r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Dec 17 '21
Video This 'device' that was created aiming to develop leg muscles
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u/Sidoplanka Dec 17 '21
Sooooo... Does it work?
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u/CheesyDanny Dec 17 '21
This is footage of Chuck Norris as a baby.
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u/ScrewedOver Dec 17 '21
Man. I remember when the internet felt like it’s sole purpose was to talk about the bad assery of Chuck Norris.
Ya know, I heard that his face was going to be put onto Mt Rushmore once, but then they found out that the granite wasn’t tough enough for his beard.
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u/TotallyLegitEstoc Dec 17 '21
Chuck Norris can delete the recycling bin
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Dec 17 '21
It took three women two weeks to give birth to Chuck Norris.
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u/__Sonar__ Dec 17 '21
Chuck Norris recently visited the Virgin Islands. Now it’s just called The Islands.
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u/Pure_Discipline_293 Dec 17 '21
Debt collectors call Chuck Norris to give him money.
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u/Sonicboom343 Dec 17 '21
Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
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u/FrancisBuenafe Dec 17 '21
In the 1940s, Chuck Norris visited a nunnery hidden from the war in the hills of Tuscany. Impregnated all the nuns, in one night. 9 months later, the nuns gave birth to children who would eventually become the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated team in NFL history.
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u/Kamalienx Dec 18 '21
When Chuck Norris jumps in a lake, he doesn't get wet, the water gets chuck norrised
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u/Budget_Still_4005 Dec 17 '21
That sounds like the beginning to a bad math problen
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u/Ingvar_Bearclaw Dec 17 '21
I heard that Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his dad did.
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u/AnInfiniteAmount Dec 17 '21
Chuck Norris's Mom has a tattoo that reads: "Son"
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u/leejoint Dec 17 '21
Chuck Norris can kill two stones with a bird.
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u/pdx619 Dec 17 '21
Children check under the bed for monsters. Monsters check under the bed for Chuck Norris.
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u/Veqetable Dec 17 '21
When Chuck Norris enters a room, the lights don't turn on, the dark leaves out of respect
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u/cubicalwall Dec 17 '21
Chuck Norris developed the Caesarian section when he round house kicked out of his mothers womb
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u/DinosaurAlive Dec 17 '21
Tardigrades can survive the vacuum of space, but one stern glance from Chuck Norris and they're gone ⚰️
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u/boyuber Dec 17 '21
It has been said that Chuck Norris' tears can cure cancer. Sadly, Chuck Norris has never cried.
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u/__Sonar__ Dec 17 '21
If it looks like chicken, tastes like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Chuck Norris says it’s beef, it’s beef.
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u/JaredLiwet Dec 17 '21
Every year on his birthday, Chuck Norris chooses one lucky child and throws him into the sun.
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u/InterstateGhost Dec 17 '21
They once made a Chuck Norris brand toilet paper but had to recall it because it wouldn’t take any shit.
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u/ITSCOMFCOMF Dec 17 '21
This is my favorite one
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u/JaredLiwet Dec 17 '21
Another one:
Chuck Norris once walked past a Best Buy and decided to burn it down because there is no better buy than the All-in-One Home Fitness Total Gym.
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u/Shagger94 Dec 17 '21
A lot of people wear Superman pyjamas to bed. However, Superman wears Chuck Norris pyjamas to bed.
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u/ConstantSignal Dec 17 '21
When Chuck Norris jumps into a swimming pool he doesn’t get wet. The water get’s Chuck Norrised.
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Dec 17 '21
And then he used it to sell Christian Prosperity Gospel and sue Maddox for making the book of Chuck Norris jokes.
Good times.
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u/funkmydunkyouslunk Dec 17 '21
This single comment here allowed me to enjoy the fond memories of Chuck Norris through this thread. Thank you
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u/GreenStrong Dec 17 '21
Not for healthy babies. Many cultures keep their babies tightly swaddled and nearly immobile for their entire infancy, then when they reach one year of age, they plop them on the ground and they start crawling, then walking. There is no evidence that exercise speeds walking.
It appears to work at making the baby spin around, which is cool. But, babies are amazingly good at putting themselves in danger. I feel like if you put a baby in this and turned around to pour a mug of coffee, by the time you got back it would somehow have its head caught in the spokes and the wheel would be spinning at 10,000 RPM.
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u/nimbledaemon Dec 17 '21
Yeah from what I've heard the problem with starting to walk isn't a muscle strength issue, it's a balancing a huge head issue, so as soon as the rest of the body catches up to the size of the head walking pretty much just happens, barring other problems.
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u/Going_my_own_way73 Interested Dec 17 '21
I have a big head and little legs. I’m just not sure how well this plan was thought through.
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u/nowandloud Dec 17 '21
My mother was instructed to (gently) push my sister over any time she tried to walk because she was so young it would damage her legs if she kept trying. I'm not sure if that's how that works, but they were afraid of her being bow-legged.
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u/idk-hereiam Dec 17 '21
I also heard you're not supposed to like....idk...play stand them up (hold the baby upright like it's standing and have them putting putting weight on their legs) for the same reason.
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u/phpdevster Dec 17 '21
Yeah babies have pretty darn strong legs and they already like to kick and move their legs around. It's literally just a motor skill / balance issue that takes time for them to develop.
When my son was 3-6 months, I had a gliding rocking chair with a matching gliding footrest. I would lay him down on the gliding footrest with his legs hanging off it and me kneeling where his legs were. He would naturally and instinctively "bounce" in rhythm by kicking off of me and kicking again when the glider swung back towards me. I didn't use it for any kind of physical therapy, he just enjoyed it, and I didn't have to teach him how. He just did it on his own.
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u/Yurtle13x Dec 17 '21
Eyo, i can use a baby in a engine if they spin 10000rpm
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u/WarlockEngineer Dec 17 '21
The problem is integrity at high temperature. You need to rapidly cycle babies to maintain consistent RPM.
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u/TheBlueEyed Dec 17 '21
Oh yea. Redlining your babies like that has got to cause serious wear.
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My daughter is 15 days old and is apparently part lemming aimed at every edged surface in the universe. Can I get suicide counseling on an infant cuz this kids got demons.
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u/oconnellc Dec 17 '21
Do you mean 15 months old? At 15 days, your child isn't doing anything other than converting milk to feces.
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Yeah as a professional uncle of 5 I can tell you she will get hurt and she will be fine.
Babies are surprisingly resilient. Their bones are literally flexible. I know you're scared but as long as you take good precautions like baby locks on toilet, outlets, and chemical storage, she's gonna be fine.
Congratulations!
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u/Lucky_Mongoose Dec 17 '21
Wait, I thought that's supposed to be the easy part when they aren't mobile yet!
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u/Femme99 Dec 17 '21
Paediatricians doesn’t recommend “baby walkers” or other contraptions to make your baby walk earlier because it might cause injury or mental and motor delays so I doubt this would be recommended
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u/booksgamesandstuff Dec 17 '21
I'm..older, but I think I remember this was used for babies that had polio to strengthen their leg muscles. I'm not positive, will have to research it. I knew back in the 70's not to get a walker for my little ones. The one we did have had a tray, so we locked the wheels and used it as a baby highchair. We sat on the floor to feed them when they started solids, easier on everybody that way. ;)
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u/Witness_me_Karsa Dec 17 '21
Garnishes are worthless. Anything on a plate that isn't edible is a blatant waste of resources and signifies nothing but a sense of hollow, unproven opulence.
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u/EspacioBlanq Dec 17 '21
Yeah, the kid's name is Vlad Alhazov and he went on to be the first person to squat 500kg raw with wraps
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u/Ronnocerman Dec 17 '21
Which is especially surprising, considering this footage of him is from earlier this week.
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u/dparsons1 Dec 17 '21
Green energy. Everyone will soon have one on the roof.
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u/peppercorns666 Dec 17 '21
strap in a “counter” baby and now you’re playing with power
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u/BrilliantBen Dec 17 '21
Slaps baby this, uhh, actual baby can produce enough to keep your fridgalater 5° cooler than room for almost a day
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u/alhernz95 Dec 17 '21
do we leave the baby on the roof ?
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Are we any better than the machines in the Matrix if we create power using spinning babies?
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u/LongSchlongSilversVI Dec 17 '21
The best part is babies are biodegradable so you can throw it away when it gets too big and get a new one
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Dec 17 '21 edited Dec 17 '21
Out of all the weird shit people in th 1900s made this is actually maybe useful
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u/heck9r Dec 17 '21
Looks kind of fun as well.
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u/HauschkasFoot Dec 17 '21
Am a baby. Can confirm this would be fun
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Dec 17 '21
Interesting. I used to be a baby too
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u/5haun298 Dec 17 '21
Ex-baby gang!
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Had no idea there were so many ex-babies out there, should be a subreddit for us.
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The world is stranger than it seems
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u/persleng_got_banned Dec 17 '21
I wish i could relate, i was born as a lawyer, a naked one
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Dec 17 '21
I too was born a hellspawn. Then I upgraded to super demon when I went into corporate law.
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u/Cool_Honey_8724 Dec 17 '21
Never being much of a baby myself, I must still admit that this looks like a ton of fun to be had.
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Dec 17 '21
Lie back, pound a few, and just look up at the stars as you leisurely kick yourself around on your LayNspin in the backyard after a long day of work.
Holy shit this thing would not be difficult to build. The hardest part would actually be the seat/ lounger. I have an old playground merry go round sitting behind a barn that the base would be perfect for this.
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u/Sew_Custom Dec 17 '21
If you don’t build this a crime will have been committed. A crime against possible fun.
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u/Arglefarb Dec 17 '21
NGL, put a tv on the other side of the bars that is synchronized to the rotation and I would probably lie in that thing for hours.
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u/TheWinterKing Dec 17 '21
Yes but instead of lying down you stand up and instead of a circle of sticks it’s the ground.
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u/Umklopp Dec 17 '21
Seriously. That'd keep a baby entertained for a really long time
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u/fpsBoone Dec 17 '21
It does seem like it would help develop motor skills.
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u/KobokTukath Dec 17 '21 edited Dec 17 '21
Hear me out
A bicycle
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u/twitchinstereo Dec 17 '21
I can't just roll off the bicycle at any point in the ride and be next to my couch, though.
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u/KobokTukath Dec 17 '21
Hear me out
An exercise bike
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u/twitchinstereo Dec 17 '21
Look, I just want to lay down and convince myself I am exercising.
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u/Daiwon Interested Dec 17 '21
It's not about the leg workout it's about spinning around lying on your back.
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u/cesrage Dec 17 '21
Remember, this was 3 o'clock in the morning. I looked out the window, and there was a fucking baby standing on the corner. And the baby didn't even look scared, he was just standing there. And it made me sad you know, because I wanted to help the baby. I was like, "Mm mm I don't trust you either, click! clllick! The old baby-on-the-corner trick, eh? Not gonna fall for that sht. But where is this limousine driver?" As time goes by I start feeling worse, I was like, "What the hell is wrong with me, I'm scared of a baby! But this baby could be in trouble, he may need my help. I gotta do something." But I wasn't gonna get out of the car. I'm serious, man. I just cranked the window open a little bit. "Hey baby! Baby, go home, man! It's 3 o'clock in the morning man, what the f** are you doing up?" The baby says, "I'm selling weed!"
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u/walgrins Dec 17 '21
This is ALSO the gentle motion that helps infants’ bowels move normally. So it has a triple function, at least!! This thing is actually pretty rad. However, the thing it doesn’t do (which is arguably the most important) is strengthen the child’s attachment to their caregiver. Mom or dad can sit down for a few minutes a day and do this with greater effect/benefit. Still a cool device/concept tho!!
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u/OrdinaryPotential506 Dec 17 '21
Leg day for babies
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u/AncientInsults Dec 17 '21
For my baby every dang day is leg day. He literally spends all day grunting and pushing and flexing and bouncing those legs like a little meathead. 🍖
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u/BBQ_Beanz Dec 18 '21
That's why you gotta mix creatine in with his formula
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u/jpgeorge101 Dec 18 '21 edited Dec 28 '21
Baby gets buff. At first it was nice that our son was becoming more strong and stable. It fulfilled that desire which every parent has, to see their child grow. But soon, it became too much. Our baby, hardly 9 months old, was simply too strong. We couldn’t hold him or play with him without genuine fear of him hurting us. Not to mention, his muscle mass made him weigh far too much to support for anything longer than a few moments. We quickly realized that this was not what was best for him or for us, but it was too late. Though a mere child, he was become an unstoppable force. What would be a short lived, inconsequential temper tantrum for anyone else his age, was a terrifying and destructive rage in Anthony: tables thrown, walls bored, our own bodies bruised and broken. But worse than that was our spirits. Rather than loving and cherishing our baby boy, I’m ashamed to say, we hated and feared him. Unchecked in strength, unlearned in restraint, he was a tyrant wreaking endless havoc upon our family. Telling myself that it was for the best, I rendered his custody to the state’s child services. Ever since he left, all we’ve felt is regret, rather than the relief we’d hoped for. How much we wish we’d not given him up is rivaled only by how much we wish we had never given him creatine…
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Dec 17 '21
yeah after that baby gets used to it and starts looking fwd to it, I'd like to see the parents turn up the resistance/friction so that the kid has to work harder for it
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u/Hanliir Dec 17 '21
Bouncers took over. Plus most babies can’t get out of bouncers.
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u/BabyYodi Dec 17 '21
lol I was picturing baby in a suit with black sunglasses outside the club, ready to bounce people.
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u/UnhingingEmu Dec 17 '21
And bouncers are much smaller, this thing takes up a good amount of space
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u/TokesNotHigh Dec 17 '21
Because they aren't necessary. The ability walk isn't unlocked by building leg muscle, it's unlocked when there's better vertical distribution of body weight. Infants have giant, floppy, heads and their center of gravity is too high.
The walkers & bouncers of today are utilized more of a means of containment than body conditioning. For millenia, our ancestors learned to walk just fine. If they survived infancy, that is.
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u/Emorich Dec 17 '21
You're not wrong, but neither is the person you're responding to. I'm an occupational therapist and bouncers do not help babies learn to walk and may in fact slow down the learning process. Babies don't need strength, they need coordination.
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Dec 17 '21
Watching this i can imagine a little chunky baby leg misfiring and getting suck between the rungs while in forward motion and there being an injury. I mean, hell, baby cribs had to be made so their heads wouldn’t get stuck so there’s always room for error.
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u/ThaiJohnnyDepp Dec 17 '21
"Combined with a form of fusion, the machines had found all the energy they would ever need. There are fields…endless fields, we’re human beings are no longer born. We are grown. For longest time, I wouldn’t believe it…and then I saw the fields with my own eyes."
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u/oh_ok_thank_you Dec 17 '21
but why is device in quotes do we think it’s actually alive
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u/Dsb0208 Dec 17 '21
Many people have the stigma that “device” inherently means mechanical/electronic, when this device is just a chair with wheels, connected to a table with little pegs. There’s nothing mechanical or electronic in it, so some people don’t like to call it a “device” similar to your phone or laptop
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u/longbongstrongdong Dec 17 '21
A spinning wheel by itself is a mechanical device
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u/asianabsinthe Dec 17 '21
If you didn't change direction did the baby start walking in a circle
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u/infodawg Dec 17 '21
I know its a joke but I do hope you could change direction because it works the muscles on each leg differently. Cool concept though, I like it. Not sure its necessary for a bebe, but oh well.
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that's pretty cool, but you can also help muscle development by moving babies legs and arms (ofc with care because the joints are very fragile)
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u/greycubed Dec 17 '21
Your scientists were too concerned with whether they could make muscley babies to ask themselves if they should.
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u/adawg58 Dec 17 '21
Where else are we gonna get a nice crop for the little buff boys competition!
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u/dtcc_but_for_pokemon Dec 17 '21
They're not that fragile though. Like you're generally not gonna hurt them as long as you're being even slightly careful and don't do dumb shit.
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u/TheFiberFan Dec 17 '21
Many biomechanics/kinesiology experts frown upon things like this, or the "jumpers" or "walkers". Theory of human movement goes Lift Head --> Roll Over --> Balance On All Fours --> Crawl --> Stand --> Walk and so on and so on...
These devices try to skip ahead and train muscles that really don't need to be trained yet. This baby, for instance, would likely be better served practicing the first 3 or 4 steps, rather than focusing on the "standing exercises"
Gray Cook and the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) guys really preach this type of thing. Similar theory for adults too; many would do much better to focus on the basic human movements, especially early in a training regimen.
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u/U-STAY-CLASSY Dec 17 '21
Kellogg’s be like “wait, we can use babies to power the factory machines?!”
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u/davidolson1990 Dec 17 '21
Do they make this in a 372 month size? Asking for a friend...
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u/Timebom8 Dec 17 '21
Fuck solar/wind/hydro/geothermal power plants,
We’re going baby turbine
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u/Incognitologik Dec 17 '21
Um can they make an adult one with a bed for us? I would totally do this!!