Remind them that as recently as 8000BC long distance runners had the most desirable genetics and were the ultimate alpha studs of their respective tribes. If they were born only a few millennia earlier they would be the ones getting laughed at.
The ability to run long distances (endurance) gave early human hunters the edge over larger and stronger animals who they could chase down and wear out before fighting. If you were part of the elite groups who chased down game, when you returned to the cave you got some “game” of your own. Early humans with stronger endurance had significant procreation rates to develop generations of endurance athletes, allowing their tribes to turn large predators into prey and ensure their continued survival as a species.
Around 8000BC humanity entered the Neolithic period, marking the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to agriculture and settled communities. Gone were the days of hunting down woolly mammoths; Neolithic period humans needed to lift, push, pull, etc. to ensure their tribe’s survival. This marked a shift in preferred genetics. Humans with stronger muscles became more desirable than those with endurance.
Remind these football and basketball chads that they just barely missed a timeline where they would be incels and beta-males.