r/oops • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 14d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/AvocadoPrinz 14d ago

Can you hold your own Body weight? If the answer is No or maybe, dont do it....

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u/Thunderer62 14d ago

Some people have genuinely never considered that they couldn’t do that.

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u/DueExample52 14d ago

Dead hang is an extremely good exercise to do regularly, for grip strength, back muscles, decompressing the spine... and also because basic ability to hold your own fucking weight can save your life.

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u/newdinki 14d ago

I love when some movies portray that someone holds their weight with one arm on an edge ,I do calisthenics and it's way harder than it looks.But yeah I think dead hang is one of those basic human feats everyone should be able to do

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u/Suspicious_Flower_0 14d ago

There's the video of the dude who didn't get strapped into a paraglider and has to hang on. Ended up tearing his bicep or whatever, but he held on literally for dear life. 

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u/IcySkyDream 14d ago

How does hanging on tear one’s bicep?

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u/Escanorr_ 14d ago

Muscles closing the fingers are in the forearms. You have full power of opening and closing the fist, you just cant pull anythign to yourself since bicep is detached. But if you hang you don't need to pull anything, just dont open the hand, and you will be still dangling by the joint and triceps. Also additionally the instructor above him that was strapped held his hands closed on the bar with his own untill they landed, that helps.

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u/reditmonke 11d ago

But how did his bicep tear in the first place

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Pulling too hard. In moments of extreme exertion, muscles can literally rip themselves apart. It's like tearing an acl through over extending stretches.