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And one of the reasons so many people in this country grew up hating gym and exercise in general is because too many P.E. teachers made teaching the most talented students their priority, not teaching _everyone_ to improve their skills.
Deering is right. I avoided physical activity my first two and a half decades of life because I was inept at sports and thought my time was better spent on the activities I was good at (showing that good ole competitive spirit, dear Dear Mr. McClelland).
In my 30s, I started gaining the middle-aged spread and realized I needed some kind of physical activity to keep my weight down. That's when I discovered that with sports, it didn't need to be a competition with other people -- it could be a competition with yourself. I'll never be a competitive athlete but I enjoy jogging and I've completed more marathons than you, Mr. McClelland.
