r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nebuchadonezzar • 9h ago

This is still impressive! The moustache is mandatory.

1.2k Upvotes

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u/FeelColins 9h ago

Who goes to a show to watch this?

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u/StinkyNutzMcgee 9h ago

People who leave their house. I'm not one of them

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u/woestynmeisie 9h ago

I leave my house all the time but never to a rod bending show. Maybe I'm missing out.

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u/DerFeuerDrache 8h ago

I used to work with a guy who bent his rod. He had to go to the hospital. It was a rather serious emergency.

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u/ConnectRutabaga3925 7h ago

but did he have a mustache?

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u/DerFeuerDrache 7h ago

...I can't remember. I think he actually did.

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u/liam_redit1st 3h ago

Of course he did. Benders always do.

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u/perenniallandscapist 8h ago

Sure seems like a different experience. I'm sure the show is far more entertaining than an instructional video.

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u/revvolutions 8h ago

Respect to you.

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u/humid_pajamas 4h ago

i usually bring my house

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u/Formal_Broccoli1877 2h ago

What is this "Leaving the house" you speak of?

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u/Negran 6h ago

Lolol. What a great response.

🍻 cheers

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u/ReptileSizzlin 8h ago

So, do you think the show is just this one guy bending a steel bar, and then everyone goes home?

Circuses, vaudeville, and freak shows are all still around.

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u/redhandsblackfuture 9h ago

People pay to see this? You're telling me all these years I've been bending my rod for free

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u/Stefanthro 8h ago

It’s ok you’re just following in mommy’s footsteps

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u/pudding7 9h ago

Are we not still in the 1910s?  I assume he's got a stage right next to the Bearded Lady.

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u/No_Calendar2101 9h ago

People who like watch live rather than on social media

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u/CarlsbergCuddles 9h ago

Live in a city with a fringe festival, plenty of strong men shows. It’ll be majority women on a girls night out….

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u/MrWhiskerBiscuits 8h ago

He would most certainly be one act of a larger show containing a variety of circus-related entertainment. Ideally, there would be something for everyone.

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u/akaDozer 8h ago

People who don't consume the internet all day.

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u/jessterswan 9h ago

People with mustaches that match

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u/BreweryRabbit 6h ago

It’s the kind of act you might see at a ren faire or something of those sorts. Same goes for Jacques the Whipper.

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u/batikfins 2h ago

Next time the circus comes to your town book a ticket and go! I’ve never seen a circus show that didn’t blow me away

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u/youngdumbwoke_9111 9h ago

I definitely would

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u/Raneynickelfire 4h ago

Freaks. Freaks go to freakshows.

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u/Readyman2627 5h ago

Ah it isn’t something you’d see every day. I think I’d be interested to see it, if I was nearby. I wouldn’t be buying tickets and driving super far or anything just for this though.

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u/makemeking706 4h ago

Sounds like kink shaming to me. 

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u/MileHiSalute 3h ago

I’m starting to suspect different people enjoy different things 🤔

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u/skeezix_ofcourse 2h ago

&......now?

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u/lamerfreak 1h ago

I saw this guy do this trick a couple of years ago, at a small venue near me. I liked it.

So, me.

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u/Ok_Sock_6485 22m ago

He does sets at state fairs and festivals and the like. He’s performed at the Indiana State Fair the past two years.

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u/ShredInTheWoods 13m ago

Yeah this is only “nextfuckinglevel” weirdo.

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u/EarlnoMore 9h ago

"as easy as that"

Bro about ready to have a brain aneurism but ok

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u/Adamiak 9h ago

finally, finally found the guy that needs the "/s"

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u/Wittyngritty 9h ago

/s is for people who have a hard time picking up on tone over text. I could say you're a dumbass and you'd have no idea if I'm serious or /j

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u/Adamiak 9h ago

brother couldn't pick up on the sarcasm from the video which includes BOTH visuals AND audio, so yeah, I'd say it's fair to assume he can't pick it up from text either

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u/Wittyngritty 9h ago

So am I serious or /j

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u/JmmyTheHand 8h ago

Nobody says /j calm down child

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u/Wittyngritty 7h ago

Many people do

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u/Nizagi 45m ago

I do

/j

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 7h ago

Dude, when he breathed out during that last press... I could already see myself passing the f*** out and hitting the floor face first.

Me, mumbling on the floor:

"Ss seay s tht..."

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u/tmccart3 4h ago

You can see it looks almost like his back knee buckled a little bit at the end lol, I imagine he was seeing spots after bearing down that hard

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u/Rhorge 1h ago

World's Strongest Man got rid of bar bending just because so many people got injured from it, this shit isn't a joke

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u/SlevinLaine 4h ago

Hahahahhaha. Perfect.

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u/Xxxrasierklinge7 15m ago

Bro was laughing at his own joke and y'all still missed it 🫪

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u/me_not_at_work 9h ago

The moustache is actually optional but the bilateral orchiectomy is not.

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u/oouncolaoo 9h ago

🪩🪩

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u/Zestyclose-Ad451 8h ago

Had to look that one up. Kinda wish I didn’t.

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u/JSB-the-way-to-be 3h ago

Ok, I don’t wanna look it up but I gotta know. What is it?

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u/4P47 2h ago

It's a surgical procedure that removes both testicles

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u/make_em_say 8h ago

Oh no.

Sweet Jesus.

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u/Remarkable_Damage_62 9h ago

Finally found out how bike locks are made

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u/duggee315 9h ago

My groin snapped a hernia watching the last part

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u/Buck_Thorn 9h ago

NEVER BEND IT UP THE MIDDLE!!

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u/AtTheGates 9h ago

One of those useless things to learn that are super dangerous lol

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u/spocecowboy 9h ago

why does he need to bend steel so imperatively

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u/ChaseTheMystic 7h ago

... He does is for shows. Entertainment. He said it like 3 times

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u/maximusbawbagimus 9h ago

Hes going to pop a testicle doing that last move

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u/ImurderREALITY 7h ago

My old southern boss used to say things like that when he would lift something heavy, like “I’m bout to drop a nut lifting this thing,” or “that thing is heavy as ten motherfuckers!”

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u/Mediocritologist 8h ago

My hernia popped out to say hi just watching that.

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u/The-CunningStunt 9h ago

My toxic trait is assuming I could do this.

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u/PhilDGlass 8h ago

This man has never been constipated.

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u/FallaciousPeacock 8h ago

"It's as easy as that."

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u/Clueby42 9h ago

Can I get some of those core strength exercises, please?

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u/fsalazar23 8h ago

Like dude you're just gonna hurts yourself.

https://giphy.com/gifs/LlE3uMF20U7Ys

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u/Elegant-Country-9768 9h ago

Absolutely pointless.

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u/Dragon_Bench_Z 9h ago

Dude has a hell of a build. I see it. The lats are impressive. His upper body is not that of some no body. He lifts weights dotntlet him fool ya
1:27 or so youll see

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u/East-Adhesiveness-72 9h ago

Just watching this gave me a hernia

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u/Galaad67 8h ago

So this is how you make U locks, wow

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u/DaMangIemert 7h ago

I would go to a show where he does this in reverse. From bent to straight please.

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u/Mental_Newspaper3812 8h ago

I used to order bent steel rebar for concrete jobs. It’s much easier than this guy makes it seem.

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u/byOlaf 7h ago

Yeah rebar is not that hard to bend. I’m a fat middle aged guy and I can do this easier than muscles here.

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u/sphynxzyz 7h ago

Can attest to mandatory mustache. Finally grew one instantly became stronger.

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u/oranke_dino 7h ago

Lesson here is, if you practice something specific, you usually get good at it.

If you try something for the first time, you might struggle with the said skill.

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u/doomdas 6h ago

I think this guy did a show at the Utah State Fair recently. He was a fun to watch.

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u/Benzen0077 4h ago

This is Strongman Mike. Saw him at the Indianapolis State Fair. Very fun show.

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u/PresentAstronomer137 9h ago

balls of titanium 

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u/seilapodeser 9h ago

That's easy when you got iron nuts

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u/Downtown_Self3563 8h ago

Seriously, how old is this guy? With the beard he looks like 45, without he might be 20 years younger. Curse you handlebar.

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u/FerociousPleb 8h ago

Me next please.

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u/HeartCondom 8h ago

I was mildly amused until I saw the sub this is posted in.

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u/igg73 8h ago

I couldnt find the guy in the wedding singer that he looks like so heres george

https://giphy.com/gifs/fdhaNAZRxrz2w

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u/Paddlesons 7h ago

Well, I have another hernia now.

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u/Jokergod2000 6h ago

He has a very special set of skills lol

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u/Gbrown546 5h ago

The Freddie Mercury tribute act does steel bending now?

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u/Jerseyman2525 5h ago

I think I tore my groins just watching that last move.

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u/ordosays 4h ago

My dude is a human hassfeld bender

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u/Digi_Dingo 4h ago

I haven’t been working out specifically to bend steel and now I feel like a fucking idiot

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u/perdferguson 4h ago

Surely I was not the only one that expected to see the cameraman pan out to a big pile of bent rods as the punch line?

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u/RandomStan 3h ago

That's Mighty Mike. He's a strongman and performs for free at State Fairs.

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u/Justeff83 3h ago

Don't wanna brag but I would fucking squeeze my dick and/or my balls doing this...

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 3h ago

“Why do you go to the gym?”

‘To bend steel’

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u/Bohvey 3h ago

This should be an ad for those pants. Seriously what are they? They look nice, let you move freely, and stand up to the wear and tear of bending metal rods around your thighs and glutes. Sheesh.

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u/MeenScreen 3h ago

He's an amazing bender.

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u/njseahawk 3h ago

I think I can take this guy

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u/RadlEonk 3h ago

We gotta retire mustaches again. They were mostly eradicated for like 30 years and the world was a better place.

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u/herefromyoutube 2h ago

It’d be nice to know the gauge and type of metal to use

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u/governmentthief 2h ago

Handlebar Bob and The Taint of Steel

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u/South-Tip-4019 2h ago

Aesthetics vs bending steel.

I … I honestly am not sure if either is more practical.

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u/FuckThisShizzle 2h ago

Dont fuck with Ted Lasso.

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u/ratchet7 2h ago

I felt that in my kegels

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u/EducationalTheory344 2h ago

lmao no shit nobody wants to floss their taint with a crowbar

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u/ET_Prone_Bone 2h ago

And that’s how your bike lock was made.

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u/CauliflowerHealthy35 2h ago

I used to go to a bar with one of these guys as a regular, he would do free shows fairly often.

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u/Crazy_old_maurice_17 2h ago

"Never bend up the middle." Words to live by...

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u/Archipelag0h 2h ago

Bro who gives a fk if you can bend a bar

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u/phunkydroid 1h ago

He's going to die doing this.

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u/Mixedbysaint 1h ago

Bro, probably passed out the first time he videoed

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u/langsamlourd 1h ago

Look at these muscles, man. 285 pounds of muscle. You ever seen this much muscle on a man? https://youtu.be/o_LxDKDOIpM

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u/ElsiD4k 43m ago

Now bend it back 😅

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u/Uncle_Touchy_Feely 28m ago

The way he is built is what I have always pictured as what a man would look like at peak physical strength. Or at least what I think the best looking one is.

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u/tsimen 7m ago

A bending unit!

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u/anonymous_lighting 9h ago

there’s no risk of snapping?

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u/answerguru 8h ago

Snapping what, the steel bar? No, that’s not how it works.

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u/_HIST 7h ago

Thigh bone is what he was asking about

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u/Dependent_Title_1370 9h ago

I'm pretty sure this guy pays for advertising on Reddit for his steel bar bending company. He responds to comments on his ads too.

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u/wangyuzhi31 8h ago

I want that strong handsome man to train those moves with me

https://giphy.com/gifs/wKJSRY2OgYx2m6R4oA

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u/pacoali 7h ago

Its as easy as that,bro shit himself.

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u/Skysoldier173rd 7h ago

Is this dude a legendary ginger cholo?

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u/brocktoooon 6h ago

I can do that with just my arms

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u/Raneynickelfire 4h ago

Now do it with a piece of hardened rebar and get back to me. Hot rolled steel is soft.

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u/Apostleguts 3h ago

There’s nothing impressive about this.

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u/PBrowny 7h ago

Cool story bro. Now lets see a backsquat or deadlift

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u/_HIST 7h ago

Some gym rat got offended

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u/PBrowny 6h ago

This isnt next level. I just see feats of strenght that are way more impressive at the campus gym on a sunday evening

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u/FireStompingRhino 7h ago

This is more about pushing through being uncomfortable than strength. I love bending and forcefully deconstructing things.

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u/REDRUmALLIk 7h ago

"It's as easy as that!", he said on the verge of collapse

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u/TheForgetfulMe 5h ago

Why is he in a murder shed?

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u/Ok-Iron-4352 5h ago

Wow that's so cool. Isn't that so cool everybody? Wow

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u/somerussianbear 8h ago

I just wonder why risking breaking one of the most important bones of your body (or more than one) when it doesn’t bring you any benefit whatsoever? If you’re a life or death situation then ok, but on a normal day doing this as “a show” is such a bad risk/reward ratio.

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u/det4410 9h ago

fucking stupid

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u/im-tv 9h ago

I can’t believe it! This guy is a woman! ???

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u/FatFaceFaster 9h ago

Am I the only one not really that impressed by this? I mean he’s strong but it’s just technique and persistence.

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u/SledgeGlamour 9h ago

Yeah! And while we're at it, why do we care about the Olympics? Okay, you jumped real high, but that's only because you practiced a lot

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u/wheresolly 7h ago

Are you really comparing this fella to olympian athletes lol

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u/_HIST 7h ago

And the only reason why he isn't st Olympics is because some people decided this isn't a sport, but breakdancing is.

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u/MrWhiskerBiscuits 8h ago

You're not impressed by technique, persistence, and strength?

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u/FatFaceFaster 6h ago

It’s an extremely one dimensional, slow paced process. Most exhibitions of strength involve either increasing difficulty, time limits or competing against others.

This is just a party trick

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u/MrWhiskerBiscuits 2h ago

This literally involves increasing difficulty.

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u/FatFaceFaster 57m ago

Literally it doesn’t. It’s literally a single bar

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u/NoMakeSenseOk 9h ago

In my extended family not a single person would be able to do what that guy did.

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u/Lahk74 9h ago

Same. My family are shit at making videos as well.

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u/Double-Slowpoke 9h ago

It’s a fantastic ad though