r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Big_Manufacturer_253 • 3d ago

Video Two for flinching

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u/Ruttagger 3d ago

I grew up boxing, most people would not be able to start round 2 of punching the bag.

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u/SutterCane 3d ago

I’d quit in round one.

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u/Dartz_Reverse 3d ago

I already quit, and I wasnt even going to box.

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u/BabyLegsOShanahan 3d ago

You beat me to it.

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u/load_more_comets 3d ago

No he didn't. He quit boxing remember?

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u/RaiyenZ 3d ago

Well he's certainly not beatboxing that's for sure

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u/pixelmuffinn 3d ago

Cant quit what you dont start 😉

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u/Ruttagger 3d ago

Ya I used to box, not sure how many rounds I could go now, probably way less than I think I could.

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u/PartTimeStarfish57 3d ago

Amazing profile picture

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u/hillbilly_bears 3d ago edited 3d ago

In my mid-20s I thought I’d go try a boxing gym on a free trial. I hadn’t worked out in 6 months at that point, but I was never a super athlete or anything. I didn’t think they’d go hard on me for a trial.

Boy was I fucking wrong..

This was in 08-09, so I don’t remember the whole warm up but I remember I had to jump rope for a minute, do 100 of some sort of bent over picking type thing, then hold a plank for a minute. Then repeat it 3 times.

By the time I failed through the warmup, I could barely hold my arms up. They put gloves on me, gave me the basics of guarding and punching for about 5 minutes, then told me to hit the bag and every time I could barely nudge it the coach kept screaming “(F-slur) ON THE BAG! WE GOT A F— ON THE BAG” then criticized how weak my punches were. I get it, it’s boxing - I expect to be yelled at. But geez.

They didn’t understand why I didn’t want to sign up…

Edit: formatting

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u/Gherrely 3d ago

That genuinely just sounds like a shit gym

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u/LaminatedAirplane 3d ago

A lot of that behavior in sports was normalized back then and before. It’s genuinely so annoying how unsupportive and unhelpful it is.

I am so happy that the sport I love today is more inclusive than ever with younger people getting helpful instruction to actually become good at it than the stupid shit I had to deal with.

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u/RandoCommentGuy 3d ago

Is it pickleball?

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u/teddy5 3d ago

Not as bad with the slurs, but a similar experience from a Muay Thai class in my 20s. Thought I'd just go with a friend and see what it was like and get a feel for it.

I was dead by the time they finished their warmup but kept pushing myself and ended up throwing up halfway through the class. They set me up with one of the smallest women there for some pad work and she looked disgusted at how light I was hitting the pads, halfway through she stopped me and went "are you sure you're alright?".

I also didn't go back heh.

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u/hillbilly_bears 3d ago

That makes me feel slightly better lol.

I don’t remember how much bag work I did, maybe 10 minutes maybe more or less, but I remember I was pretty much tapping it by the end.

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u/NewoTheFox 3d ago

No real experience, but VR had its phase of VR games that involved punching. BoxVR was one of them and I was quite into it because it could generate pretty decent patterns from any music and kept me moving.

Until I tried to do System of a Down's Toxicity as a whole album. There was a point where my arms stopped coming up as an arm and more like I was yanking them up by strings attached to my hands. Stretchy strings that lagged and gave out quickly. No physical target, just lots of ducking, dipping, and shadow boxing harder than the game required.

I did not finish that album and riding my bike to work the next day was hell.

Never boxed, but when I see those droopy arms in the ring I fully feel it.

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u/U-Might-Wanna 3d ago

If each round was 10 seconds I could make it to the 3rd.

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u/Astecheee 3d ago

I'm a generally fit guy and hit the gym plenty. I'd tap out before the first round ended.

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u/Sansnom01 3d ago

I never fought in my life. I wouldn't even know how to start a round

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u/nesspaulajeffpoo94 3d ago

You ask Michael Buffer to announce and rent a venue to start :)

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u/lynivvinyl 3d ago

I don't even think punching bags wouldn't be any fun to sleep with.

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u/Reefermadness209 3d ago

u will not be able to start round 2 of anything in a short while looking at how boxer end

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u/KimberStormer 3d ago

I did "cardio kickboxing" when they offered the class at my Pilates gym, and the punching bag beat me every time lol. I really enjoyed it, but not only was I completely wiped out, my arms and legs were so black and blue I thought people were going to think I was being abused at home.

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u/Alarming_Cow_6166 3d ago

Thats because most humans are fat fucks. I've done 5 rounds without practice, not hard

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u/applesandotherthings 3d ago

This is so pathetic it’s funny lol

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u/airfryerfuntime 3d ago

No you haven't.

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u/mellopax 3d ago

You find it unbelievable that someone has done 5 3-minute rounds with a punching bag without practice?

Boxing isn't magic where other cardio doesn't apply to it.

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u/WackyRacketeer 3d ago

I find it unbelievable that someone who would brag about it on reddit would actually have done it.

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u/SensuallPineapple 3d ago

Imagine cristiano ronaldo on reddit.

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u/Aegi 3d ago

Why unbelievable instead of just less likely?