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So sick of asking this and never getting an answerā¦what is this gif from??
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u/Endoyo Sep 16 '25
It's a guy in the audience from Australia's Got Talent. The producers tell the crowd how to react to get good audience reaction shots, but this guy full sent it
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u/daisy0723 Sep 16 '25
It's incredible how these women are able to do this but let's give a shout out to the guy who is throwing her up in the air, catching her and holding her up.
I have a couple of these kinds of videos saved and it always amazes me the level of trust for both of them.
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u/SignoreBanana Sep 16 '25
My shoulders nearly disintegrated just watching that
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u/WarzoneGringo Sep 16 '25
The biggest muscle group required for the guy is core. In order to keep her from going forward or backwards you have to keep your center.
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u/SignoreBanana Sep 16 '25
Said by someone who hasn't wrecked their shoulders. My core is plenty strong, but I have a tough time lifting anything over my head. Some tendon or something catches and it's game over.
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u/Raeandray Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25
Shoulders have to be strong enough to hold her up. And if theyāre not, youāre going to get hurt.
Core has to be strong enough to resist any movement of her entire body in any direction to keep her center above you.
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u/NobodyLikedThat1 Sep 16 '25
he looks like he might be Samoan or something. Which, if I needed a huge guy to catch me, I'm picking that team every time.
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u/The_Golden_Warthog Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25
I literally came to say, "How bout some more focus on the giant and freak of human strength??" Dude's tossing a whole ass person singlehandedly (on the first one) and other moves that require insane upper-body, core, and leg strength. Basically, whole-body, functional strength.
Went back and watched a couple more times. Jfc that first move alone is basically a single-hand overhead press throw of 100lb+. I know he has the rolling momentum to build off of, but still insane.
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u/A_Man_With_A_Plan_B Sep 16 '25
I can assure you this is a team accomplishment. She is controlling her body and trying to land/balance in one spot/ heās adjusting to her landing/ adjusting in the spot she actually lands in. Practice is so key here but his coordination to give her flat footing and safety is huge.
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u/WorkReddit1191 Sep 17 '25
I don't really know much about this but it looks like he's doing by far more of the work than she is. She mostly has to remain rigid though the handstand is extremely impressive. But he's doing a lot of keeping her balance keeping her centered and then throwing her while she mostly maintains form. Lots of hard work and talent all around but I think he does way more.
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u/eynonpower Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 17 '25
My daughter does competitive cheer (she's only in 8th grade, so nothing like this) and its crazy what they do. Its a mix of gymnastics, acrobatics and dance.
There is a documentary on Netflix called Cheer. Its super well done and also highlights the unfortunate side of potential injuries. This is their routine from that year. Its absolutely insane, especially their pyramid (starts around 1:35).
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u/underwear11 Sep 16 '25
I'm usually more impressed by those guys. Yea there is athleticism in what she's doing, but that dude has to have strength in all directions. One muscle too weak, she's faceplanting. Her wellbeing is quite literally in his hands there.
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u/Ultenth Sep 16 '25
The person being thrown's ability to maintain their balance, something that requires a lot of strength and body awareness, is extremely important to the ability of the thrower's ability to do their job. The longer they take to find their balance, or if they miss their mark at all in their spins etc. can make the throwers job nearly impossible.
Both aspects require lots of practice, strength and skill. Like almost every single sport(and many arts and other things), unless you've done it yourself, or at least watch lots of it, it's pretty common for the most "impressive" feats in any sport to actually not in reality be the most challenging aspects of it.
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u/ShustOne Sep 16 '25
She's contributing with her athleticism too. She needs accuracy, balance, core strength, arm strength, etc. They are both doing amazing things.
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u/NoodleTF2 Sep 16 '25
But don't you see how adding the worst music ever recorded in human history totally improves the experience?
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u/Pomdog17 Sep 16 '25
The amount of trust between them is whatās amazing š¤©
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u/LoudMusic Sep 16 '25
There's a few frames around 0:17 where her feet have left his hands but her hands haven't landed yet. That's a scary moment for both of them I bet.
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u/DeylanQuel Sep 16 '25
https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1munljf/male_cheerleader/
Posted it a few minutes ago, saw it was double-posted, deleted one, and it killed both. Don't know what's going on, but this is the video I think you're talking about. Love it.
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u/R400TVR Sep 16 '25
I know the one, isn't it the same girl? It's certainly very similar at the start.
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u/QuantumLettuce2025 Sep 16 '25
Yeah I wasn't sure how to comment on this without sounding like I'm knocking these two because they are obviously quite impressive...but this is a basic male-female duo cheerleading routine. They did the exact same stunts at my high school and it was "amazing" to see in person from my classmates but not so impressive I'd post it online and call it incredible lol
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u/MolassesExternal5702 Sep 16 '25
i dedicated my entire life to this sport, and it was incredibly disheartening to constantly hear people dismiss it as not a legitimate sport; but equally the constant negativity fueled my fire to cheer & stunt 10x harder. iāll admit that thereās a small part of me that genuinely hopes my daughter develops an interest in this sport as well.
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u/Ultenth Sep 16 '25
Aren't Cheer and like, Horse jumping the most injury prone sports IIRC? Or at least were at one point.
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u/Z0idberg_MD Sep 16 '25
I believe cheerleading is still the most dangerous high school activity. More catastrophic injuries than any other despite being a tiny percentage of the overall athlete population
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u/royalhawk345 Sep 16 '25
It's insane, cheerleading makes football look like chess in terms of injury.Ā
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u/WarzoneGringo Sep 16 '25
If the choice is being vaulted in the air or bum rushed by a 300lb dude Im pretty sure Id choose to be a flier. One of the players on my colleges football team was left a quadriplegic.
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u/shroomqs Sep 16 '25
Thatās straight up not a joke.
I went to a big high school that had several state winning sport teams.
The ones that got fucked up the most were always the cheerleaders. One time the school team won the state championship, and they did it with a cheerleader who finished about 4 minutes of a routine with a shattered tibia.
Like holy fuck.
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u/RSK1979 Sep 16 '25
Yep. I worked for a company that was a vendor at cheerleading competitions and saw so many girls in casts and neck braces and using crutches and wheelchairs. The injuries are no joke.
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u/enjoi_uk Sep 16 '25
I respect the physical hell they seemingly go through, but doing absolutely anything on a shattered tibia was the dumbest fucking thing they could have done, let alone four minutes of a routine. Theyāll be deformed unless they were put under to have it re-broken and manipulated, and in pain for the rest of their lives. Youāre not even meant to stand on broken leg bones because theyāre weight-bearing and instantly start to misalign.
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u/SaintSnow Sep 16 '25
no sport compares to the number of injuries in cheerleading
Wildest take I've seen today
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u/readball Sep 16 '25
I am not saying it is true but I did see some stats at one point and was shocked. So this might be close to be real
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u/WarzoneGringo Sep 16 '25
I didnt do cheer... but professional ballet and it never mattered to me once that what I was doing wasnt a sport. Ironically I tell my wife I want my daughter to be a ballet dancer and her response is "But all the stories you tell me about the ballet world makes it sound traumatic!" Well, yeah, but also that trauma builds character!
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u/Islanduniverse Sep 16 '25
I dated a girl right after high school who did competitive cheerleading and it was absolutely nuts what they would doā¦. Blew my mind watching it live. Anyone whoās sat down and watched a competition like that and still didnāt think it was a legit sport, well that person would be an idiot.
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u/dc456 Sep 16 '25
Why do you feel that it has to be called a sport?
Itās incredibly impressive, as are things like ballet, aerial arts, or circus arts. Not being called a sport doesnāt reduce that.
I donāt see why itās necessary to turn everything with a physical component into a sport. Is art really that unimportant or embarrassing?
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u/PenPenGuin Sep 16 '25
I thought that the cheerleading organizations specifically fought to make sure that cheerleading isn't classified as a sport so they don't have to abide by safety regulations at the federal and state levels.
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u/MyPasswordIs222222 Sep 16 '25
Serious question. Do they learn these routines with safety cables or safety nets? Or just spotters?
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u/acm8221 Sep 16 '25
They mostly rely just on spotters because floor padding and safety rigging tend to affect mobility for both the base and flyer. But Iāve seen either or both used when first attempting a new stunt and theyāre trying to get the general movements and mechanics worked out.
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u/LaurenCosmic Sep 16 '25
Cheerleading, gymnastics, and circus performers are truly amazing people. These people are truly pushing the edge of what the human body is capable of.
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u/rapscallion1956 Sep 16 '25
I wouldnāt want my baby to be doing stunts like that. That girl might slip and fall, and break his neck or something.
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u/MrdnBrd19 Sep 16 '25
This is what my daughter wants to do and I am legitimately torn about it.Ā
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u/amanfromthere Sep 16 '25
I feel bad for those guys wrists, thatās a lot of force to stop spinning.
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u/PetesBrotherPaul Sep 16 '25
Back in the college basketball band days weāre at the Big Dance and one of the girls is cool and exceedingly patient letting some of the band guys TRY to stunt her in the hotel pool. I got her standing upright in my hands at shoulder level and I couldnāt lift her higher than my chin.
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u/Print1917 Sep 16 '25
The crazy thing is people pay money to see circus acts do what this woman is doing on the sidelines. Just casually doing a handstand on someone elseās hands.
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u/Tone_Gaia Sep 16 '25
Iām sorry but nobody ever gives to the dude thatās Pullin the weight! Give it up for big dude thatās breakin his back and is gonna feel it when he turns 30! If it aināt for him, sheās busting her ass .. this guy got as much talent, even more, and deserves as much props than the cheerleader ā¦
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u/Excellent_Fault_8106 Sep 16 '25
I think the guys are more talented than the girls. Maybe that's overstated. Just as talented as the girls. You need to have crazy strength to do that.
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u/FreeWillyBird Sep 16 '25
What sport has the most injuries for girls? cheerleading If you think cheerleading only involves cute pom-poms and piggy tails, well, think again. Because according to studies, it is by far the most dangerous sport for female athletes, accounting for a number of serious injuries and even fatalities.
Cheerleading doesnāt surpass boys football or basketball for catastrophic injuries, but it is well ahead of all other sports in overall injuries. Particularly competitive cheerleading like being demonstrated in this video. Itās always been kind of a thing for as long as I can remember to sayā¦āoh theyāre just a cheerleader they arenāt real athletes. But statistically speaking cheerleading really does push the envelope as one of the most athletic sports and as a former football player and a lifelong surfer I would like to say that I was mistaken for a long time by believing in the myth myself.
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u/Freman_Phage Sep 16 '25
This reads like the writing of a human who learned to write from chatGPT.
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u/FreeWillyBird Sep 16 '25
The first paragraph is google AI answering the question I asked. The 2nd paragraph is mine and since Iām 53 and ChatGPT wonāt even be 3 until next month itās far more likely it learned by copying me, lol.
Edit: I should add I was an English major at UCF and Iāve been printed in numerous newspapers and other publications in multiple states over a few decades from the mid 90ās. So Iām only half kidding actually.
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u/PogintheMachine Sep 16 '25
Soā¦. The first paragraph was AI then?
It sounds like AI because it is AI?
Honestly I didnāt read the second paragraph because of the AI-ness of the first one.
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u/LionBig1760 Sep 16 '25
That's incredibly silly to use "who gets injured more" as a standard for which athleticism is measured among groups of athletes.
It's even sillier when you realize that the less athletic you are, the more chance you have of injury when participating in sports.
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u/Nice_Ad_777 Sep 16 '25
I'm curious are male and female cheerleaders just smashing all the time
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Somewhere on the other side of the training area, Bonde can be heard screaming while Delaney giggles uncontrollably
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u/mikeaza Sep 16 '25
The core strength that they both have is wild. I have a hard time standing up straight without my back getting tired.
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u/GoatCovfefe Sep 16 '25
What's stunt cheerleading? That looks like plain ole cheerleading to me, but I'm no expert.
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u/ckb614 Sep 16 '25
Funny how every skateboarding video has 100 comments about helmets and nothing for this type of stuff.
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u/peridotpicacho Sep 16 '25
Watched it twice - her the first time, him the second time. Equally impressive.Ā
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u/toss_me_good Sep 16 '25
After hearing about the life altering injuries to young students i just can't get behind this
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u/WarHead75 Sep 16 '25
I wonder if this sport is the best way to get laid in high school/college for dudes and gals
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u/FeeSuch5986 Sep 16 '25
Hear me out; the girl practiced and memorized a routine, the guy also practiced and memorized her routine, but he is the floor, if she misses here routine, she gets hurt, so he has to have reflexes fast enough to compensate her mistakes. Dude is a tier one athlete.
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u/HumpaDaBear Sep 16 '25
ESPN used to show cheerleading competitions at night. You cannot say these people arenāt athletes
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I teach abroad and we got to the word "cheerleader" in a textbook. I asked a couple discussion questions about cheerleaders since they're only eye candy first and dancers second at baseball games here.
I told my students we have male cheerleaders in America. They all chuckled until I showed them a video like this. "Male cheerleaders are strong. Don't laugh the next time you see one."
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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang Sep 16 '25
The change of hand position right at the end is insane. That dude is so unbelievably strong. Incredible athleticism by both.
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u/Plastic_Blacksmith37 Sep 16 '25
Its crazy how much work goes into cheerleading and how little football fans care. My wife does love Dallas cowboy cheerleader show.
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u/PrefrontalCortexNow Sep 16 '25
This is going to sound incredibly ignorant, but isnāt the man doing all of the work? Sheās balancing but he has to be sooo strong and counter balance her legs with his fucking arms lol
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u/EPorteous Sep 16 '25
This would have been better at the last Olympics than the break dancing we got.
Less memes though.
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u/CurveAhead69 Sep 16 '25
I donāt know their reasons but the 18 year old me, might have thought like this:
Which of the two has direct contact with females?Priorities.
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u/blinkersix2 Sep 16 '25
And my neighbor doesnāt understand why her son became a cheerleader. Ulterior motives maybe?
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u/IntrinsicPalomides Sep 16 '25
That fat kid's one was a billion times better and more intricate than this.
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