Women, amirite?

Those guys are just trying to do the strength and stamina exercises that she does, not the stunts themselves.

As far as actual gymnastic stunts go, one thing men try to do in these types of videos is the 360º on one bent leg (S.B. does it 3 times 'round, because of course she does) on the balance beam, which is ridiculous because of the difference in balance between hips and shoulders in men and women, plus general flexibility in the hip socket, which is the issue even more with the floor exercise some try to do, where the extended leg scissors around.

Those show that there are physical differences in the bones and joints that matter. But just trying to keep up with the strength & stamina exercises? Yeah, they’re showing how she’s the GOAT because that’s just pure hard work, no glitz or glamour or special training.

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This reminds me of something from the late '60s-early '70s, when professional U.S. football players swapped training exercises for a day with professional (mostly women) ballet dancers. They absolutely could not keep up. They were purposely trying to show that bigotry against non-macho activities was stupid.

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I have seen videos of male and female gymnasts trying the others’ sports, and it’s no surprise that neither is good at the others’ sport; even male gymnasts, who may have the advantage of flexibility over the two guys in the above video, had a different centre gravity and different proportions than female gymnasts. It’s like asking a baseball player to be a wrestler.

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What’s nice also, even though they are gym bros, they acknowledge Biles’ brutal training regime and give her mad props. At no time do they say; “Oh, this will be a cake-walk; if a girl can do it, I can do it better”

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Apologies for the derail, have to mention: a friend saw a video where professional athletes tried to keep up with a toddler playing. The room and toys were rescaled: furniture was scaled up in proportion to leg length, toys were resized in proportion to arm length, and weighted to match the same fraction of body weight. The play session lasted an hour. After 20 minutes, the professional athletes were throwing up from over-exertion.

Ok, back to the thread! Thanks!

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“Toddlers, amirite?”

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I would totally watch that movie in the theater, then buy the DVD.

From Wikipedia:

The Oversteegens and Schaft also killed German soldiers, with Freddie being the first of the girls to kill a soldier by shooting him while riding her bicycle.[1][5] They also lured soldiers to the woods under the pretense of a romantic overture and then killed them.[1][5] Oversteegen would approach the soldiers in taverns and bars and ask them to “go for a stroll” in the forest.[

She and her friends were the OG badass Nazi killers.

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I follow a YouTube channel which has all these amazing exploits of women. Many are people you know, but a lot of women in WW2 I’d never heard of you did the most badass resistance shit ever.

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Actually, women who are pregnant or likely to become pregnant are more attracted to Dad material, not caveman material.

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Oh fuck you Adam Schwarze.

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Because every woman wants to take care of a child that will never grow up. :roll_eyes:

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Misogyny, pronatalist, toxic masculinity, hitting the high fascist notes. Yup, right in there with GQP regulars.

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The real reason is that cavemen are simply not very good providers for women on birth control. It’s true that they are excellent at foraging for roots and small animals, but it’s still difficult for them to collect appropriate medicinal herbs year round. So even if you were one of the handful of women into illiterate guys who sew their clothes with deer bones it simply isn’t practical.

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Wasn’t sure where to drop this, but the story sounds amazing. Will be watching this one.

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Whereas Bill Mitchell is the former President of the now-defunct Well Actually…

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And Bill Mitchell’s first post a verb.

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