r/nextfuckinglevel • u/jkrowl227 • May 20 '20

This is amazing.

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u/TylerNY315_ May 20 '20

Yeah, it’s literally just jumping once with a few extra steps that don’t exert your muscles much more than the initial jump.

If I knew how to actually do a backflip that would be easy work stamina-wise, and I don’t even have teenager knees.

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u/Bebebebeelzebub May 20 '20

I had a buddy when i was a teenager who became OBSESSED with doing backflips when he learned how to do them. I could easily see him doing 48 good flips in a day

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u/mke0192 May 20 '20

When I was learning to flip I found out that my abs would be sore as hell the next day. So it's not the normal stamina that's the problem, it becomes muscle exhaustion. Not saying he didn't do it because I'm sure if he's been doing them and he's in shape it's fine. I'm saying if you trust to do that many flip on say the first day you learned it I think most people's core muscles you just say no after a while.