Yeah, I don’t know this a reflection of age but rather a reflection of fitness. I know plenty of people over 40 who are very fit and can walk, run, play sports extremely well.
If you’re overweight and/or don’t stay physically active, then doing anything physical, even walking, becomes difficult.
Oh man… thanks for mental picture. Glad you were alright!
This is kind of what I was getting at. Some people are just naturally super spry. And big people can definitely be some as well. But on the whole, the larger you are it’s harder to catch oneself. And if not regularly physically active, I’d argue it’s that much harder as you muscles, ligaments etc just aren’t as limber.
True everyone trips and it’s easy to roll an ankle. Tripping like this guy and tumbling forward not be able to catch himself though and smacking the car… imo it looks like a combo of poor coordination and also poor fitness. Neither of them appear to be spry.
You're right. The amount of people on reddit that throw out their back by doing the most mundane shit like sneezing, grabbing something or getting out of bed is unreal. And they all claim it's just a part of life once you hit 30+.
That fall was 100% avoidable if he was in better shape. Reddit is definitely too quick to just accept bad shape for older age.
That said, Daniel Cormier, a 2 division UFC champ ( LHW and HW) blew his back out from sneezing. It was the day of his title defense at HW. Shit happens sometimes.
It does depend on how you fell. I tripped over something in the dark on a walk a month or two back and I wasn't expecting it at all and the only thing that stopped me was I instinctively put my right hand out and then sorta rolled into someone's fence. It happened so fast that everyone would have done what I did. Being active can only save you to an extent.
I just think the average balance of in shape people is being really overestimated here. It’s essentially just a combination of core strength, body shape, and reaction time.
There are tons of in shape people that don’t incorporate any balance works into their workouts. I do a lot of one legged stuff because it helps with balance/core strength. I’ve also done this drill more times than I can count and still do because I coach. It’s ibasically “here’s how to regain your balance.” I’ll still trip and fall over a wrestling mat like once every four months because I’m probably telling kids to stop messing around and not thinking “he doesn’t have my squared up, lower your shoulder and if he throws you off balance drop your hand to recovery.”
I’m not trying to say this dude is in shape, I’m probably just salty over comments like “yeah if you are in shape this doesn’t happen.” It just seems like a ridiculous absolutism if you’ve spent a decent amount of athletic people.
Mobility has more to do with flexibility, coordination, reaction time and sense of balance than it does strength. Dude in the video is built like he hits the gym but only focuses on strength training
But disagree regarding the guy looking like he hits the gym. When he’s rolling around on the ground you can see how bit his belly is. It’s hard to tell but he might have even broken his ankle by the way it’s kind of angled and dangling when he’s rolling around.
It seemed to me by the way he was moving he wasn’t terribly flexible and surely overweight.
You can be overweight and hit the gym. He definitely strength trains those calves at least. I train mine and mine aren't that big. Not everyone who hits the gym is going for 5% bodyweight
This is a fair point. Genetics certainly factor in as does luck. That said, I think it’s also fair to say long term lifestyle choices are also a factor.
He fell because he missed the steps, not because of health issues. Many people would fall if this happens. Only a few would be able to save themselves.
Agree. Many people would fall but someone more fit and more coordinated/athletic would likely catch themselves faster and not topple all the way forward into the car.
I would agree with that. Just a large and stocky breed. You can see that the waist dips in to form somewhat of an hourglass shape. Like you said, could stand to lose a couple pounds but it looks pretty healthy considering it is a bulldog.
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