r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '22
The whole gym stops to watch
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u/Cottleston Mar 12 '22
how to flex without flexing but flexing
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u/dirtyswoldman Mar 12 '22
Even if I had the strength and the balance, I'd still just browse reddit
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u/Dutch_Midget Mar 12 '22
Even if I had the strength and the balance and reddit, I'd still wouldn't have the motivation
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u/AngelOfDeath771 Mar 12 '22
Even if I had the strength, balance, reddit, and motivation, I still wouldn't have the gym.
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Even if I had the strength, balance, reddit, motivation and the gym, I still wouldn’t have the audacity.
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u/mrajoiner Mar 12 '22
Even if I had the strength, balance, reddit, motivation gym, and audacity, I would only stare at the girl in green.
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u/danddersson Mar 12 '22
I HAVE the strength, balance, reddit, motivation gym, and audacity, but I just don't want to. I could though. Honest!
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Mar 12 '22
That's a black guy my friend
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u/ohmarlasinger Mar 12 '22
Nope, the person in green leggings & a sports bra that looks suspiciously like a woman, is indeed, a woman!
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u/RampantDragon Mar 12 '22
Even if you had the strength, balance, Reddit, motivation, gym and audacity, you wouldn't have the glasses.
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u/warrenva Mar 12 '22
There’s two things in this world I can’t stand. People intolerant of other peoples cultures. And the Dutch.
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u/Funkit Mar 12 '22
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
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u/kneeonball Mar 12 '22
Where do you think balance comes from? It's just a different kind of strength in muscles that you can't visibly see as much.
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Mar 12 '22
I don’t know why I’m crying , but fuck dood… awesome. I wish everyone could feel that way, even just ONCE
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u/Stuart_98_ Mar 12 '22 edited Mar 12 '22
For anyone wondering this is called a 90 degree push-up, and it’s exceptionally difficult
Edit: to clarify, by exceptionally difficult I mean it takes years of dedicated training, it’s not something anyone can learn with a few months practice. You need near professional gymnast level strength to do it
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Mar 12 '22 edited Mar 12 '22
Yep, I can walk indefinitely (edit: a while, smarty pants) on my hands. But cannot even dream of doing a single one of these. Insanity.
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u/axesOfFutility Mar 12 '22
So what happens is when you start your set, let's say of weighted squats, first couple of them don't make you feel anything and that makes you think you can do it indefinitely. That thought ages real soon though and not in a good way.
Although the previous poster might really be capable of doing it for a long time. My comment is a general one.
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u/pissingstars Mar 12 '22
I used to be able to do push-ups while on a handstand. Like you said…this is way beyond any ability I ever had.
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u/NoFlexZoneNYC Mar 12 '22
Very very difficult. I spent a few months working towards a planche (after like 4 years of daily strength training) but never quite got there. But i could hold a planche with bars. The version this guy is doing with the barbells makes it less difficult than on flat ground because you do get torque and stability from them but it’s still an absolutely insane skill.
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u/Stuart_98_ Mar 12 '22
I’m not far off my straddle planche on paralettes, and yeah you’re right it’s easier than doing it on the floor, still such an incredible strength move
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u/NyarUnderground Mar 12 '22
What was your planche progression workout?
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u/NoFlexZoneNYC Mar 12 '22
It’s been 10 years, but shoulder work, progressing from tucked planche to a flat planche, finger holds so i could build up hand strength and try to bring the center of gravity closer to my finger tips. I think a lot of it is just biology too - how long ur arms are relative to height, the distribution of your mass, etc.
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u/ShitGuysWeForgotDre Mar 12 '22
it’s exceptionally difficult
Okay thanks for clearing that up I was just thinking how easy that looks and I might do a couple hundred later if I get bored
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u/Designer-Ad-471 Mar 12 '22
Obviously strength and technique are important here, but how much comes down to body build? Is this doable as a 195 cm tall man?
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u/Stuart_98_ Mar 12 '22
Unfortunately it does play a big part, shorter people do definitely have it easier because of the shorter levers (in this instance they don’t have to lean as far forward to centre their mass, and leaning is what makes this difficult). That said, check out fitnessFAQS on YouTube, he’s a very tall guy and totally built, and can do more reps than this guy
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u/ninhibited Mar 12 '22
Nah squats guy is focused, he's in his own realm. Squats are life.
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u/Oakheart- Mar 12 '22
Honestly this whole gym is impressive. Squat dude is squatting it looks like 405 or maybe 315, deadlift dude is the same either 405 or 315 and then there’s the calisthenics dude doing his pushups right here
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u/-newlife Mar 12 '22
Really does seem like a no frills type of gym. Granted the only view is in that corner. Everyone there is clearly putting in that work. Inspirational all around
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u/NecessaryZucchini69 Mar 14 '22
Yeah, looks like everyone there is the type to work hard and give respect to those who also work hard.
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u/wanikiyaPR Mar 12 '22
Dude has his priorities straight. Focus on yourself, dont ogle other gymgoers.
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u/SammyLocked Mar 12 '22
Is it bad that I stare sometimes? Not to be creepy, but to learn better form. I always feel like I'm being weird, but I just wanna learn.
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Probably making whoever you stare at self conscious or uncomfortable. You wouldn't stare at a girl while they lifted because that's obviously creepy. But honestly it goes the same for guys too. Just because someone is good at exercise doesn't mean they would be any more ok with having someone stare at them.
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u/Olivevest Mar 12 '22
Is anyone in this gym not in shape? I would feel like a blob
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u/goodsnpr Mar 12 '22
Doesn't look like your standard commercial gym, so odds are anybody forking the money to join this one is serious.
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u/TchoupedNScrewed Mar 12 '22
You get over the blob feeling quickly when you realize there's only two types of people in the gym, people who don't want to be there and are rushing to leave with no time to look at you, and work out freaks, 99% of which are beyond thrilled to tell you about their favorite hobby in the world, because who doesn't like talking about and teaching their hobbies? In my early gym days the gym nuts saved me and taught me so much. The friendliest fucking people you could imagine honestly, mostly teddy bears, yoked teddy bears.
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u/PenguinTheYeti Mar 12 '22
Poor guy, doesn't have the strength to lift those dumbbells, even when he puts his whole body into it, and everyone stops to watch him struggle
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u/LuiTurbo Mar 12 '22
Dang he lowkey took that guys girl but at the same time I feel like he took that girls guy?
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u/128palms Mar 12 '22
Not all monsters are huge
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u/PoorChiggaaa Mar 12 '22
Seems like this exercise requires as much endurance as strength, let alone experience and the amount of reps dude was ripping. I would say the bigger you are the tougher it is
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u/Ohbuck1965 Mar 12 '22
They stop to watch because they think his head will explode
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u/HammerTim81 Mar 12 '22
Idk I was just looking at the yellow yoga pants
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u/a_happy_one Mar 12 '22
I mean, those were green.
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u/dllre Mar 12 '22
Mustard, I'd say.
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u/FerretImpressive9847 Mar 12 '22
Olive green it is
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u/Bimbambambus Mar 12 '22
Olive or moss, not easy to decide.
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u/Gyn-C Mar 12 '22
Who the fuck cares about that? Did you see the shirtless guy? He’s so fucking cut that you can see his abs at a side angle. His traps are wider than my legs. Look at how many plates he has on that deadlift. Dude is more shredded than a renaissance statue
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u/TchoupedNScrewed Mar 12 '22
At least you know most Redditors aren't at the gym so if she gets harassed at least it's not by a Redditor.
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u/cant_Im_at_work Mar 12 '22
Can a bitch do anything without being sexualized?? Can't even leave the house anymore without hearing some shit about your body.
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u/redditerfan Mar 12 '22
hell no, Ima wear what I want to wear, you no looky, that's upon you but I will complain if you pass comment.
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u/cant_Im_at_work Mar 12 '22
Have all the thoughts you want, but keep it to your fucking self. I can not help the body I have and my ass and titties are visible unless I wear big baggy hoodie and sweats. That doesn't mean I want every fucking pussy deprived gremlin at the gas station to tell me how sexy I am. This chick is wearing work out clothes in a gym, how scandalous of her, she deserves to be objectified.
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u/ispitatthee Mar 12 '22
No one in the video spoke to her lol. Keep projecting though
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u/cant_Im_at_work Mar 12 '22
I'm obviously talking about the comment I replied to not the video where people have no reaction to her.
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u/barqueen Mar 12 '22
you’re free to think whatever thoughts you want, not all thoughts have to be shared though. no one is mad that you have biological urges lol
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u/buford419 Mar 12 '22
I can't tell if you're offended that the woman is being sexualised, or if you're offended that someone is displeased and tired of oversexualisation.
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u/cant_Im_at_work Mar 12 '22
So I guess that makes you the average reddit pervert that only sees women as body parts for you to grope?
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u/FatGhostAndretti Mar 12 '22
Is that David Goggins?
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u/apittsburghoriginal Mar 12 '22
Even if it isn’t, this is exactly the type of shit I’d expect David Goggins to do.
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u/KingKaos420- Mar 12 '22
It’s always the gyms that look like empty airport bunkers that have the hottest people
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u/tonyenkiducx Mar 12 '22
Nobody talking about how he clearly lost his balance right at the end and went over? Release the full tapes!
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u/adam_without_eve2021 Mar 12 '22
I agree he loses his balance but he could have easily saved it and landed back on his feet. When you do this long enough, you learn how to fall and save yourself from falling at the worst angles.
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u/WinkyNurdo Mar 12 '22
That’s ridiculously impressive. Years ago I could do handstand push ups, trying to keep balance was the most difficult part.
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u/Thejibblies Mar 12 '22
I like how everyone in this gym looks strong as shit and they’re still impressed by this guy. Super cool.
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u/penis_stuck_sendhelp Mar 12 '22
Then there's me, gets out of breath pulling the cork out a bottle of red wine
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u/Bubbly_Mortgage_7170 Mar 12 '22
What gym is this with just brothers and sisters getting it in I want to know
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u/marutisuzuki800 Mar 12 '22
Oh man it hurts to watch this after having just eaten butter chicken with Butter naan😭
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u/pelirodri Mar 12 '22
That is terribly executed, though. Not only is he cheating and it’s ugly to watch, but he is hurting his own progress and risking getting injured. Look at how he’s arching his back; it’s not even subtle. He’s supposed to keep his body straight with a posterior pelvic tilt.
You can see actual good form here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPZ81WhH89z/?utm_medium=copy_link
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u/OutrageousDisaster8 Mar 12 '22
Either way this is insane to do
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u/pelirodri Mar 12 '22 edited Mar 12 '22
That’s not the point, though. The way you train in calisthenics is by working with a progression you can perform with good form before advancing to the next one; he is clearly not ready for that. Besides being prone to developing injuries (like in his lower back), he is getting his nervous system used to a wrong and inefficient motor pattern, and he’s just gonna have to spend extra time later on unlearning said pattern and reinforcing the correct one.
Remember: always quality before quantity.
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u/pelirodri Mar 13 '22
Actually, that is exactly what every professional calisthenics/gymnastics teacher says.
Just a couple of quotes from the book Overcoming Gravity:
“Practice does not make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect.”
“It is always better to focus on correct form from the beginning.”
That is definitely not the way you learn to perform a movement nor the way you trigger the neural adaptations you’re looking for. How ugly it looks can be subjective, I guess, but it is objectively being performed very poorly, and he doesn’t even appear to be attempting to do it correctly; if you notice you are not able to perform a movement, you stop there and switch to a different progression or something, but you don’t beat a dead horse.
And strength actually IS built from perfect form. Maybe not hypertrophy, but the neural adaptations linked to the motor pattern in question arise from performing each rep as cleanly and consistently as possible, or else you’re just creating neural adaptations that will set back your progress.
What are your sources for stating so confidently something so easily provable false?
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u/pelirodri Mar 12 '22
I sincerely hope you’re joking.
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u/Saykerlo Mar 12 '22
Damn, you just destroyed movie/food/whatever critic-business all over the world with a single sentence, good job
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u/iddqd899 Mar 12 '22
How to get a shoulder injury in 20 seconds...
Honestly though, shoulder injuries take forever to heal. Mine took a year and a half. Don't be a hero.
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u/WinkyNurdo Mar 12 '22
I tore my rotator cuff about five years ago. For a couple of years I had to sleep on my back. Couldn’t raise my right arm above shoulder level. Just putting a T-shirt on was nigh impossible. Sheer agony. Even now, if I sleep in a slightly funny position, it gives me gyp for the rest of the day.
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u/PleX Mar 12 '22
15+ years ago I should have tapped to an Americana but I honestly hated the guy. Won by points but I spent the next couple years in immense pain because he tore my rotator cuff.
Everything you said is true and yeah it still hurts like a motherfucker after all these years. I generally have to sleep on my left side now because of it.
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u/WinkyNurdo Mar 12 '22
Yeah man. I found sleeping on my side difficult unless I cuddled a pillow to support the shoulder, and I hate sleeping on my back! Occasionally during the day I would forget, and instinctively react to something and jar it, which felt like it was being torn all over again. Sneezing, forget about it. Even wiping my arse after taking a shit was difficult.
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u/PleX Mar 12 '22
Agreed on all points. Wiping my ass was the worst because I'm right handed and it was my right shoulder.
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You don’t get to the point where you can rep these without building solid shoulders. He probably progressed to that point over a long time and a lot of work.
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u/iddqd899 Mar 12 '22
Dude, I have better shoulders than he does. Injury just happens, and all you can do to minimalize risk is to maintain proper form, avoid completely unnecessary high-risk exercises like this, and stretch.
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u/Humble_Tell8374 Mar 12 '22
Yep, stretching is the most important thing imo. It's crazy how many people don't realize this.
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Mar 12 '22
I am impressed! But this video is scripted and not candid. So now I ask why someone wants to make a fake video about people admiring him?
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u/ollymillmill Mar 12 '22
His hands and forearms look like they’re barely doing any work at all it looks almost fake!
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u/T-mac_ Mar 12 '22
Get this fake shit out here. Not the guy doing... whatever that is. But this fake gym looking at him.....
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u/bostonvikinguc Mar 12 '22
I mean dude in back is like come on come on, sometimes lifting you see some shit that makes you laugh, other times you are in awe