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shorterboy's avatar

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

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Pete McCutchen's avatar

Some people don’t have physical aptitude, but you don’t need to lean into it, and one can compensate for weak points. There’s no reason everyone has to bench press 300 pounds, but every healthy non-infirm male between 15 and 70 should, absent a serious medical issue, be able to bench press over 100 pounds.

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