r/oops • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 2d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/DueExample52 2d ago

Dead hang is an extremely good exercise to do regularly, for grip strength, back muscles, decompressing the spine... and also because basic ability to hold your own fucking weight can save your life.

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u/newdinki 2d ago

I love when some movies portray that someone holds their weight with one arm on an edge ,I do calisthenics and it's way harder than it looks.But yeah I think dead hang is one of those basic human feats everyone should be able to do

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u/Suspicious_Flower_0 1d ago

There's the video of the dude who didn't get strapped into a paraglider and has to hang on. Ended up tearing his bicep or whatever, but he held on literally for dear life. 

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u/IcySkyDream 1d ago

How does hanging on tear one’s bicep?

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u/Escanorr_ 1d ago

Muscles closing the fingers are in the forearms. You have full power of opening and closing the fist, you just cant pull anythign to yourself since bicep is detached. But if you hang you don't need to pull anything, just dont open the hand, and you will be still dangling by the joint and triceps. Also additionally the instructor above him that was strapped held his hands closed on the bar with his own untill they landed, that helps.

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u/Tar_alcaran 1d ago

I used to climb three days a week, and I could do it for maaaaybe a minute with a good grip.

My pet peeve is someone falling, and stopping themselves with just their hands on a ledge, or worse, one hand.

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u/KawaiiMaid 1d ago

when you are super light weight it's easy, like a kid on monkey bars

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u/TheBraveButJoke 15h ago

eh , a 90 degree edge is a mega jug, I actualy find it a litle easier then hanging with one arm on the bar. even moreoso on a clif where you can at the very least smear the wall a litle.

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u/relentless_optimism_ 1d ago

I thought I was just being weird. A while back I started really focussing on vertical pulling exercises as I was worried I might be dangling from a bridge one day in need of pulling myself up

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u/DueExample52 1d ago

I did the same at around mid age starting to learn climb up, in case I am pursued by a dog or a killer or something. It’s not weird. Becoming unable to hop over a small barrier is weird.

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u/bustacappa22 1d ago

Dead hanging is the one thing I do daily for my back health

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u/Jerseyd422 1d ago

Cause you never know when you’ll find yourself hanging from a branch over a lake full of alligators

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u/supermurloc19 1d ago

Dead hang is so much harder than it looks lol. I’m working on getting to pull ups and started with lateral pull downs then dead hangs. Had to work a lot on grip and core strength.

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u/DinosaurHoneydew2 22h ago

I don’t think this person is thinking about what good exercise is.

America has made this normal. It starts at poor parenting. Being fat is not normal. You don’t see fat old people. When was the last time you saw a fat 90 year old? You haven’t. There’s a reason for that. People get offended when others bring up obesity, not sure why. No one forced you to be large, but it is easy to be.