Phenomenal.

This is coolbert:

Within context the eminent British military historian Sir John Keegan rated the Finnish soldier during the era of World War Two as the BEST.

CONSIDER THIS TO BE A WORLD-WIDE PHENOMENON AND  NOT JUST THE FINN.

Thanks the Russian Internet media outlet Sputnik in both cases.

1. "Finnish Military Lowers Physical Condition Threshold to Include 'PlayStation Boys'"

"As the proportion of men has decreased significantly over the years, from 93 percent in the early 1980s to below 70 percent today, the Finnish Armed Forces would also like more women to volunteer to plug the gap."

"Finnish Armed Forces is reviewing service classes amid a general drop in the physical condition of conscripts. The goal of this reorganization is to accommodate less fit conscripts."

2. "Finnish Conscripts' Fitness Conditions 'Worse Than Ever Before'"

"In the past few decades, the average Finnish draftee gained entire seven kilograms [fifteen pounds], while losing muscle strength and stamina."

"Fitness tests, continually used by the Finnish Armed Forces, indicate that overall conditions have deteriorated to a previously unseen level, with weight rising and muscle strength plummeting," 

Again, this is a world-wide phenomenon and not relegated merely to the Finnish recruit or the American civilian counter-part for that matter.

See previous blog entries as pertinent:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/03/food.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/09/frustrated.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/07/73.html

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