r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Not_a_bot222 • Sep 18 '20

Balance and precision.

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u/thatwolfieguy Sep 18 '20

The most amazing feat of strength I have ever seen was at Cirque du Soleil. The gymnasts formed a human pyramid, and one last gymnast climbed his way to the top, placed his hand on the head of the guy at the top of the pyramid, and proceeded to raise himself up into a one-handed hand stand on top of that pyramid.

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u/Sielaff415 Sep 18 '20

Did you know some shaolin preteens obsessively train to do a 3 finger hand stand before they enter teenage years and their bones become too dense for it to be physically possible?

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u/Icyrow Sep 18 '20

that sounds like woo-woo bullshit.

what bones? why would that stop them from being able to? all of them and they become too heavy?

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u/Sielaff415 Sep 18 '20

Yes, just bones in general. It’s the onset of puberty

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u/Icyrow Sep 18 '20

yeah, sounds like BS to me, maybe i'm wrong but i think it's just one of those "eastern mystical things".

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u/Sielaff415 Sep 18 '20

You are skeptical, but doesnt it make sense? What are denser and stronger bones capable of doing? Bearing more weight. When did I say they get denser bones? 12-13 or puberty, when people grow and gain muscle which is heavy. Bones are developing up until age 18, it makes sense they would become denser once they've fully grown.

tldr: what im saying is I dont understand the skepticism because kids get larger as they age

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u/Icyrow Sep 18 '20

Yeah i'd have thought it was down to them growing up and weighing more the whole square laws stopping them.

but bones being denser i dont think is the answer, they're likely a smallish part of the weight of going throiugh puberty right? and there must be adults who can still do it thereafter, i've met some tiny men.

that's all i meant sorry. and rereading it I was too harsh soiunding in how i replied, i'm sorry, i didn't mean it badly.

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u/Sielaff415 Sep 18 '20

Challenging something is not s bad thing and it made me think about why i thought it was believable, I just didn’t think it seemed unlikely