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Vladimir Putin Revives Soviet-Era Fitness Program
The Huffington Post | by Emily Thomas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/russian-fitness-ussr-program-stalin_n_5028289.html
Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning to history for fitness inspiration.
On Monday, Putin officially announced he will revive the 1930s Stalinist fitness regime known as GTO, the Russian acronym for “Ready for Labor and Defense," Reuters reports. The program, which Putin brought up in 2013, will use funds left over from the Sochi Winter Olympics.
At a meeting with officials, Putin said the return of the Soviet-era fitness program will "pay homage to our national historical traditions."
"The Olympics and Paralympics have demonstrated that we are again becoming one of the leaders in global sports," Putin said, according to Reuters.
The original fitness regimen, which lasted up until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, involved competitions in swimming, running, and even grenade-throwing, Time notes. It was originally created to build and maintain a fit population prepared to fight for the Soviet Union.
Those involved in the GTO regimen were awarded medals based on their fitness achievements. The original tests were based on the Soviet Union’s official aim of “all-round physical development of the individual and the strengthening and preservation of people’s health and their aptitude for high labor efficiency and protection of the Motherland,” according to a piece in state-run media outlet ITAR-TASS.
The revived GTO program will involve sports tests for 11 age groups. It will be reviewed by the government in an annual report, the piece notes.
Putin will kick off the nation’s reincarnated workout program in September.
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Great....
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sport is great. 8)
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Republicans seem to have a hard on for Communism as of late. Its kind of strange really. ???
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The current state of the USA is far more communist than the USSR ever was
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Do we even have the Presidential or National Fitness Awards in school anymore? When I was in school in the 80's and 90's they did. Or, do they not want people to feel bad about not doing enough pull ups and sit ups?
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The current state of the USA is far more communist than the USSR ever was
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The current state of the USA is far more communist than the USSR ever was
LOL
you must have been "homeskooled"
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Republicans seem to have a hard on for Communism as of late. Its kind of strange really. ???
The great Communist globalist conspiracy has overtaken the Western World, and strangely enough Putin (the ex KGB agent) is the only one opposing it.
As Americans we all owe him a thank you for reining in lunatics like Obama and McCain, and keeping us out of Syria. Funny how he also kept those maniacs in check on Ukraine.
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Do we even have the Presidential or National Fitness Awards in school anymore? When I was in school in the 80's and 90's they did. Or, do they not want people to feel bad about not doing enough pull ups and sit ups?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_President's_Challenge (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_President's_Challenge)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President's_Council_on_Fitness,_Sports,_and_Nutrition (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President's_Council_on_Fitness,_Sports,_and_Nutrition)
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Putin apparently is going to reconstruct the CCCP by memory.
A lot of conservatives probably relate to it because it is a Nationalist task, the old way of doing things with your country's identity and influence in mind - which is taboo in the Globalist world.
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A lot of conservatives probably relate to it because it is a Nationalist task, the old way of doing things with your country's identity and influence in mind - which is taboo in the Globalist world.
Its become common for Western leaders to openly act against the best interests of the people they represent in following the undemocratic / anti sovereignty, globalist agenda.
Putin is the only major world leader opposing this globalist, new world order...
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The great Communist globalist conspiracy has overtaken the Western World, and strangely enough Putin (the ex KGB agent) is the only one opposing it.
As Americans we all owe him a thank you for reining in lunatics like Obama and McCain, and keeping us out of Syria. Funny how he also kept those maniacs in check on Ukraine.
Amen.
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