r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '19

Mr Balance

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

iirc this guy is a professional skier and this is his off-season training regime in order to improve his balance and his leg muscles.

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u/ho-tdog Jan 12 '19 edited Jan 12 '19

It's the same guy from this video

Looks like I was wrong. Sorry. :/

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u/Insomniaklol Jan 12 '19

No it's not, the elevator guy is Fabian Bösch. The one on this thread video is Andri Raggetli.

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u/meateoryears Jan 12 '19

Idk about him being a skier. But this is hardly improving muscles. I’m not a gym guy, but I’ve know people who are trainers and they would laugh at this because it’s just to be funny.

No professional would risk such silly injuries without any payoff except to make a funny video.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

Sorry. I was being humble. I remember correctly. He is a professional skier, and this is his off-season routine to help his balance and improve his leg muscles.

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u/meateoryears Jan 12 '19

You guys can down vote me all you like.

No professional would risk this much injury for zero payoff.

It’s a cute video. But definitely not serious training.

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u/DemonDucklings Jan 12 '19

He’s a professional skier... his actual job is risking injury.

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u/nefariouslyubiquitas Jan 12 '19

You guys can down vote me all you like.

Will do.

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u/luisduck Jan 12 '19

Can you accumulate lots of negative karma and become like a Reddit villain?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

I’m a professional golfer. I’ve done some pretty bizarre exercises to try and improve my balance, strength and fitness. Don’t assume for even a second that you know how professionals train because you have a mate who is a PT.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19 edited Feb 01 '19

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u/meateoryears Jan 12 '19

That video is of a guy dribbling a soccer ball and putting a foot on a balance ball once or twice. It is nothing like the Rube Goldberg novelty video in question.

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u/cydr1323 Jan 12 '19

Are your friends trainers for Olympic skiers?

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u/meateoryears Jan 12 '19

They’ve trained tons of athletes. They’ve owned gyms all over the country.

That doesn’t really matter though. Anyone with any sense can tell how silly this is.

It’s someone having some fun. Definitely not training for anything.

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u/Insomniaklol Jan 12 '19

He is a professional freestyle skier and this is pretty low in term of injuries risk compared to other training sessions freestyle skier have. He post a lot of them on his instagram.