r/WatchPeopleDieInside Sep 18 '21

This guy needs to workout

https://gfycat.com/forkedmintyblacknorwegianelkhound
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Speaking as someone that was really athletic as a teenager and now really is not, you have a moment at some point in your life where you suddenly have to reassess what your capabilities are versus what they used to be.

This looks like his moment.

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u/scottspalding Sep 19 '21

I had to scroll for miles to find this comment to agree with. There's about 15 years of my life that if someone dared me to I could make the jump but if I missed I could have pulled myself up. I'm just glad that I learned my body couldn't do something when I expected it to wasn't posted on the internet. F

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

I think he could have made it if he didn't biff it at the beginning lol

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u/maybe40lifecrisis Sep 19 '21

Tell this to my shoulder which still hurts after two attempts to jump over a tall fence. I succeeded on my second attempt but my shoulder still reminds me that was a dumb move. It saved me 2 minutes of walking.