Adding to our growing archives on legendary coach and physical educator Stan LeProtti and his LaSierra High School P.E. Program is a special show with his daughter Monteen LeProtti. To enjoy a journey into the past and learn about the last great P.E. program in America that made a national difference, see link below. Get…… More
Readiness Defined: “the condition for being ready, promptness, quickness, willingness to take action.” Ready for what? The Noble Purpose. What is Noble Purpose? Preservation of nation. History shows our future depends upon readiness to defend our nation and preserve our core values. Are we weaker or stronger today in America? Physically? Mentally? Spiritually? Compared to what?…… More
Fitness icon Bonnie Prudden was the first modern fitness professional to incorporate music with beautiful movement patterns. Some have called her the real creator of “aerobics.” However, we prefer to think of her work far superior to mere aerobics as her methods and quality were high-quality and very physically literate–plus fun. Here’s a great example…… More
Bonnie Prudden was one of the most amazing fitness professionals of the last century. She was one of the top fitness experts in America beginning in the 1940s through her passing in 2011. Prudden’s work has had a great influence on our movement philosophy at The Lean Berets. We are grateful to know of her…… More
“Kids” have decreasing poor core strength, poor balance, underdeveloped vestibular (inner ear balance control) function, and are now ADHD—or at least fidgeting excessively. Of course, we knew all this back in the 1950s except the ADHD part which was in an incubation period… Kids? Sounds like a lot of adults too. Why? We are programmed…… More
We are pleased to release a brief demo video of some of the health wand movements we have been studying and learning the last year and are now teaching. The actual instructional tutorials will be posted soon. We hope to see you at one of our “Organic Flow Restorative Arts Workshops” soon so you can…… More
We are honored to present this historic show with a true gentleman from America’s “Greatest Generation” named Jake Monlux from KidsFailedFitness.org. We sought out Jake to help us with our historical studies on back pain prevention, corrective exercise, and classical physical education with the gymnastics focus, but Jake provided much more for us. His passion at age…… More
Historically a hundred years ago or so, better physical education programs focused on the restorative content area “first” before sports. Sports were not used to get people in shape—a form of restorative or even “medical” gymnastics was used quite often. There were different systems of course, but the idea was to create good quality movement…… More
The concept of “Functional Movement” is nothing new. There are many references historically that deal with the same subject. Interestingly, America’s physical education roots were grounded in movement efficiency and quality of movement with a practical application emphasis–or as we might say again today, “functional.” Here’s a nice example of this need for functional fitness…… More
We began offering Posture Workshops for corporate clients and parents recently working extensively and body alignment and proper angles for study and work. Here’s why…be inspired by the Grundy Center Spartans in Iowa and their “Thinking Bodies” Noble Purpose theme for 2014. Posture matters. Historically, our elders knew that posture directly tied into learning in…… More