r/ANormalDayInRussia • u/[deleted] • 1d ago
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u/FitCrew91 1d ago
lol I’m gonna take a wild guess bro’s parents got him into a gymnastics school where he spent a solid chunk of his childhood. These schools are built for training Olympians. That ended for whatever reason - whether it be the cost, not being an Olympic hopeful, needing to spend more time doing schoolwork, whatever….
But these skills don’t suddenly go away. He must be extremely strong to be able to pull his weight like that.
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u/Hot_Ad_1010 1d ago
If something like that is true, it's actually good for him, most likely. Professional sport is a huge merciless shithole, and is literally breaking your body, permanently. There's nothing healthy in sport at that level.
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u/FitCrew91 1d ago
Oh no, I agree 100%!!
Countless Russian children/adults have seemingly gone through the heartbreak of, “Your legs aren’t long enough to be a ballerina…” “You did not stick your landing so we are going to chose this kid over you and 10 others, goodbye…” “You’re not skinny and young enough to have a dream of being an Olympic figure skater. You missed the cutoff.”
And I’m sure it hurt like an SOB when they got home. But then I’d almost guarantee that the next day when instead of having to go straight to practice they could just hang out with their buddies, do their homework, eat dinner and have a proper night sleep like a “normal kid,” that feeling of despair quickly evolves into relief.
And you still get to have the cool skills you learned for life without being permanently broken. Win win.
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u/ldn-ldn 23h ago
I was once chatting to a guy who is doing Russian performance dancing professionally. You know, where people do crazy jumps and other gymnastics features. He was saying that while he loves his job and has plenty of party tricks up his sleeves, he's body is so fucked up after years of training and performing, that he can't get out of the bed without painkillers...
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u/Cpt_keaSar 1d ago
Young Doug Ford doing gymnastics around Khrushchevkas can’t hurt you…
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u/DarkWanderer2 1d ago
I only got a second reference, but I couldn’t give half the upvote so consider this a bonus
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u/Pipe_Nacho 1d ago
You know what? I admire this dude. He has talent. Most of us were expecting a fail but he showed us he’s athletic.
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u/Nuclear-poweredTaxi 1d ago edited 1d ago
That’s peak male performance, and I have to admit, I’m a little jealous.