About the book: 1965 year / Which of you guys doesn’t dream of becoming strong, agile, brave, a real athlete? Such as Yu. Vlasov, V. Brumel and others. Did you know that the path to sports glory, to victories and records begins with exercise. Yes, yes, from that very morning exercise to which a cheerful song invites you every day: “Get ready to exercise!” A. L. Barto wrote funny poems about exercise. You will find them in this book. It also contains stories by V. Golyavkin, Yu. Ermolaev, G. Kulikov, poems by S. Mikhalkov, Vl. Lifshits and others about young athletes, about sports, about how sports fosters honesty, courage, and teaches true friendship. From our book you can learn about when and where the Olympic Games were first held, what ball games exist in different countries, why athletics is called the “queen of sports” and many other interesting things.