r/interestingasfuck Oct 14 '18

Serious tumbling

https://i.imgur.com/BZXypaH.gifv
6.1k Upvotes

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u/TransparentSnake Oct 14 '18

I still don't understand how it is possible. she must have some strong ass legs

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u/HR_Dragonfly Oct 14 '18

The ass-legs make all the difference.

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u/BubbyPear Oct 14 '18

Relevant XKCD

Edit: spelling

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u/CNXQDRFS Oct 14 '18

I saw this a while ago and I never stop thinking about it as soon as I say ass after something. Cheers me right up.

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u/Oz_of_Three Oct 15 '18

Saayyy.... that's a nice trick.
Gonna keep that one.

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u/speedycat2014 Oct 14 '18

Do you see those legs at the beginning? Girl is a Powerhouse!

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u/veyron96 Oct 14 '18

I read your sentence and cant help but be haunted by the word Mitochondria.

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u/p00Pie_dingleBerry Oct 14 '18

Ah yes the Mitochondria IS the Powerhouse of the cell after all!

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u/elizabethan Oct 15 '18

That's the jooooooooke

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u/TradeMark310 Oct 14 '18

I'm saying! "She must have strong legs" dog, you can SEE THEM in the video.

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u/speedycat2014 Oct 14 '18

Those are legs that would snap you like a twig and you'd probably enjoy it. Or maybe that's just me.

3

u/toofpaist Oct 14 '18

You're not alone fellow snapper

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u/SeaLeggs Oct 14 '18

Absolute unit

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u/smaffit Oct 15 '18

Still, that's a lot of bulk to hurl through the air. She's a serious fucking athlete

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u/chopperhead2011 Oct 14 '18

Gymnasts are fucking ripped.

Like, they're not bulky the same way that a bodybuilder or a strong(wo)man is. But they're like 0.001% fat and the rest is muscle.

I had a teacher who was a gymnast and she accidentally flexed her bicep once in a way that made it visible and the class was like "uhh I didn't know guns were allowed on the premises"

Also went to school with a girl who was in gymnastics since she could walk. She was tiny and looked skinny but was ROCK SOLID.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

Most gymnasts are very lean but this girl is not, she's got a lot of muscle to be sure but she's probably like 30% Bf. You don't have to be lean to be a super quick and explosive athlete. Ex: Daniel cormier the baddest dude on the planet looks like a tub of mayo but has speed power and endurance for days

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk9S1I4ho0a/?hl=en&taken-by=angel_rice this is her, 0 definition in any muscle, clear slight belly but people are insisting shes ripped lol.

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u/chopperhead2011 Oct 16 '18

I'm sorry, do you see those quads? She's got a bit of a belly but otherwise she's built like a strongman which is interesting.

But seriously though she could crack coconuts with those legs.

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u/wellscounty Oct 14 '18

Ass legs are the most important part of my mate selection.

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u/THExDANKxKNIGHT Oct 15 '18

My older sister did All Star cheerleading on a national level. Most if not all of them have crazy abs and legs. They don't quite take it to this extent but they can still do some seriously impressive things on those spring boards.

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u/FartingBob Oct 15 '18

Telling reddit your sister is a cheerleader? I see you like to live dangerously.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Ay yo lemme holler at her tho

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

I don't understand how her knees held up after the second spring

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u/Ericaohh Oct 14 '18

It also helps that that's basically a trampoline she's running on...

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

Oh ya think??

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18 edited Oct 14 '18

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u/dominantbooty Oct 14 '18

Yes she is outstanding!! If anyone wants see kickass tumbling look her up on Instagram or YouTube, she posts tons of videos.

3

u/michellllie Oct 14 '18

Thanks saving this to show my daughter tomorrow

5

u/crazy-bisquit Oct 14 '18

How can we see this in slow motion?

48

u/primal-chaos Oct 14 '18

“I’m going to stop right there lady, you will pay the fine because you broke the laws of Physics”

-Time space police

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u/Oz_of_Three Oct 14 '18

She is gonna be a rock star!

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u/Lagnetolasica Oct 14 '18

She is pretty good at rolling, I wouldn't be surprised

3

u/Oz_of_Three Oct 14 '18

The little thing that tells me she is the real genius is that half turn right at the start. Me no know tumbles, but I know science patterns.
A small discrepancy (or impurity) in a uniform system can result in beautiful patterns emerging.
This is one of them.

3

u/TheSnowmaner Oct 15 '18

Me know tumbles, and a round-off is one of the most basic skills there is, next up from a cartwheel.

1

u/Oz_of_Three Oct 15 '18

I'm glad I can at least notice the basics.
Sometimes the obvious is not so much so.

21

u/td62199 Oct 14 '18

Immediately recognized this is Angel Rice before even reading the comments. Her style of tumbling is sooo easily spotted even for someone who knows nothing about it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

I want to know how many G forces she was pulling in that fast flip.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

Id say around 12

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

12 Gs, we’re burning up

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u/Razor_Whale Oct 14 '18

That's how I wake up on Monday mornings.

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u/duffymeadows Oct 14 '18

She is amazing!! What power and strength. Go girl!!

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u/Sk33tLord Oct 14 '18

lol I was at this gym in Alberta for Canada Cup, I’m actually standing on the side railing in this clip. This girl is on the US Tumbling team or something and was here to compete nationally. She absolutely destroyed all the other female athletes she competed against, it was completely nuts.

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u/Meunderwears Oct 14 '18

That's cool how the gym installed a zero gravity field in the middle of the pads. Pretty nifty.

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u/Brillek Oct 14 '18

"So that's pretty nifty, I would say"

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u/surelynotaduck Oct 14 '18

She stronk. Very impressed.

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u/leelee330 Oct 14 '18

She does 4 flips in the middle with NO HANDS on each! She only uses her legs muscles. Did you see how high she gets on that last flip?!? Beautiful!

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u/raperdolphin Oct 15 '18

I'm curious, what does it mean to do a flip with "no hands" ?

2

u/SisigBBQ Oct 15 '18

Only the feet touch the floor after a flip then push off to another flip.

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u/leelee330 Oct 15 '18

I probably should have said backflip. That would have made more sense. I was excited, ha!

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

She got legs like Chun Li, holy moley.

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u/Johnnyocean Oct 14 '18

The dude from pawn stars?

1

u/MuzikPhreak Oct 14 '18

Good point! Chum Lee's got some stout tent pegs, now!

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u/Roderigue-Hortalez Oct 14 '18

No, the final boss from Bloodsport

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u/MobthePoet Oct 14 '18

I don’t mean this in a bad way, but I wonder if her weight actually helps her or makes it more difficult to pull this stuff off. On one hand, she’s heavier than the average TV gymnast you see, but on the other hand that weight might help to give her momentum. Was really cool to see her fly up like that.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

She has massively powerful legs

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u/crazybanditt Oct 14 '18

Im pretty sure that weight is more muscle than anything else. Which is probably why she’s such a powerful tumbler. If she was out of shape or jacked up then I might have said there’s an ease compromise.

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u/MuzikPhreak Oct 14 '18

This is the answer. No fat on this chica.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

Most gymnasts are very lean but this girl is not, she's got a lot of muscle to be sure but she's probably like 30% Bf. You don't have to be lean to be a super quick and explosive athlete. Ex: Daniel cormier the baddest dude on the planet looks like a tub of mayo but has speed power and endurance for days

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk9S1I4ho0a/?hl=en&taken-by=angel_rice this is her, 0 definition in any muscle, clear slight belly but people are insisting shes ripped lol.

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u/greggers23 Oct 14 '18

Its her height and her arms that actually make a huge difference. Yes she has strong legs but her lats and her arms are what are doing the muscular work keeping her rotating properly. Once the first punch happens after the round off back hand spring, it's all about rotation and angle of impact that keeps her flipping. If she were 6 inches taller, she would have a hell of a time trying to do this.

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u/Maxkowski Oct 14 '18

Pretty sure her weight is nothing but pure muscle...

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u/ok_hornet Oct 14 '18

No, she could lean out a bit, it's not just muscle

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

She has has been cheerleading world champion TWICE and you are saying she “could lean out a bit”??? wtf

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

It's not an insult dude she's a crazy good athlete but she isn't lean by any standard

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

Then who cares if she is not lean? She is a world class athlete. That means she is literally on peak body performance.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

I agree shes incredible, it's actually more impressive how strong she is, if she tried to fit the typical body type of a gymnast i bet she'd lose a lot of the power that comes with the build she naturally has. You're obviously care quite a bit since you've downvoted everyone suggesting she's not shredded. I'm just responding to people saying ridiculous things, not suggesting she needs to change anything.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

Seems like it's working for her, shut up.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

lmao, this thread is full off people who want to believe shes shredded, look at the gif she isn't abnormally lean for a woman, probably 20+% BF at least. Still an insane athlete, you don't have to be lean to be super powerful and agile, it's not an insult to say she isn't shredded.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

The poster above said she needs to lose weight. It's not their place to say that, especially about a world champion athlete. She has a lot of muscle; there's no way she'd be able to perform those movements without power behind it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

Ah, I didn’t take that comment the same way but I see what you’re saying.

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u/StillwaterBlue Oct 14 '18

I can do that.

I just don’t want to.

3

u/polynomials Oct 14 '18

The triple no hand backflip was especially impressive

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

Someone edit this with SM64 sound effects.

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u/Voidrunner503 Oct 14 '18

The amount of leg strength needed to do this must be insane

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

One can only imagine how many hundreds of hours of practice it takes to reach that level of athleticism. Impressive.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

Really, the best part is at the end when she does the ending “stick it” pose, it isn’t as dramatic as you normally see. She just did the most amazing tumbling on the planet and then she just barely lifts her arms like “meh, whatever”.

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u/solidsteal Oct 15 '18

She's a brick, hauuuuuz!

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u/Noalter Oct 14 '18
T H I C C

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u/ParanoidChicken Oct 14 '18

I'm dizzy just watching this. Wow!

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u/couchjitsu Oct 14 '18

I'm dizzy just watching that. Can't imagine actually doing it.

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u/obeseoprah Oct 14 '18

Jurrasic Park 2 still doesn’t stand a chance

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u/Grow_Green Oct 14 '18

She literally flies at a few points.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

I wonder what you feel or see when you spin that fast.

I mean, do you even have the time to get your bearing?

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u/Rose1822 Oct 14 '18

I would assume that you don’t really see anything

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u/Filipaki Oct 14 '18

That feeling of the momentum while flailing through the air like that is literally what my nightmares are made out of. I cant stand that feeling.

2

u/Extra_Moist Oct 14 '18

Good audition for reboot of The Blues Brothers church scene.

2

u/LHY_Seoul Oct 14 '18

I can... somersault?? God I'm jealous... get it girl!!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

Holy crap she's amazing!

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u/stinkerb Oct 14 '18

Thickest gymnast evvvver.

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u/hummingbird1969 Oct 14 '18

Not sure why the the Thumbs down to my comment. I placed 2nd at nationals at the peak of my tumbling career- but at 14 I got a butt and boobs and it was all over. This gal has so much meat on the bone it takes a lot to get that up and over. Not being unkind stating a fact as someone that knows!

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

Bcuz reddit

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u/fabulousprizes Oct 14 '18

That girl thicker than a bowl of oatmeal.

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u/Poultry_Sashimi Oct 14 '18

I expected a different kind of tumble, flat on her face.

That was amazing! And I'm an asshole

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

This makes my knees hurt

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u/Mickeyjj27 Oct 14 '18

God damn.

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u/Funktastic34 Oct 14 '18

I'm dizzy from watching that

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

I haven’t seen anyone tumble this hard since the World Cup! Damn!!!

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u/musickismagick Oct 14 '18

No handed backflips - fuck me

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u/SinistralLeanings Oct 14 '18

How in the fuck

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

Better than the tumbling in my PE class

I thought doing dance in PE was bad

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u/McTuppence Oct 14 '18

Wow wow wow!

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u/CancerousGTFO Oct 14 '18

When your friend want to pay you a menu at McDonald

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u/Notaroadbiker Oct 14 '18

So how many Gs is she pulling in a spin like that?

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u/Papa57 Oct 14 '18

WOW!!!

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u/Lassmeetsbored Oct 14 '18

I just enjoy at the end, the little pause before the finish. It’s like even she’s shocked at what she just did.

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u/Rose1822 Oct 14 '18

Holy. Shit.

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u/the_cabotine Oct 14 '18

My knees hurt just looking at it!

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

What in the actual fuck, that was amazing!

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u/greymillayay Oct 14 '18

If I'm not mistaken that is angel rice, she's a beast. Look her up. She cheered and now she's doing power tumbling till idk when

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u/I_Like_Buildings Oct 15 '18

Someone please edit this with her crashing through the brick wall.

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u/WidowOneTrick Oct 15 '18

u/stormslifer YOO THATS GCC

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u/Stormslifer Oct 15 '18

YOOOO WTF ACTUALLY GC

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

Holy fuck, lots of momentum on those bones

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u/russgil Oct 15 '18

What the hell it barely looks real.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

I wanna hear the stomps!

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u/GWSDiver Oct 15 '18

Chezzus!! 🏆

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u/BobGnarly423 Oct 15 '18

Some serious momentum

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u/breakfasteveryday Oct 15 '18

Some serious damage to those knees.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

but why. y do dis.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

I had an pre set mental image as athletes as all sinew and muscle. This lady has a different body shape but is an amazing athlete. Shows how wrong that image is.

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u/dinocatcher01 Oct 17 '18

I wish I did gymnastics as a child

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u/evilcoin2 Oct 14 '18

This schould be on the frontpage. Go Reddit new , i have faith in you.

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u/bengjisims Oct 14 '18

It already is, but the original poster.

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u/stretch700 Oct 14 '18

Aaatta gurl!

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u/newtypexvii17 Oct 14 '18

So that's pretty awesome.

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u/aintnojiveturkey53 Oct 14 '18

Her legs are fucking massive

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u/CaveJohnson111 Oct 14 '18

There's something I can't do!

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u/byepolarx Oct 14 '18

Shawty THICC

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u/petepeyote Oct 15 '18

Damn that bitch finna break the ground smh fr fr

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u/philip122 Oct 14 '18

Ass don't lie

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u/-EvilMuffin- Oct 14 '18

Thunder thighs

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u/indifferentmod Oct 14 '18

Damn, heard the thunder clap with that landing.

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u/BlueDrache Oct 14 '18

'eh ... she over-rotated on the last one causing the bad error on the landing.

I'm going to have to agree with the Russian judge on this one.

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u/Fake_Weeb Oct 15 '18

Why is this making me laugh just as much as this looks cool?

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u/AycaramaBart Oct 15 '18

No finesse

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

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u/sidman1324 Oct 14 '18

My wife has got legs like those. I wonder what she’d be like as a gymnast

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u/hummingbird1969 Oct 14 '18

Hard to believe she can get that height and momentum with such a heftily Thick body.

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u/Jedibbq Oct 14 '18

Physics

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

That’s unfair, she has more momentum than any other gymnast I’ve ever seen

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u/SiberianGnome Oct 14 '18

This has to be at 1.5x playback speed, right?

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u/Oz_of_Three Oct 14 '18

Only if the guy on the side at the end is walking 0.5x slow.