This entire notion of physical fitness and intellectual development being mutually exclusive is a modern cope by betamales that want to feel better about being pathetically weak.
Historically, men were expected to be both well read and physically fit. Especially during the Renaissance. The ancient Greek philosophers were pretty much all physically fit. One of the greatest, Plato, was obsessed with wrestling and was a former competitive wrestler himself who recommended it for the masses.
This entire notion of physical fitness and intellectual development being mutually exclusive is a modern cope by betamales that want to feel better about being pathetically weak.
Historically, men were expected to be both well read and physically fit. Especially during the Renaissance.
The ancient Greek philosophers were pretty much all physically fit. One of the greatest, Plato, was obsessed with wrestling and was a former competitive wrestler himself who recommended it for the masses.
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