I decided to launch a brand new podcast show on a different platform. While I have enjoyed The Lean Berets Show podcasts the last ten years or so, it was a bit limited in terms of branding towards health, fitness, and PE. I will continue to record new shows for The Lean Berets, but for…… More
I went running today in the cold rain without a shirt. As I put on my shirt above, I thought it would make a good share on the history of training in “uncomfortable” weather–on purpose. I had to laugh at myself on the way back because my skin looked like a bright red lobster getting…… More
The history of playgrounds is truly amazing. Apart from the legacy of social-psychology found in playground history, let’s just look at the history of gravity for a minute…it might surprise you. Gravity. It’s one of the most important lessons out of the classical PE era and was a high priority in classical playground designs. Most…… More
Copyright © Diana Mara Henry / http://www.dianamarahenry.com “Skills are an integrating force. Skills of all types are important,but those involving the hand are the essential ones.”“Philosophy of Recreation and Leisure” JB Nash (1953) Diana Mara Henry is an American veteran photojournalist that began her career in the 1960s. I ran across her work while researching…… More
In 1961, Baseball legend Gil Hodges played his last year with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and President John F. Kennedy also delivered these immortal words: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” -John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20,…… More
Copyright © Diana Mara Henry / http://www.dianamarahenry.com Diana Mara Henry is an American veteran photojournalist that began her career in the 1960s. I ran across her work while researching vintage playgrounds and reached out to her so I could get the deeper story behind a certain series of photographs she took in NYC of the…… More
Copyright © Diana Mara Henry / http://www.dianamarahenry.com Diana Mara Henry is an American veteran photojournalist that began her career in the 1960s. I ran across her work while researching vintage playgrounds and reached out to her so I could get the deeper story behind a certain series of photographs she took in NYC of the…… More
Copyright © Diana Mara Henry / http://www.dianamarahenry.com Diana Mara Henry is an American veteran photojournalist that began her career in the 1960s. I ran across her work while researching vintage playgrounds and reached out to her so I could get the deeper story behind a certain series of photographs she took in NYC of the…… More
“Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.” -John Milton, “Paradise Lost” Playgrounds. A child’s paradise. Looking back across many decades, playgrounds have a prominent history in classical physical education and in outdoor recreation. While the history and social psychology of public playgrounds for children are quite complex and sophisticated, playgrounds have, and can be, quite…… More
I was recently in the recesses of a vintage book store and glanced up at the top shelf to see an Olympic games book from the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. It was a full record book. I was quite excited because I thought I might be able to find something on “Indian Clubs”…… More