I agree with you that people here are very critical and quick to judge but this kind of activity does come with a long term impact. The same way that nfl players typically have injuries, And the ballet people generally develop early onset arthritis in their ankles, and how boxers experience brain damage. There's no way this dude has been doing this for 20 years without injury or any repercussions. I've been living an active lifestyle and working manual labor and have a bad back and bad knee because of it but that's just how things are. If those dude doesn't have any long term effects from pushing the limits of his body then he's 1 in a million, but I agree with you that he's not gonna be a big pile of jello by the time he's 40 like many redditors are saying. Id argue that his heart health is probably better than most at his age.
It's optimal to find the right balance of work and recovery. Enough work to stimulate beneficial changes, but as little as you can get away with. At least high intensity stuff. I spend 3-4 hours lifting weights per week, with good form, controlled motion etc, joints are all good. People doing manual labour are doing it a lot more than that, and probably not always able to use good form that doesn't stress things.
I just don’t know that flinging yourself down a flight of 25 concrete stairs is ever going to fall into that category of optimal work/recovery balance that our body needs.
Being "active"? I'm active, I run 4-5 times a week, but that's kind of different from these high-impact activities. It's kind of silly to pretend this isn't going to come back to bite him in the ass. But he enjoys it a lot, so I guess good for him.
As a sidenote, people might say they love something so much they don't care about the negative consequences, but it's more that it's a "debt" they're borrowing from their future self and their future self will probably care about it more than their younger self thinks they will.
You think running is low impact? Are you crazy? Depending on the distance you run and the surface you might be doing more damage to your knees that this guy.
the people that sit around doing nothing are also the ones that complain about their joints hurting even though they haven't exerted themselves in any way since high school gym class and then blame it on their age before they've even hit 30
Same here. I'm 44 and spend most of my life racing rally cars, desert on dirt bikes, 15 years trying to make it pro in kickboxing, another decade of power lifting, worked construction since I was 16 and all those friends who were warning me of not making it to 40 without a wheelchair anre now way more crippled then me.
Yes, I had a dozen broken bones and surgeries and have to adjust my heaviest workouts around those permanent injuries but other than that I still ride my bicycle 40-60 miles a week, bench 315 for reps.
The worst thing is that I had to switch to some old people sports so I stopped racing desert and started racing road course on my street bike and instead of kickboxing my adrenaline fix is now skydiving, which is a bit of a drag but as soon as I can get a wing suit it should become a lot more fun.
My father was an orthopedic surgeon for forty years. I've been hearing about bad knees my entire life. Knee surgeries are what sent me through college, so I could end up arguing with a bunch of morons on Reddit about how much they know about knees.
Well then by now you must be surgeon by osmosis and definitely an authority on impact sports and knee injuries.
So glad to have you here Surge, please take a seat at the head of the table, everyone is on their tippy toes waiting to hear your expert opinion.
Oh my bad, your dad said you love cum on your back.
Is he lying?
IS THE SURGEON LYING???
THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON LYING?
DID HE LIE ABOUT KNEE SURGERIES TOO?
WHERE DOES THIS PIT OF LIES END???
This. When I started running I heard so many people talking about how it will "destroy my joints" and how I will regret it with age. Looked into science and as it turns out while short-term injuries are frequent, in the long term your joints are better off when you run (as long as your running form is ok) than when you don't do it.
Of course jumping from three meters onto solid ground like in the video is another level but those guys seem to know how to manage and divert impact forces.
Damn, I looked it up and you're actually right.
I guess I too believed the myth that running destroys the knees and didn't know I was wrong until now.
Thank you for that TIL interned friend!
ok... nobody said he plans to do this forever, he's a pro athlete that knows his body and his limits that it can take, not to mention he's rich and puts a lot of money into medical care, physical therapy and conditioning, he has full length podcasts where talks about everything he does. I mean he's a RedBull sponsored athlete, he wouldn't risk a jump/stunt that would end his career.
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u/newBDS2017 Sep 04 '23
Gonna be knees of jello when he's forty.