teacock wrote:
But what about all the old fat people in the TOS movies, they couldn't do sit ups.
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Ah, but that's what they have age brackets for. At Kirk's age, he probably had to manage like...ten or so sit-ups to pass. Also, he probably would have had what they call a "profile" in the Army today - he's too old and broke, so the doctor would excuse him from certain events. Like, for instance, in my experience, I have met very few people over the age of 40 or so in the Army that still have to run for their test (they do a 2.5 mile speed walk instead.) This is because all those years of running has pretty much made their knees completely shot. And poor Harry, being a young whippersnapper in his 20s during the show would have been in the most difficult age bracket to pass the test.