From Theoretical to Practical

When I was a kid, they had the Canada Fitness Test, which was a series of six exercises (shuttle run, 1600 m run, etc.) designed to test the fitness of students, aged 6-18.

The shuttle run mystified me. Lie down on your stomach, hear the command, jump up and run to the bean bag (about 20 m away) (aka Spot 2), grab bean bag, bring it back to the starting position (aka Spot 1), drop it, pick up 2nd bean bag that’s at Spot 1, run back to Spot 2, drop the bean bag, pick up another bean bag, run b...