[hamitron]

> “It has been scientifically proven that overall physical fitness — not gender — correlates to injury,”

I think the takeaway should be how do we reduce injury with respect to different body types

[eykanspelgud]

I disagree.

I see it more as natural selection. Training is usually what a soldier might have to go through in real combat. I don't think accommodating different body types will be useful when the war time environment selects for a particular fit, and those not adapted to it will not survive, or worse - be a burden to the lives of others.

Sure, we can do things to reduce injury for people of different body types, but it would make more sense to me to select for those who already have a particular fitness.

when I say fit, I mean fit to the environment, not necessarily physical fitness.

[sa46]

I'd be curious to read that study as it seems to contradict the article. I didn't see it sourced in the article.