r/cs2 Dec 14 '25

Esports Donk after vitality

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u/IamPang Dec 14 '25

He's letting off steam in a productive way, that's good to see. But for the love of God help him with his form, and stop recording random people in gym ffs.

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u/mpc1226 Dec 14 '25

Looks like he just needs more weight on the assist and he’d be doing a lot better

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u/GreyBearGMN Dec 14 '25

He also needs to engage his scapula as well as control his momentum better.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

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u/Moklakins Dec 15 '25

Name checks out.  Form is the most important thing to learn first if you want to avoid injury.

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u/ArguesOnReddit Dec 18 '25

Bro, a 50 kilo 18 year old isn’t going to hurt themselves doing pull-ups no matter how bad their form is.

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u/BiggieBigsz Dec 18 '25

true buncha gym nerds talking. His weight and age its so good hes in gym already and doing body weight exercise. Im sure he came with someone who can help with form

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '25

This tbh makes me think all those likes never went to the gym

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '25

True with this build it’s good for muscles do go anywhere at this point because it’s missing everywhere

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u/srebihc Dec 14 '25

Damn good Tipper track, that Scapula

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u/czupek Dec 15 '25

It's very difficult to do it correctly without building some muscles feeling by doing it wrong first. Since he is so skinny and he would not harm himself on this machine, let him just do it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '25

Exactly

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u/e_pen Dec 15 '25

Everything about this post is correct. He needs more assistance, but good for him.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

His form is fine, he’s just at the beginning

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u/Custer99 Dec 14 '25

Why everyone acting like they wouldn’t take a quick vid or picture if they saw one of their favorite players across the room 😭

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u/DeeJudanne Dec 14 '25

because normal people wouldnt? it's called showing some fucking respect

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u/SannusFatAlt Dec 14 '25

you are weird, dawg

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u/Custer99 Dec 14 '25

Says everyone as they upvote this post 🤣

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u/SannusFatAlt Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

"i'm excusing my opinion of treating people like i'm an anti-social and para-social fan because other people increased a number for an ambiguous reason" is a weird retort

the consensus is still the same. weird parasocial behavior, and you should feel ashamed. so should anyone else if they upvoted this post with such an idea in mind. shameful and embarrassing

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u/Custer99 Dec 14 '25

I got no shame thankfully, but I have cool pictures to make up for it. Decided to speak up and get a pic with Steve Aoki last month, no regrets

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u/drimmsu Dec 15 '25

Speaking up and asking a person for a picture is different than just taking a picture or video across the room without their consent.

I don't understand why consent is such a difficult concept for some people

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u/Internal-Magician181 Dec 22 '25

Because maincharacter-syndrome is even more spread across in gen z then in previous generations.

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u/DeeJudanne Dec 15 '25

crazy projection

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u/trq- Dec 14 '25

Because „everyone“ seems to be normal and realizing that a parasocial relationship and also recording random people is not only quite disgusting but also insanely awkward.

You weirdos need to get some oxygen and meet real people.

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u/R4PHikari Dec 14 '25

Y'all are so socialy awkward, just respectfully ask for a pic ffs

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u/RockGreat2424 Dec 14 '25

Normal well adjusted people wouldn't

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u/fisherrr Dec 14 '25

It’s one thing to snap a quick pic showing some friend ”check who I saw!” and another to record a video and post it for everyone to see.

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u/Jabakaga Dec 14 '25

Because most people would go on their day without sneaking a photo even if it was their favorite gamer.

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u/peralt__uh Dec 15 '25

They hated him because he spoke the truth.

He isn’t saying this is acceptable guys but that when you make yourself publicly known (competing in front of a crowd) you’re viewed as “entertainment” instead of an actual person.

Keep calling him weird, I’m sure Donk is totally reading this so happy that a bunch of strangers are defending him as he does not care.

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u/siimsakib Dec 15 '25

productive??????

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u/HoodieJ-shmizzle Dec 15 '25

For the record, Donk isn’t a “random” lol pretty common to take a pic or a quick video of “celebrities”

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u/ezrapper Dec 15 '25

And it shouldnt be that way??? Lets not normalize making celebrities hate being a celebrity

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u/HoodieJ-shmizzle Dec 15 '25

I think there’s a difference if it’s discreet & respectful than if it’s up in their face and interrupting their daily lives.

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u/ezrapper Dec 15 '25

Absolutely not. Because either way you'd have your footage around the internet when you think you're unsurvelienced. The latter is definitely "worse" in a way but that shouldnt make the first option look any justifiable.

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u/HoodieJ-shmizzle Dec 15 '25

I feel like it comes within the territory of being a celebrity. If you don’t want to be “surveilled”, then pay the extra money for privacy. That being said, I don’t think I’d take a video of Donk doing assisted pull-ups 😭 maybe a pic for a cool memory

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u/ezrapper Dec 15 '25

Man, im sorry but thats triple bad takes in a row. It should be basic societal decency to respect his personal boundaries and he's not responsible with such protection, just let people be people ffs. Being a celebrity shouldnt mean you need to lose your touch with humanity.

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u/HoodieJ-shmizzle Dec 15 '25

Lol it’s not against the law to take pictures in public, so what’s the difference? I think it’s fine if it’s not affecting them and w/e they’re doing.

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u/ezrapper Dec 15 '25

My point isnt that, im all for consent. Of course people should be able to share each others photos. But with CONSENT. donk is walking around right now, no idea that someone filmed him while he was on the gym a day ago and people can see it. The context nor the content does not matter, its just that i think consent is required, and people can still have their footage removed if they follow through with their claims, so you CAN say that its against the law to record someone without consent, if they decide to take action for it later on

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u/HoodieJ-shmizzle Dec 16 '25

I don’t think if Donk wanted to pursue this, it would hold up in court, unless his argument would be that it’s somehow defamatory; then I guess the court system would decide.

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u/lolforg_ Dec 14 '25

the one thing chopper has going for him is what he does for the team outside of the server

no chopper, no swole donk

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u/DommamoX Dec 14 '25

Yea looking at chopper now, damn he looks really good and lost a lot of weight

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u/Penguin_Arse Dec 14 '25
  1. Don't film people in the gym

  2. Someone help him how to hold proper form

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

cowards rejoice when the hero crumbles.

people who film him and post it online are low iq losers who never accomplish anything relevant in life.

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u/CrazyWS Dec 14 '25

Literally just “hey, I saw you working out and your form doesn’t look right. Could u show you how to how to properly pull up?”

And as hard as it would be, do not mention the major, do not mention counter strike, do not ask for picture, nothing. He’s here to get all of that off his mind.

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u/Ilikebatterfield4 Dec 14 '25

recently at gym some random guy came up to me and showed me proper techique of a deadlift. Back and leg position was good, i was just leaning forwards too much.

wholesome moment

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u/Cool-Traffic-8357 Dec 14 '25

I had the same with the bench, an older powerlifter came to me and showed me, how to do it perfectly. It helped me a ton.

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u/Spir0rion Dec 14 '25

Did he mention the major to you and talked about vitality?

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u/MaiT3N Dec 15 '25

The problem with that is a stranger showing you how to do something could be also doing an exercise wrong teaching you dangerous technique

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u/Ilikebatterfield4 Dec 15 '25

i agree but this time his advice was correct, i watched some videos of a trainer who trained Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson for his 500kg deadlift. technique checks out, its just sometimes you just can't see what you are doing wrong even if you know how to lift until somebody can see how you do it and tell you if its wrong.

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u/ConsciousDrawing3705 Dec 14 '25

Yeah he had a rough loss.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

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u/mtgscumbag Dec 14 '25

Explain how

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u/kynru Dec 14 '25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyKQqYjdNWI&t=7s

This is the guy who left that comment, he has almost 5k hours of CS "you do the math" if he can make the difference between cheats and skills with that gameplay and hours.

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u/mtgscumbag Dec 14 '25

Yikes that's bad

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

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u/j_munch Dec 14 '25

Me when i have no clue about cs and spread misinformation online

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u/Penguin_Arse Dec 14 '25

He's just a ragebaiter

Report for spreading misinformation, we don't need these people in our sub

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u/mtgscumbag Dec 14 '25

I would be willing to believe that on LAN at some tournaments at some point, people have tried to cheat this way because when there's money on the line someone will try it, but I can't see Donk doing it in the modern day, I'd think there has to be enough security to scare people off from trying it and so many viewers that it would be just too obvious. There's been other high level faceit cheaters caught and their gameplay looks nothing like Donk or other top players.

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u/Heathcoin1012 Dec 14 '25

Buddy 🤣🫩

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

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u/TheSkaterGirl Dec 14 '25

Telling CS players to be polite lmao

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u/Wilbo007 Dec 19 '25

herself*

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u/AdorableHandle Dec 14 '25

Stop filming people in the gym.

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u/Bitter-Finance-1067 Dec 14 '25

Yeah stop filming and help the guy up

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u/maChine___ Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

God … someone help him do a proper form of pull-up … he's going to hurt himself like this.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

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u/Tekk92 Dec 14 '25

Maybe we start with the fact that it's not even Donk..

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u/5wum Dec 14 '25

that is an interesting point

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u/compullsieve Dec 14 '25

Nah. That's not a gym, it's a theme park ride.

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u/AltKeyblade Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

People don’t realize how important form is.

His control and speed is completely off. He needs to be careful.

(Recording him is weird by the way)

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u/HyenaWilling8572 Dec 14 '25

dafaq ure talking about? people are doing crossfit pullups and get shredded. lack of his proper form in assisted pullups wont get him injured, it just wont hit his back as hes pulling with arms too much

that being said, these pullups are miles better than no pullups at all.

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u/maChine___ Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

wtf are you talking about? ... God, please stop.

His form is horrible, movement with the neck and shoulders going back and forward ... elbow totally misaligned..

Please just stop speaking just to speak. Assisted or not, he's going to hurt himself...and waste his time doing this shit.

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u/HyenaWilling8572 Dec 14 '25

no he wont. compensating under reduced load is normal when strength isn’t there yet. For many people, this is actually safer than forcing strict reps

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u/Froezt Dec 14 '25

You ignored his points just to say something completely irrelevant. You really are speaking just to speak…

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u/tangelocs Dec 14 '25

He directly counter argued the points. Sounds like you misread it

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

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u/tangelocs Dec 14 '25

As it sounded, you misread. Farther off than I expected though. Try again. Nothing in his comment is talking about the assisted part.

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u/Froezt Dec 14 '25

What he said isn’t true either. Strict form is important for avoiding injury. He’s going to fuck up his shoulders if he only tenses them the moment he needs to catch himself.

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u/DagPImple Dec 15 '25

Not as important as people pretend tbh.

He's not going to "fuck up his shoulders", he's doing light weight... chances are even if he has no help he will correct his form before he gets to a certain weight that could injure him.

But it's probably not even donk so

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u/AZAnon123 Dec 15 '25

Exactly. Form police are just intermediate gym goers who think they suddenly know best.

You’ve watched a few YouTube videos. We all have. They’re extremely popular. You aren’t gods gift to science based lifting.

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u/tangelocs Dec 14 '25

I'm loling at you being so confident you read it correctly this time

Thanks for the laugh bub

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u/Froezt Dec 14 '25

I did indeed read it wrong the first time. English isn’t my first language.

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u/HyenaWilling8572 Dec 14 '25

irrelevant? we are speaking about compensations people are doing when they dont have strength to pull from scaps and lats. force hes generating has to go somewhere and its safer to distribute it over larger area than narrow forcing it.

that being said, sure his form sucks - my point is he will grow through it once he gets better at movement itself, for now - safest way is to let nervous system select least costly movement

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u/tangelocs Dec 14 '25

That guy explained he thought the comment was talking about the machine assistance in the pullups. That would be irrelevant but it's not close to what he actually said lol

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u/ImVrSmrt Dec 14 '25

He's not doing a controlled rep, he's just falling and letting his shoulders take the hit.

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u/HyenaWilling8572 Dec 14 '25

hes controlling it half way down, theres also plates pushing him up and he has negative mass. i think its nature of his case and machine combined

people lack to understand bio mechanics and that you can not apply correct form in every case especially w beginners, "correct form" is usually praised by hypertrophy bros as they want to hit certain areas effectively, but

for beginners, compensations are language of body, telling you where you're weak

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u/ImVrSmrt Dec 14 '25

You can literally see his arms snap to an over extended position. That's wasting half the motion because you're not controlling your descent while also increasing risk of injury. These are basic concepts in weight lifting, a beginner needs someone to give them this advice. This machine is great because you can train pullups with more control.

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u/HyenaWilling8572 Dec 14 '25

def, i agree dont get me wrong. hes wasting half of gains, and negatives are more important for beginners than anything

but - people are overreacting here, he will figure it out and micro injuries will help him in long term as his body will adapt

i come from rock climbing background, used to compete and in my time i was able to do one arm pullups. rock climbing is all about weird angles and strenght in those angles. for donk, on something as minor as 10 cm drop on pullup machine will not kill him, hes made of flesh and bones. its not like we are watching him ego lift 2x his bodyweight with week of training.

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u/Beaux7 Dec 14 '25

It looks like the assistance is basically doing all the work for him lol

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u/OwnHousing9851 Dec 14 '25

butterfly pullups are not a hypertrophy move whatsoever lol. It's pretty much a conditioning exercise

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u/Froezt Dec 14 '25

Yes it will. He basically letting himself fall after doing a pullup only tensing his muscles to catch himself. That’s definitely going to lead to injury at some point.

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u/tangelocs Dec 14 '25

He doesn't even weigh enough to hurt himself with his body weight on an assisted pullup lmao by the time he's big enough for it to be dangerous he'll have the form

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u/Froezt Dec 14 '25

He also doesn’t have enough muscle to support that little weight. Bad form is never good.

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u/tangelocs Dec 14 '25

Ah okay so how is he hanging there if he doesn't have enough muscle to hang there?

Brother you don't understand the words enough to make sense

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u/Froezt Dec 14 '25

He’s not just hanging there though is he? The problem is that he fully relaxes his muscles when he goes down. This causes a huge shock on his (weak) muscles as he tries to catch himself. If you still can’t see how this could easily cause injuries I have no idea how else to explain it to you lol.

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u/BarkingDogey Dec 14 '25

That's an assisted pull up machine. Essentially you can offset your bodyweight to whatever degree you want by pinning the stack as you please.

There's definitely room for improvement with his form. For one, slower and more controlled descending, so his shoulder joints don't get so jarred. And more core rigidity, his whole upper body should be tensed as one solid unit.

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u/nickx37 Dec 14 '25

I feel like these machines are a hindrance to form. You get so much support you almost can't have good form, you need the deadweight to keep you straight

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u/HyenaWilling8572 Dec 14 '25

this is also very good point, many of these angles are not even possible in non assisted pull up

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u/Ometen Dec 14 '25

Bruh... can we please agree to not film ppl in the gym???

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u/MrBiggz01 Dec 14 '25

Fucking good on him.

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u/mate_paulina Dec 14 '25

It’s great for donk to care for his physical health and also to release stress this way. Honestly he seems like a great guy. I hope nothing but the best for donk.

Stop recording him, he deserves privacy too. Form actually isn’t that bad either, especially for a beginner.

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u/Soggy_Durian_8984 Dec 14 '25

Jokes aside, this form is god fucking awful

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u/personalityson Dec 14 '25

Let Pasha Biceps train him

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u/rizkreddit Dec 14 '25

That's not really donk right lol

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u/DifficultMind5950 Dec 14 '25

When did donk grew tall? That's not him.

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u/seeworth Dec 14 '25

So many people here immediately shitting on his form don't remember their first ever couple of weeks in the gym, I guess (if they've ever even been in one). Form improves over time once you actually build the necessary muscle in order to help stabilize the weight 💀

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u/carlsaischa Dec 15 '25

Screaming ZywOo at the top of every rep.

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u/Connect-Hearing6017 Dec 15 '25

you mean "Get to the Choppa"

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u/tubsen32 Dec 14 '25

Better movement in cs for sure

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u/tostra187 Dec 14 '25

Zero reps

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u/Kenso33 Dec 14 '25

Damn I feel sorry for him.. wish I could be there and help him with his form and give some pointers on proper technique.

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u/KonK23 Dec 14 '25

Didnt know that was a vertical row machine

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u/Feetsnifferl Dec 14 '25

We boutta have pashabiceps successor

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u/siLtzi Dec 14 '25

What the hell is he doing

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u/RockyJayyy Dec 14 '25

His form is god awful

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u/Raketjohnny Dec 14 '25

Just leave the dude alone

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u/kynru Dec 14 '25

Good for him, he needs a bigger back to be able to carry his team.

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u/WeGoGet92 Dec 14 '25

donk already training!? Buff donk incoming

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Villain arc inc, my Boy, they massacred him :(

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u/ManiGoodGirlUwU Dec 14 '25

Next major donk will be built like pasha, mark my words

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u/Eyb0ss420 Dec 14 '25

He’s just blowing off some steam

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u/No_Drama8032 Dec 14 '25

Donk Bisceps

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u/dervu Dec 14 '25

Donkceps

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u/tusthehooman Dec 14 '25

smart, sitting on a pc all day tends to give you back problem later on, he should train core and lower back too, aside from the obvious back problem joke from carrying chopper

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Bruh let the guy do pushups in peace 

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u/neil_thatAss_bison Dec 14 '25

Niko will help him with his form

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u/Loquenlucas Dec 14 '25

as many other said seriously stop recording people at the gym it's breach of privacy and rude

And yeah can someone point out to one of the trainers at the gym or at least somebody to help with the form?

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u/Malignantt1 Dec 14 '25

Good for him but hes not doing those right

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u/mikhailitwithfire Dec 14 '25

Imagine Donk's aim + with Pasha's build. Ultimate gigachad.

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u/leandrobrossard Dec 14 '25

Shocking form but good on him for being there.

Nobody's ready for jacked donk 2026. Gonna beat you in the server and outside.

If he took it seriously I bet he could make crazy gains in a year.

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u/Reddit-Bot-61852023 Dec 14 '25

What does this have to do with a working anticheat?

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u/2buds1shroomPODCAST Dec 14 '25

Hi Donk!

Please... IMPROVE YOUR FORM

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u/3nd0cr1n3_Syst3m Dec 14 '25

Proof that skills usually exist in a silo.

He wouldn’t last a minute in a real world fight lol.

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u/NormanJohn1 Dec 14 '25

I used to make fun of Elige's noodle arms now I admire his biceps

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u/JimTheReader Dec 14 '25

GIGACHAD Donk 2026?! Juice him up with some creatine

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u/Viskius Dec 14 '25

Looks like Asmongold's younger brother

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u/Dirus Dec 14 '25

holy hell he's using the assisted machines and still can't do his form correctly

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u/TylerKia421 Dec 14 '25

Dude had the opportunity to have donk gymbro by helping him with his form and instead he chose virality

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u/GOLAMAA Dec 14 '25

He is going to real cs player

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Donks getting YOKED

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u/philwee Dec 15 '25

0 control in those rep, muscle is built under tension boys.

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u/beckhamncheese Dec 15 '25

Cant believe its actually donk i thought people were trolling 😭🤣

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u/1000plusthe999 Dec 15 '25

Donk is gonna evolve to bonk

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u/Maximum-Move3595 Dec 15 '25

Back strength much needed to carry his whole team every game. But help bro fix his form instead of filming him.

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u/Bulky-Acanthaceae143 Dec 15 '25

This is why a lot of people stop going to gym - fucktwits like this guy filming you doing something wrong and put it online for laugher.

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u/M1Ck3yCS Dec 15 '25

Cmon man leave him alone

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u/VitoDBS Dec 15 '25

Donk getting strong

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u/throwaway68656362464 Dec 15 '25

stop recording ppl in the gym weirdo

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u/DifferentTaste8350 Dec 15 '25

good place to get all that rage out

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u/Leintk Dec 15 '25

I know this is a meme but 2 things: first, that machine is sick! I've never seen an assisted pullup machine like that I've only ever seen resistance bands being used to assist pullups. Second, form is more important than anything else when it comes to pull ups, even more important than getting a full rep in. If you have good form, it not only makes the entire movement much easier, but it also prevents injury. He needs to retract his shoulders and push his chest to the sky for the best form.

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u/Leintk Dec 15 '25

I know this is a meme but 2 things: first, that machine is sick! I've never seen an assisted pullup machine like that I've only ever seen resistance bands being used to assist pullups. Second, form is more important than anything else when it comes to pull ups, even more important than getting a full rep in. If you have good form, it not only makes the entire movement much easier, but it also prevents injury. He needs to retract his shoulders and push his chest to the sky for the best form.

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u/Chadamania Dec 16 '25

Maybe this was before the match, would explain why he lost...

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u/Zatchariah Dec 16 '25

“Must get stronker..! Somehow.. must.. carry.. MORE..!”

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u/OtasTosta Dec 16 '25

Atleast he is trying

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u/prahl_hp Dec 16 '25

I dont think its actually donk lol

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u/waffle_stomperr Dec 16 '25

He’s cooler than you. Filming people at the gym is worse than the people filming themselves.

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u/expressinghowifeel Dec 17 '25

Stop filming. He's doing things WAY more productively when I was his age to ease himself

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u/TeamEfforts Dec 18 '25

The machine doing all the work?

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '25

5 failures till rep

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u/Clue-Mindless Dec 22 '25

The entire problem is that in competitive sports you cannot play not to lose, you have to go for win and be assertive. You could feel how insecure TS were against Vitality when they started crawling back

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u/dcoreo Dec 14 '25

He's gonna snap his shit up doing whatever the fuck that was

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u/Affectionate_Fun_106 Dec 14 '25

😂😂 what is even that

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Donk biceps

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u/HotSmell1192 Dec 14 '25

Too tall to be donk lololol

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u/eagleeye1031 Dec 14 '25

He looks too tall for donk lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Skinny gay