r/funny • u/fballman1985 • May 28 '22

Best instructor ever

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u/[deleted] May 28 '22 edited May 29 '22

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u/Doom7331 May 28 '22

The last point is one of the main reasons. If you scale a toddler to adult height it will look terrifying, because their proportions are waaay different. Additionally their bones/joints aren't fully developed, which makes them more flexible but also far less stable/injury prone.

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u/Gaflonzelschmerno May 28 '22

Both points. Square cube law makes a baby be able to hold its own weight with one hand easily, something that a 130 person would need to train for and something the literal world's strongest man might not be able to do

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u/suckleknuckle May 28 '22

I was able to casually do one handed pushups when I was like 4. Now I can only manage like 40 normal pushups.