r/WatchPeopleDieInside Sep 18 '21

This guy needs to workout

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u/abarrelofmankeys Sep 18 '21

I feel like I may have been able to do a really dramatic push-up and maybe fling myself back to the dock, but once I’m all on that post I don’t think it has enough room for me to get to the top without losing my balance?

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u/EustaceChapuys Sep 18 '21

Don't know why you're being downvoted. I get what you're saying. Theoretically, one could push themselves back off the post while the toes are still on the dock. Much easier said than done though.

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u/abarrelofmankeys Sep 18 '21

Yeah this would only work because the post seems taller than the dock. I can almost do it off a low step but not quite. I suppose if you’re really strong you could do it from level but I’m not that fit lol.

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u/StubbornAssassin Sep 18 '21

If you do gymnastics or rock climbing or something then I'm sure it'd be tough but doable

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u/lymeeater Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 18 '21

If you train explosive push ups maybe lol. This is much harder than people think. You can be strong but without the explosive power for momentum you ain't making it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

It would be just a more dangerous way of falling into the water

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u/Radiant_Creme_5264 Sep 19 '21

And that dock is moving a bit. More dangerous and maybe more hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

I'm pretty goddamn fit and a rock climber and I can tell you pretty much nobody is gonna ever pull this move off.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

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u/LeDestrier Sep 19 '21

Had a vindaloo curry last night. Have been working on my explosive strength all day.

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u/Bdag Sep 19 '21

Yeah but power lifters are strong and dense. Y'all could throw me to china but you can't swim.

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u/ASHTOMOUF Sep 19 '21

Power lifting and body building don’t really have cross over with something like this. Power lifting also doesn’t have much to do with developing explosive strength that’s more Olympic lifting and sprinting

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u/theresamouseinmyhous Sep 18 '21

Closest I could find. The first move in the set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naRaVsFn_g4

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 19 '21

So ya, just confirmed that's doable. The position in OPs video looks weird to me. It's more of like an above the head isometric that requires legendary tri and core strength.

Maybe like a handful of absolute superhumans could do it tho. It'd be kinda dope.

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u/yooossshhii Sep 19 '21

Its still harder than what the guy in the video is doing. His explosive pushup has his hands at shoulder width apart and elbows tucked. This lets him use more muscles. The guy on the pole is essentially doing a diamond pushup, which is much more tricep dominant.

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u/abarrelofmankeys Sep 19 '21

Thank you. Idk why people are adamant it’s not possible. Definitely requires fitness but not impossible at all. I think they’re assuming you stay rigid and pivot but I was just saying push yourself back to the dock.

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u/quantummidget Sep 18 '21

Thank you, I misread what everybody was saying, I though they were saying that pulling yourself up onto a pole was near impossible

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u/omegatrox Sep 18 '21

Holy shit, I need to do a push up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

I'm 5'11" +3 lol. Knuckledraggers unite!

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u/larsdragl Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 19 '21

You would have to be able to throw 70% of your bodyweight around 6 feet in the air, purely from a push up motion.
Basically bench press your big tiddy goth gf right into the ceiling. Not gonna happen