A PE class in the 1960s.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 10

    Boys and girls exercise together during a co-ed class in 1975.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 11

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 12

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 13

    “The big parachute in gym class was the best thing about elementary school in the ‘70s.”

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 14

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 15

    Students of the La Sierra P.E. system in the 1960s, considered the most difficult in the country, and created in response to World War II and growing Cold War tensions.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 16

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 17

    High school fitness in the 1960s.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 18

    Gym class pull-ups, 1961.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 19

    Girls and boys gym, Wyoming Memorial High, PA, 1960.

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 20

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 21

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 22

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

  • 23

    23 Photos of What Gym Class Looked Like in the '60s and '70s

Categories:

Wow Trending

Tags:

history photos wow historical
Scroll Down For More


Most Popular

28 Funny Youtube Comments That Nailed it

28 Funny Youtube Comments That Nailed it

Midday Dump: 43 Cool Randoms to Totally Waste Your Time

Midday Dump: 43 Cool Randoms to Totally Waste Your Time

27 Fascinating Facts to Cram in Your Noggin

27 Fascinating Facts to Cram in Your Noggin


  • About Us
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DMCA
  • Contact

If you are the original creator of material featured on this website and want it removed, please contact the webmaster

Copyright© 1998-2025 Literally Media