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The Fitness Myth We Teach Kids: Why PE Doesn’t Prepare Us to Age Well | Ep. 310
In this episode of The Aging Well Podcast, Dr. Jeff Armstrong and cohost Corbin Bruton explore a myth most of us grew up with: that physical education sets us up for lifelong health. Spoiler—it often doesn’t. Instead of teaching movement as a lifelong formational practice, traditional PE focuses on performance, punishment, and outdated metrics.Dr. Armstrong unpacks how early fitness experiences shape our adult relationship with exercise, and why movement shame and comparison in childhood can lead to chronic inactivity and disconnection later in life. Together, they reimagine what physical…
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