what i would give to feel the rush of standing on the pool blocks right before the buzzer goes off
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not convinced that everyone peaked in high school
"peaking" is a dumb concept life has more dimensions than that but idk i think physical stress reactions are best matched by physical responses, most people esp in "knowledge work" rarely experience this match, and high school sports did happen to be a good vehicle for it
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the more general thesis is that i don't think it's possible to not be disconnected from your body in a world where you just go to the gym or do pilates or whatever and never put it through moments of actual critical high-stress physical performance
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its certainly a very american tendency to indulge nostalgia about high school sports--philip roth, john updike, "napoleon dynamite"
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for whatever reason lacking physical tests of strength in adult life does not seem to bother europeans at all but it bothers americans a lot
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