Originally Posted by Lamuella

if you're trying to so something very complicated that takes physical exertion, yes.

I don't think you're appreciating the physical condition that, say,formula 1 drivers need to be in. People like Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard train hard constantly to get in the kind of physical shape where they can operate a motor vehicle at those speeds with not just accuracy but competitiveness.

Let me put it this way: if you are a pilot in the air force you can expect to spend most of your active time sitting in a cockpit just operating controls. By your logic, pilots don't have to be in good physical shape, right?

so why do they go through such gruelling physical training?