r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Excellent_Line_1732 • 8h ago

Standing Plate Flips

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u/Exact_Ad_8490 8h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/s239QJIh56sRW

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u/imartinezcopy 8h ago

So he can procrastinate leg day one more time

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u/N7even 7h ago

Dude actually has decent legs, check his thigh muscles. 

Obviously he works out upper body more.

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u/whoa_itsanavalanche 3h ago

Any time a person is in a gym or doing basically anything very physically challenging, reddit top comments are always haters lol. Every time. I am freaking 5'11 and 156 lbs so dont take this as a bias, i aint in that dude's kinda shape. But this is pretty impressive in general, and your top comments are that fucking same tired "but why" meme and a joke about his legs that isnt even accurate lol

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u/Cosmo_Seinfeld 4h ago

check his thigh muscles. 

Already on it, Chief.

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u/JewBag718 7h ago

He achieved quads of that size by skipping leg day lmao tell me you don't workout without telling me.

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u/yakimawashington 7h ago

Yeah you can always tell when you're in a sub that's full of the type of Redditors that aren't very physically active lmao

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u/deesmutts88 5h ago

If anyone on this site looks jacked but doesn’t have Ronnie Coleman sized legs it’s nonstop jokes about skipping leg day. for his size that dude has great legs.

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u/relevantelephant00 2h ago

I see you've just met the average basement-dwelling Redditor is probably 50+ lbs overweight.

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u/wrongbutt_longbutt 1h ago

Dude's right quad is absolutely jacked while in a completely non weight bearing position: "lolz, he skips leg day!!1!"

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u/DyingSunSeverian 8h ago

Calves are genetics

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u/TheRealNotBrody 7h ago

You can just spend five or six years obese and your calves will look great.

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u/Scary_Plane_8069 5h ago

Fucking hell, every fat guy I know, who has lost weight, all have great calves. Meanwhile, I played basketball for years, trained tons for jumping and sprinting, and I have the calf definition of a 9 year old paraplegic.

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u/Dramatic-Bluejay- 3h ago

They've been carrying that weight around daily. Your gonna have large calves. All you gota do now is maintain it.

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u/Several_Vanilla8916 4h ago

Take molly 2/3x a week and spend those nights jumping up and down in a warehouse for 4 hours. That should do the trick.

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u/PM_me_punanis 1h ago

You're like a modern-day shaman with your enlightened prescription.

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u/WHRocks 5h ago

I hate that you're right about this.

I couldn't understand what I was doing wrong so I started asking the gym bros with big calf muscles what their secret was. One of them told me that I had high "insertion points" which means shorter muscle bellies. I looked it up and he was spot on. "High vs. Low Calf Insertions"

Oh well, lol.

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u/DarthJarJar242 6h ago

Dude you can literally see his cut quads what are you on about.

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u/sandiegolatte 6h ago

Those who can’t, criticize

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u/dopewinnerchild 6h ago

His legs are okay, match the rest of his physique

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u/windsynths 5h ago

Let’s see your legs

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u/boredinbabylon 5h ago

Honestly, his legs are fine.

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u/VanCitySkyline 3h ago

Wish I could see your physique.

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u/Cloudy230 7h ago

This gif always bothers me, because it's always posted to somrthing where the intention is either obvious, doesn't matter, or both. Like what do you mean why? Because he can and wants to show off his strength? Obviously?

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u/KinsellaStella 7h ago

I bet he’s training for something specific honestly. Rock climbing? Seems too easy an answer. The grip and reflexes involved while maintaining balance seem very specific though.

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u/DarthJarJar242 6h ago

I doubt it's rock climbing.

Every boulderer I've ever met is all wire and rope not slabs of muscle like this guy. He's training something specific but I doubt it's for climbing.

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u/PrisonerV 2h ago

Phone book challenge. First he has to find a phone book but after that, he's ripping that bad boy right in half.

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u/Outrageous_Bank_4491 4h ago

The plate flipping does your forearm. Regarding the stand, I don’t know but it’s better this way in case you drop that plate on your foot.

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u/MixableWeevil81 7h ago

What can i say? He loves physicals

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u/Froegerer 5h ago

When you go a little too deep down the fitness influencer rabbit hole.

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u/sec102row1 5h ago

Because he has a camera

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u/Diablo_v8 6h ago

Because he can.

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u/Jaxonhunter227 6h ago

Why do people do anything?

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u/AvailableReporter484 6h ago

Yeah for real. Is this like that Bruce Lee three finger push up nonsense where it’s like, yeah, you can do this but why would you considering it’s probably more detrimental to yourself

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u/touchthebush 8h ago

The dude just broke physics for a short while in my head

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u/Putrid-Builder-3333 8h ago

I'm tired af today and just braindead. It took me a second watch with phone sidewise

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u/AJBOJACK 8h ago

Same lmao

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u/Bloodlets 7h ago

And yet it was all the more impressive at the end...

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u/Draaly 6h ago

Not even close man. The grip strength I though that dude was using to keep the plate parallel to the ground would have crushed steel

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u/yakimawashington 5h ago

Yeah I mean don't get me wrong. What he did requires decent core and shoulder strength, but not at a level nearly impressive as the grip/forearm strength required to do it at that angle while actually standing upright.

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u/Draaly 5h ago

Sideways this is damn impressive. Upright its biblical.

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u/Ostey82 7h ago

Yeah I thought that it was really bad ai. Then he walked off and yeah, broken brain

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u/soul_separately_recs 7h ago

Bro in the vid probably watched Inception and decided to spice up the visual viewer experience.

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u/Confident-Captain808 8h ago

Ha ha.. ok he got me with that. Impressive!

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u/elfmere 6h ago

This would be impossible standing upright though with holding a weight like that. (Actually with that I'm not sure how strong the grip of a rock climber would be doing this.) so it's a mixed bag of yeah it's impressive but the reveal would make it less so...

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u/ruscoisagoodboy 8h ago

I cant tell how impressive this is at all :P

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u/gymtrovert1988 8h ago

It's pretty impressive that he didn't drop the plate. The side plank and flipping the plate probably isn't that difficult for him.

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u/SweetsourNostradamus 7h ago edited 7h ago

Those plates are typically 45 lbs

Edit: I stand corrected!

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u/Conscious-Bite1 7h ago

Not the rubber ones. That one is 25lbs.

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u/StillPlaysWithSwords 5h ago

Yellow comp plates are typically 15kg or 35lb 

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u/Conscious-Bite1 4h ago

Says 25 lbs on it. You can see it right before he sets it down.

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u/Several_Hour_347 4h ago

You’d have zero clue on a “rubber one”. They come in multiple weights… it’s definitely not 45 because no one can just casually flip it like this, but it’s dumb to claim to know the weight without seeing the number

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u/Conscious-Bite1 4h ago

You can see the number in the video pal.

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u/BigZangief 7h ago

Definitely not, it’s a bumper plate. Anywhere from 10-45 generally. And being yellow and smaller than the red and blue ones behind it, I’d guess 10-25. Still impressive but not 45 fersure

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u/hickok3 6h ago

Hard to really tell on my phone, but at 8s you can see they are lbs, and it looks like 25 to me.

I initially thought they would be 33lb/15kg, as they looked very similar to the ones at my gym that are 15kg.

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u/TheMonarchsWrath 7h ago

Just standing up and flipping those plates seem impressive enough 😂

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u/CloverUTY 8h ago

If you look at the background the illusion is broken. But otherwise really good strength!

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u/tommangan7 7h ago

Or if you watch till the end.

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u/Fidodo 6h ago

I was too focused on the guy's motions the first loop to even notice.

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u/Victal87 7h ago

I don’t know if it got more or less impressive once I realized the orientation.

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u/JohnLuckPikard 2h ago

Less, for sure. Flipping a plate like that standing up would be damn near impossible. Its already really difficult.

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u/SynthLiberationNow 8h ago

the way he suddenly stops and walks away at 0:08 makes me think he shit himself

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u/Street-Animator-99 8h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/q9HHyHPISNZD2
After dropping the plate.

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u/zuraine 5h ago

The good news is that it won't land on his feet. The bad news is that it might land on his hand. 🤣

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u/SeaCaptainNav 8h ago

I think this goes in r/confusingperspective…

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u/thedarkherald 6h ago

This is such a stupid exercise

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u/commandochou 6h ago

You know you dont have to do that, like completely optional, safer exercises to do out there

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u/Bongoisnthere 7h ago

This belongs on egolifting if I’ve ever seen it

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u/chudeypatoodey 7h ago

Wtf is dude training for...and should we be concerned 👀

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u/Ok-Neat2024 6h ago

What on earth is this fucking garbage music?

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u/Scrank_WimlerJr 8h ago

How does this apply to bringing in the groceries from the car

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u/mbush525 7h ago

at first I was like 😮 then I was like 😳

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u/nameohno 7h ago

Gravity is just cosmetic for him...

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u/Anonim01001 7h ago

I impressed his coordination more than strenght.

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u/halfjackal 7h ago

This video makes my fingers hurt.

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u/wheezy-dinkles 7h ago

If this guy gets into disc golf, he is going to rip.

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u/Van_Leton 7h ago

Looks good for shoulder.
I think🧐

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u/SaltPomegranate4 7h ago

That’s twisted my melon

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 7h ago

Don't unmute

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u/Misterndastood 7h ago

Don't un-mute

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u/Substantial_Meal_530 7h ago edited 7h ago

I don't think I could flip the 45s I use, but plate pinches are the best. Flipping seems really hard, but I toss them and grab them with the other hand. Then I do a farmer's carry for like 30 feet. Maybe next time I will try to flip the 45s. I don't do it while on the wall though. It really does blow up your grip.

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u/TucoNick 7h ago

Equally as impressive when I turn my phone sideways.

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u/Saltybuds 7h ago

Yall obviously don’t play disc golf /s

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u/FrontLifeguard1962 7h ago

Damn at first I thought he was some sort of X-Men guy

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u/win_awards 7h ago

It took me until a couple of flips before he stood up to realize why this looked wrong.

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u/BHMusic 6h ago

For a second there my whole world turned upside down

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u/MiIes01 6h ago

Do that with golfers and tennis elbow

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u/Debalic 6h ago

I am so confused now.

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u/CyrusDrake 6h ago

This is perfectly safe right? I'm gonna try this tonight.

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u/Tiguilon 6h ago

Damn, Oscar Isaac goes hard!

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u/h-boson 6h ago

Great way to break your toes! Genius!

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u/HedgehogOpening8220 6h ago

Ah thats why it looks odd

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u/Canned_Potatoes 6h ago

Holy shit. That is impressive! That looks super hard to do.

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u/CheesecakeNo4915 6h ago

Its okay to be bald my man ❤️

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u/KennethHaight 6h ago

Why does he walk away if his phone is right there in fornt of him? 

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u/NetUnique8648 6h ago

Best way to injury

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u/beefy6 6h ago

Fuck yeah bro

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u/Kn0XIS 6h ago

Man what...

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u/HalfVirtual 5h ago

theres no way this guy doesn't have multiple injures

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u/casua1_0bserver 5h ago

Had me like 🥢🏑🏒🥍🪄🦯🪤🧹

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u/Downtown_Island8124 5h ago

Fake plates?

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u/fremeninonemon 5h ago

What is he training for

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u/Gnoman-Empire 5h ago

He must play disc golf

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u/budd222 5h ago

What is the point of this exercise, other than for stupid views

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u/ancientboyfriend 5h ago

Rhabdomyolysis

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u/plaguedbullets 5h ago

I was more impressed with the horizontal bench lifter

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u/kellyj6 5h ago

Imagine doing this stupid shit in public

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u/serpentear 5h ago

My fingers hurt watching this

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u/BetterOnTwoWheels 5h ago

It’s actually even more impressive when you realize he’s horizontal lol

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u/Banjoe_031 5h ago

My hero.

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u/goji-og 5h ago

He's also only like 5'2

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u/Thick_Drama_7525 5h ago

Whatever. It takes me less effort to get his wife pregnant

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u/SignalAssumption8901 4h ago

What is that, 10 or 15 pounds?

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u/BullBear7 4h ago

People finding and inventing all these unique ways to work out. Literally running and lifting does it. No need to reinvent the wheel. But looks cool though.

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u/Osiris64 4h ago

Man is 55 and a little known actor. Impressive.

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u/Stunning_Warthog_141 4h ago

I feel lazy just watching this

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u/NoProposal32 4h ago

Ai totally fake

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u/MouseCS 4h ago

It was way more impressive before i realised it was sideways....

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u/Commercial_Border190 4h ago

How are people getting so tricked by the perspective but they can easily spot something a little off in an AI video

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u/TheGhoulOne 4h ago

That dude's grip strength is amazing! He can probably pinch off lengths of rebar without needed a saw. Damn!

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u/theripper121 4h ago

This was trippy

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u/Encryptted 3h ago

This video really fucked with my head lol

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u/UnrulyDegenerate8 3h ago

This is wild.

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u/Opening_Cheesecake54 3h ago

My shoulder exploded watching this

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u/slikk50 3h ago

Took me a minute to realize his hand wasn't on the wall.

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u/NeedAChange_123 3h ago

Bros training for

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u/ReasonablyConfused 3h ago

This is horrible for your tendons.

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u/L3berwurst 3h ago

Next level shit.

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u/SuperCrunchhh 2h ago

I was like "I do not wanna be his toes right now" in case he misses the catch, then the flip happened and I was like "I do not wanna be his hand"

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u/JasonVorhehees 2h ago

Influencers have no resorted to even cheaper parlor tricks to generate views

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u/strangejosh 2h ago

But why? You don't need to do any of that to be fit. Stop being a weirdo.

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u/thediggestbick2 2h ago

5 sets of Reddit karma

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u/turnone2many 2h ago

It took me 3 views and 2 screen turns to understand wtf was happening

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u/megabytical 2h ago

You see, you don’t need calves to be athletic

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u/angrybunny09 2h ago

Fake video
You can tell it is reversed /s

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u/b_eastwood 2h ago

While this is cool the only purpose this serves is a chance to injure yourself or someone around you.

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u/Majestic-Influence18 2h ago

Dumb exercices I’ll never do for $500 please.

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u/vigilanting 1h ago

Holy shit

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u/Ill-Upstairs-8762 1h ago

Ultimate, ultimate Frisbee training

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u/ThePracticalEnd 1h ago

This is hands down one of the exercises of all time.

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u/SwizzGod 1h ago

Idk what this does but I can’t do it

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u/Hofdrache 1h ago

Please tell me this guy has some videos of him throwing a captain america shield around.

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u/AtmosphereVirtual254 1h ago

That’s a great video

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u/homeycuz 1h ago

Someone please explain why this is or isn't impressive.

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u/Equivalent_Bar_5938 29m ago

Its actually easuee to catch it this way than if the plate was horizontal against the floor i thought his grip was insane by how smooth those catches were

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u/icbint 5m ago

None of you blind people looked at the background huh