Why Competitive Yacht Racers are Some of the Fittest Humans on the Planet Competitive yacht racing is the ultimate functional fitness exercise. It provides a constantly varied high-intensity interval workout, requiring participants to push, pull, haul, trim, jump, lift, sprint, and carry. Indeed, the top yacht racers are some of the fittest people on the planet. Don’t believe me? Watch this “grind off” between the massive players from the Harlequin Rugby Club square off again

As children our physical growth and development comes naturally with age. Our intellectual, social and spiritual growth develop with age too, but to reach our potential in these areas requires cultivation and effort. That’s why we go to school and church, and why we are taught social lessons by our parents, teachers and peers. Our physical growth and our personal growth share much in common, but our personal growth has less obvious limitations and no particular time frame. Gr