There are legitimate reasons for not doing intense physical activity—for instance, disability or medical problems. If it is not medically safe for you to run or lift, you shouldn’t be doing it.
I see your point, but that is not what I was going at. Disabilities can render you unable to do anything particular. It just does not seem right to make certain requirements optional as that renders them practically meaningless. Then it is better to abandon those requirements altogether since then the comparability of two “level 1” people is given, but in the case of optional requirements is not.
There are legitimate reasons for not doing intense physical activity—for instance, disability or medical problems. If it is not medically safe for you to run or lift, you shouldn’t be doing it.
I see your point, but that is not what I was going at. Disabilities can render you unable to do anything particular. It just does not seem right to make certain requirements optional as that renders them practically meaningless. Then it is better to abandon those requirements altogether since then the comparability of two “level 1” people is given, but in the case of optional requirements is not.