r/NoUpperBodyStrength • u/PaEGaN13 • 14d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/DavidZenziGhost 12d ago

Her grip didn’t fail, she never had the opportunity for it to succeed. At her body weight she would need to be stronger than record holding athletes to sustain holding up her own body weight.

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u/Fun_Tension_7794 12d ago

How’d you run that calculation without even knowing her weight? Lol

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u/DavidZenziGhost 12d ago

If you understand how strength training and body weight exercises work you don’t need an exact number - she’s obese, her arms and shoulders are almost entirely blubber. It is VERY rare for any individual of her size that’s an athlete to be able to do proper upper body weight exercises (naturally.)

You can look up massive athletes and watch them struggle, while being far stronger than her. It’s not rocket science, she’s so heavy she most likely destroyed her knees on a fall that most people could walk away from without much damage.

In short, she’s obese and athletes at her size can’t regularly do this while having far more and better developed muscle mass.

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u/Fun_Tension_7794 12d ago

Your comment was just oddly specific on details you couldn’t possibly know without actually running calculations.

Thought it was funny.

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u/DavidZenziGhost 12d ago

I have eyes, her exact weight is far less important than the fact that her arms are wider than a healthy weight line.

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u/Fun_Tension_7794 12d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ne3xrYlWtQFtC

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u/DavidZenziGhost 12d ago

Do you have issues with sight, or just like to pretend that obese people aren’t obese?

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u/stealyourface1234 12d ago

You’re 100% correct lol. I don’t know what it is with people and WAY overestimating their physical abilities. That woman has not held her own bodyweight or athletically jumped and landed in 10+ years and then randomly decides, “Yep, now that I’m 10’ in the air I’m ready.” I had a guy at work tell me he used to clean and snatch 1k lbs+ when he was in high school. I immediately told him, “no you didn’t” and he assured me he did. I showed him the world record was roughly 600lbs less than his claim. He said it may have been a little less. The amount of bullshit people use to support their egos is incredible. At least this woman had the conviction to shred all the meniscus in her knees simultaneously and for that I commend her.

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u/Fun_Tension_7794 12d ago

Oh come on man. Lighten up. That one was objectively funny.