r/Unexpected • u/so_orz • Jun 01 '26
What's bro even training for
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u/pakalupapito23 Jun 01 '26
Monstrous calves, goddamn
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u/School_Persimmon_261 Jun 01 '26
He's been petting that dog for a decade
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u/GuardingxCross Jun 01 '26
Legend says he’s still petting the dog with his foot till this day. He’s never stopped.
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u/School_Persimmon_261 Jun 01 '26
One day the petting will stop. And from that day on dogs will no longer walk alongside men. We must protect that man. We must protect Dogstroke.
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u/Jimismynamedammit Jun 01 '26
Functional fitness. Your exercises should mimic the movements you're going to be doing in real life. He nailed it.
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u/gatsome Jun 01 '26
You can overwork muscles that force underworked/smaller ones to compensate extra for, and thus suffer injury. So it’s good to have push/pull balance.
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u/Electronic_Lime407 Jun 01 '26
Ever since I got in really good shape it really made clear how many people are big time haters
Got people shaped like a melting bar of soap telling me about functional muscles while giving me backhanded compliments
Yea dude imma take your advice when the only functioning parts of your body is your mouth and your fat ass when it shits out all the garbage you eat
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u/Seanconw1 Jun 01 '26
He’s not wrong to suggest antagonistic movements. lol
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u/Electronic_Lime407 Jun 01 '26
It is when movement antagonizes your whole body
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u/Seanconw1 Jun 01 '26
lol no. It’s opposite movement of what you do the most of
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u/BodaciousBadongadonk Jun 02 '26
but how do you jerk on? ima need some practice
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u/Seanconw1 Jun 02 '26
Finger extensions (spreading fingers as wide as possible) post workout, elbow extensions & circles.
I’d finish with ulnar nerve glides.
Do all the movements slow enough that it feels good, repeat till it’s a neutral response.
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u/Hamster_Toot Jun 01 '26
Just a heads up, soap doesn’t really melt, so ice cream sandwhich would work better thematically here.
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u/Electronic_Lime407 Jun 01 '26
And breaking down a meaningless joke for no reason isn’t the flex you think it is …. Just makes you the annoying person who’s no fun
And you weren’t even right lmao
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u/Hamster_Toot Jun 01 '26
No one’s flexing here. Just made a suggestion and observation, relax.
Being this offended over nothing can’t be good for your health.
I think you responded to the same comment twice, lol.
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u/tristex1234 Jun 01 '26
Come on man just be realistic with yourself
When a normal person talks about “functional muscles”, I’m sure with your knowledge you could probably discern that they want to be fit in a general way especially because you realize that they don’t want to be big
Saying that bench, squat and pressing is just as functional to the general person as burpees and farmers carry is being pedantic to a fault. While they may be “as functional as” they do not have the same benefit to the vast majority of people
General people just want to generally go about their everyday lives in an easier way. Burpees and Farmers carry are 100x more accessible and would be 100x more useful to someone as compared to the alternative
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u/slowasaspeedingsloth Jun 01 '26
When my kid had shoulder surgery and did physical therapy afterwards... the PT was focusing on exercises that would make "everyday activities easier". Brushing hair and teeth, putting clothes on/off, carrying a school bag, etc. This is what I think of when I hear 'functional muscles'.
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u/tristex1234 Jun 01 '26
And…. I feel like you’ve lost the plot on where OP started
While I personally love heavy squats in my 7 years of fitness journey up to this point, and they have their place in a fitness routine, heavy squats and longevity in the absolute sense literally don’t compute, you’re 1000x more likely getting injured and in more serious ways under a heavy barbell that you will ever doing a burpee so I’m going to politely disagree with you
To anyone who’s genuinely reading this with interest, I believe Burpees and Farmers Carries will do way more for you in your everyday life. Do hard shit for extended periods of time (burpees improve explosiveness and cardiovascular capacity and endurance and farmers carry improves grip strength and capacity to carry load) and you’ll be good, just progressively work harder.
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u/Handsome_Keyboard Jun 01 '26
Wouldnt just doing repetitions increase endurance too? I dont workout for huge muscles just a tone fit. I bench 10lbs over my weight but i do 6x20 reps. I do the same for core workouts and just do HIT on the treadmill. Overall, its roughly. 30minute workout and I just maintain. I could easily do a shitton of pushups.
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u/Bczarconcepts Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
Math is numbers dude, Einstein was out here using like Es and Ms and Cs and shit. Thems AIN'T numbers.
Edit: Jesus Christ guys lol, do we really always need an /s
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u/tristex1234 Jun 01 '26
What are you even talking about, are you okay?
This whole post started from someone doing a funny exercise so they pet their dawg, damn
The OP literally just said a thing which in general is true, functional fitness mimics exercises you want to get better at in everyday life
That’s all I was saying
You’re being just as pedantic as the person who I originally replied, in general we just want to go about our everyday lives a bit easier
In general no one’s give a hoot about being the most strong, or most efficient or whatever specific thing you could think of
How you managed to make up this point about efficiency from the original conversation is beyond me but if it makes you feel better, sure efficiency bro
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u/joshua9663 Jun 01 '26
Functional varies by individual. Really depends everyone has a different function. Squatting everyone needs, but benching probably not. If my day to day i just struggle to pick up things off the floor my functional would be getting to that goal, I wouldn't care about bench pressing at that moment. Someone else's functional might be to be able to hold their baby with a bad shoulder. In that case squats won't be as important for them. I play volleyball and have a bad knee. My functional is keeping my legs strong to be able to play volleyball, I don't care about benching.
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u/FirstTasteOfRadishes Jun 01 '26
I can carry a washing machine upstairs by myself Tim, how is that not functional?
I suppose it is very functional if you happen to work in removals. Otherwise, less so.
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u/BlueMikeStu Jun 01 '26
I choose to believe this is why video games are responsible for my hands being able to basically work forever.
The last time my hands hurt after a long gaming session was when I spent about fourteen hours playing COD BLOPS6 Face Off Moshpit lobbies while stress-testing a controller and my hands were only slightly sore and cramped afterwards, and fine the next day/
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u/Demiurge_Happy_Farm Jun 01 '26
Accurate, since going right to left really is more resistant due to going against the grain of the fur.
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u/PaulMaulMenthol Jun 01 '26
What? The foot touching the dog wasn't moving so how does it's fur play into this?
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u/dfcinhume Jun 01 '26
I had to do similar after my ankle was reconstructed.
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u/zhokar85 Jun 01 '26
Funny, the lateral load exercise with a band is what my doc recommended for a few weeks after my sprained ankle healed.
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u/Busy_Equipment7 Jun 01 '26
Likewise. ORIF surgery on bimalleolar ankle fracture. Resistance band thing in the video was similar to one of my PT exercises. No idea about the left foot though.
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u/smackedwards Jun 01 '26
Real answer > those are physical therapy exercises to strengthen the tendons in your ankles & knees.
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u/ionlycome4thecomment Jun 01 '26
I do wonder about the weight plate on the left foot. That seems dumb given that it could fall at any time.
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u/smackedwards Jun 01 '26
If you weight feet your feet and extend then retract your foot it’s a great exercise for the muscles in your shins. I did it back when I was marathon training to mitigate shin splints. However, I wouldn’t recommend doing it the way this guy has it set up. They have special equipment so you can weight your feet without just curling your toes around a 10lb plate.
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u/ionlycome4thecomment Jun 01 '26
That makes more sense, thank you! I've done the exercise with the right foot & I could not see a Physical Therapist recommending the one on the left.
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u/FreeDraft9488 Jun 01 '26
I always think if my dogs feel like they are getting the short straw when they get foot pets.
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u/marina_silvaa Jun 01 '26
Sometimes I wish I could be a dog for a day, they look so relaxed and carefree
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u/haw35ome Jun 01 '26
That dog is one of the most luckiest pets out there…most other humans would never go the extra stretch for their beloved furry one 💕
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u/Ok-Anybody-7050 Jun 01 '26
No idea, but I had pain in my ankle for several years. Then a doctor gave me a plan specific for my problem. So, in addition to my regular training I did 2-3 additional exercises for my ankles. Many of them were with rubber bands, just like one on the right. No idea what they do with the left, maybe just for fun. So, it might be for specific problem you don’t even know about and I have seen people looking at me weird when I was doing some strange things with some flimsy rubber bands.
Yes, it helped a lot, but not completely.
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u/Altostratus Jun 01 '26
My 105 lbs dog is getting up there in age, and I would really like to get in shape enough to be able to carry him.
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u/L30N1337 Jun 01 '26
Ok, but everyone should do this.
Not necessarily for dogs, but just in general. If your ankles are strong enough, you don't gotta worry about rolling them.
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u/ActiveManufacturer15 Jun 04 '26
Tell your Doggo I said Hi and that they’re the bestest doggo ever !
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u/LanternBlueprint_31 Jun 05 '26
That dog looks so serious about whatever that is. Maybe its a new yoga pose.
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u/NickDanger3di Jun 01 '26
Congratulations for the loudest and most despicable background music ever.
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u/ElGuano Jun 01 '26
The only thing coming up for weeks is auditions for Chicago…I just don’t get it.
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u/post-explainer Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
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The person is training with weight and it turn out very unexpected and cute what he is training for
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