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tblue37

(65,290 posts) Mon Oct 25, 2021, 02:40 PM Oct 2021

We used to have to do this in gym:

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(Is this video reversed?)

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We used to have to do this in gym: (Original Post) tblue37 Oct 2021 OP

Cat has perfect form. He could teach a kid or two... hlthe2b Oct 2021 #1

I don't recall any of my classmates having claws... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #8

In the 60s we were doing 50 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, rope climbs, etc. etc. flor-de-jasmim Oct 2021 #2

will. do. anything. NJCher Oct 2021 #3

Pretty neat! SWBTATTReg Oct 2021 #4

We had a kid in grade nine that climbed the rope and pulled it up after him. He sat on a rafter Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2021 #5

Remember President Kennedy's physical fitness KT2000 Oct 2021 #6

And the cat wasn't using his rear feet like normal kids either. yonder Oct 2021 #7

I hated that because I couldn't do it. Ocelot II Oct 2021 #9

me either! Phentex Oct 2021 #13

I would have liked to see the trip down. TomSlick Oct 2021 #10

Actually, I think that is the trip down, and that this video is in reverse. tblue37 Oct 2021 #11

Hmm, I don't think so. I think once the cat was half way down, it would jump off. Fla Dem Oct 2021 #12

When I was in elementary school, that was one of my favorite... 3catwoman3 Oct 2021 #14

hlthe2b

(102,214 posts)

1. Cat has perfect form. He could teach a kid or two...

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 02:45 PM

Oct 2021

Wounded Bear

(58,636 posts)

8. I don't recall any of my classmates having claws...

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 03:57 PM

Oct 2021

flor-de-jasmim

(2,125 posts)

2. In the 60s we were doing 50 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, rope climbs, etc. etc.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 02:49 PM

Oct 2021

I wish I were still that flexible!

NJCher

(35,648 posts)

3. will. do. anything.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 02:50 PM

Oct 2021

to be Ceiling Cat:

SWBTATTReg

(22,100 posts)

4. Pretty neat!

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 02:58 PM

Oct 2021

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)

5. We had a kid in grade nine that climbed the rope and pulled it up after him. He sat on a rafter

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 03:07 PM

Oct 2021

until the fire department came to get him down. He then dropped the rope and slid down.

That stunt took him from geek to school hero!

KT2000

(20,572 posts)

6. Remember President Kennedy's physical fitness

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 03:30 PM

Oct 2021

effort? Sit-ups, rope climbing etc. I liked it then but too bad it stopped.

yonder

(9,663 posts)

7. And the cat wasn't using his rear feet like normal kids either.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 03:54 PM

Oct 2021

Ocelot II

(115,663 posts)

9. I hated that because I couldn't do it.

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Mon Oct 25, 2021, 04:08 PM

Oct 2021

I was a hopeless klutz in gym class and hated every minute of it.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

13. me either!

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 26, 2021, 03:19 PM

Oct 2021

I couldn't do a pull up on a bar either. My legs are really strong but I have zip when it comes to upper arm strength.

TomSlick

(11,096 posts)

10. I would have liked to see the trip down.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 08:38 PM

Oct 2021

tblue37

(65,290 posts)

11. Actually, I think that is the trip down, and that this video is in reverse.

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 09:44 PM

Oct 2021

Fla Dem

(23,643 posts)

12. Hmm, I don't think so. I think once the cat was half way down, it would jump off.

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 26, 2021, 10:33 AM

Oct 2021

Just my thought.

3catwoman3

(23,970 posts)

14. When I was in elementary school, that was one of my favorite...

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Wed Oct 27, 2021, 10:46 AM

Oct 2021

...things to do. Now that I am 70, I wouldn't stand a chance.

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