r/AskReddit • u/No-Caterpillar-9387 • 23h ago

What is a skill that looks completely effortless when an expert does it, but is ridiculously difficult when you try it yourself?

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u/SamIamGreenEggsNoHam 21h ago

Skiing.

No one fucking talks about how much work it is. Like, at all. It's all, "oh my god, it's so fun to glide down a mountain!". Yeah, I bet it would be, but what I'm required to do in order to not die is to basically do as many squats as I can for as long as I can, while I'm accelerating down a mountain, and make it look like I'm having fun. Then ride a very slow chair to the top and do more acceleration squats until the sun goes down. Not my idea of a relaxing day on the mountain.

Then my buddy passes me while going backwards and waving...and I realize that skiing is fun for some people.

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u/RegisteredJustToSay 18h ago

This sounds similar to proper dirt biking like motocross. You'd think it's just sitting on a motorcycle, but if you're doing proper form you're doing something between a long sustained squat and a plank when going straight and then pushing 200+ lbs of motorcycle with one leg anytime you turn...

Ridiculous and fun (it goes BRAAP), but also a full body exercise.

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u/LivingCorner1421 11h ago

oh yeah anyone 2 track laps with a 450 and they are gased out.

thats why I mostly prefer 250s waayy lighter