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20 Sept 2023 Conversations with Tyler Lazarus Lake on Endurance, Uncertainty, and Reaching One's Potential
“I think that we probably aren’t raising a generation that is in as good a physical condition as they could be.”
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- 20 Sept 2023
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…But say I read in the newspapers, the military complains that some fairly high percentage of American kids are not in good enough shape to even join the military. Should I dismiss that, or is it correct? What do you think? I think that we probably aren’t raising a generation that is in as good a physical condition as they could be. Doesn’t mean they can’t get in shape if necessity requires it. Ironically, that was a complaint of World War II, that the recruits they got were not in good physical condition. That’s not something that’s written in stone and can’t change. Do you think disciplinarian coaches are still possible in 2023 America? Or the parents undercut them, the parents get too upset, everyone’s too much a wallflower? How do you see this?…
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