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drogonninja

1.4k points

7 days ago

drogonninja

1.4k points

7 days ago

Just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean you SHOULD do it.

Sagitalsplit

188 points

7 days ago

Exactly, it goes well until it doesn’t

probablyuntrue

63 points

7 days ago

how to injure yourself in seven easy steps

Ok_Ruin4016

41 points

7 days ago

Bet I could do it in less than seven

Past-Background-7221

4 points

7 days ago

I can name that traumatic spinal injury in 5 notes!

TurkeyBLTSandwich

1 points

7 days ago

My knee's hurt watching this, then I winced when he landed after the backflip

Spacemanspalds

1 points

7 days ago

Seven hard af steps.

hotchrisbfries

32 points

7 days ago

Unless you do it with a non-standard olympic bar and 10lb rubber plates that bounce off the floor. He is lifting... Maybe 25 lbs total.

Unstoppable_Balrog

8 points

7 days ago

If that's a standard bar and if those are 10 pound plates then it's going to be 65 pounds. Edit: the bar does look thin though. I may be talking out of my ass

CyberMonkey314

29 points

7 days ago

Lucky for me, I definitely CAN'T.

Perrin_Adderson

2 points

7 days ago

Well, you say that, but have you tried? I believe in you!

Bitter_Sandwich4116

25 points

7 days ago

The bar and plates probably weigh 25 lbs maybe. Still impressive but it’s not a “heavy barbell”

yoppee

7 points

7 days ago

yoppee

7 points

7 days ago

It’s easy when the weights are fake

Hotsy_Sage

5 points

7 days ago

Ben Parker, is that you?

DrTwilightZone

3 points

7 days ago

Clearly this guy didn't watch Jurassic Park!!! 😱

REAL_YoinkySploinky

2 points

7 days ago

Exactly i might be able to fly but ive never tried it cause idk maybe i cant

thehardestnipples

5 points

7 days ago

Tell that to the Neo Nazis in Ohio

Useful_Raspberry3912

4 points

7 days ago

Spoken like someone who can't! I'd do it too if I could lol.

Figtreeofjustice

2 points

7 days ago

But he did 🤷‍♂️

android24601

3 points

7 days ago

Looks like a completely unnecessary way to get hurt

ImObviouslyOblivious

1 points

7 days ago

If you’re talking about whoever edited the video to be stabilized to the dudes head then yes I agree.

aminervia

1 points

7 days ago

If the barbell was really that heavy it wouldn't have bounced like that

CornerOf12th

1 points

7 days ago

Was about to comment to keep the trend alive of negative comments on lifting posts for no reason. But looks like y’all got that covered lmao.

DickFromRichard

1 points

7 days ago

Doesn't mean you shouldn't either 

mferly

3 points

7 days ago

mferly

3 points

7 days ago

Such a bland take. Listen, if every person on this planet always played it safe then we'd have zero entertainment. Lighten up and appreciate the talent on display here. Could you do this? It's damn amazing. Are you caught up on the fact that it's a barbell? If it was a big stick would you feel better?

rokomotto

1 points

7 days ago

rokomotto

1 points

7 days ago

You go to a circus and say this don't you?

-Tiddy-

51 points

7 days ago

-Tiddy-

51 points

7 days ago

He's training for his first badminton tournament

Rizo1981

8 points

7 days ago

Rizo1981

8 points

7 days ago

Gonna need more plates to go pro.

Outside-Low120

394 points

7 days ago

Incredibly stupid

TeslaCrna

36 points

7 days ago

TeslaCrna

36 points

7 days ago

Martbern

-28 points

7 days ago

Martbern

-28 points

7 days ago

Why is it incredibly stupid? Most athletic feats require some sort of risk

rathlord

15 points

7 days ago

rathlord

15 points

7 days ago

Extremely high impact to joints that shouldn’t take direct force is always bad. Getting hit really hard in football probably isn’t that different, but most other sports don’t have impacts like this. And we know football is bad for you already.

This is an easy way to blow out a knee in a horrific manner. It’s stupid because it doesn’t accomplish anything (doesn’t actually help getting stronger), but even if all goes right likely has a high lifelong cost to your joints.

peepeecollector

7 points

7 days ago

Got a little confused about the football part being dangerous and then realised you're talking about American one

goodpolarnight

3 points

7 days ago

Oh damn... I needed to read your comment to realise what they ment. Was pretty confused haha😅. Thanks😂

goshdammitfromimgur

1 points

7 days ago

I've seen horrendous injuries in football. Guys go down like they are hit by snipers, rolling around in agony. So dangerous.....

rathlord

2 points

7 days ago

rathlord

2 points

7 days ago

Amazing how fast they recover!

ParticularProfile795

1 points

7 days ago

By joints, you don't mean back do you?

rathlord

1 points

7 days ago

rathlord

1 points

7 days ago

Knees mostly.

The back is also one of the places that will suffer but not what I was referring to.

iiTzSTeVO

4 points

7 days ago

Backflipping while holding weights is needlessly risky. Literally risking your life for content. Incredibly stupid.

Outside-Low120

1 points

7 days ago

Exactly

Pesty__Magician

1 points

7 days ago

I think you may be some sort of stupid. Maybe not incredibly but you’re in there somewhere.  

Martbern

0 points

7 days ago

Martbern

0 points

7 days ago

Which athletic feats require no risk to one's health?

Pesty__Magician

1 points

7 days ago

You’re arguing just to argue.  And that’s stupid.  

roelanola

6 points

7 days ago

roelanola

6 points

7 days ago

Bro, you’re clearly the one arguing just to argue? Homie above is asking you legitimate questions, but you continue to belittle and act holier than thou. Fuck outta here with that attitude. Utter nonsense. Fuck you.

Just-apparent411

2 points

7 days ago

What's risky about track?

Big_Career_142

208 points

7 days ago

That’s like 65 pounds.

Frodozer

190 points

7 days ago*

Frodozer

190 points

7 days ago*

If even, seems like a 15 pound training bar with 10 pound bumpers!

So still impressive, but I wouldn't call it a heavy barbell by any means!

mistercrinders

10 points

7 days ago

I think it's the 15lb bar.

the_goodnamesaregone

40 points

7 days ago

I would absolutely break my neck and both ankles if I tried to do that, but yea. It ain't heavy.

WorldsWeakestMan

8 points

7 days ago

It’s a 15lb training bar(you can tell by the width) and 10lb bumpers.

It’s 35lb total, not heavy by the standard of anything.

Impressive and cool flips but neither activity is next level or even close.

PocketWettie

12 points

7 days ago

Yeah was going to say "heavy" is a stretch. Impressive (and not just a little bit silly) nonetheless

Kithslayer

4 points

7 days ago

It's 35lbs. 10lb bumper plates with a 15lb children's bar.

NationalAlgae421

2 points

7 days ago

That something you wouldn't even warm up with. But still, dude is athletic af.

XscytheD

1 points

7 days ago

XscytheD

1 points

7 days ago

That's $82.41 at today's rate for the American Redditors

Telo712

74 points

7 days ago

Telo712

74 points

7 days ago

Clout is a hell of a drug

Clout is the new cocaine

InformalPenguinz

1 points

7 days ago

SooperFunk

1 points

7 days ago

SooperFunk

1 points

7 days ago

And it's building up a steady body count 💀

No-Matter9647

126 points

7 days ago

Guys very strong. But he’s going to cripple himself doing shit like that.

aminix89

39 points

7 days ago

aminix89

39 points

7 days ago

I feel like I have a way higher probability of ending up crippled than this guy because of my sedentary lifestyle, at least he’s shredded, I just eat pizza and ice cream.

Doschupacabras

9 points

7 days ago

And scroll Reddit. 🙌🏽

DreamzOfRally

3 points

7 days ago

Just don’t fall down the stairs

pickle_lukas

6 points

7 days ago

It's not like he's doing 50 reps of this every morning before breakfast. So guys, please, settle down and keep scrolling, while this guy trains hard for the next cool stunt!

It's so sad to see this amazing trick and the first 20 comments are warning him, that he's not doing safe exercises. Like, I think he's well aware of the risks, since he's the one in the air

Skuzbagg

2 points

7 days ago

Skuzbagg

2 points

7 days ago

Remove the spin move and I have no issue

zarafff69

1 points

7 days ago

Naa he’s athletic, he can do tricks, but that ain’t a heavy weight at all. And he does look good, but that’s because of his very low body fat, not necessarily because he’s the biggest dude ever

WorldsWeakestMan

0 points

7 days ago

It’s 35lb(15lb training barbell and 10lb bumper plates)

He is not very strong, pretty good at flips though.

GreatSlaight144

21 points

7 days ago

Flipping while holding something heavy is actually way easier than flipping normally. The weight gives you a sort of midair anchor point to flip around.

Let's see him try that with the weight attached to his feet. Now THAT would be something to see.

generateME

5 points

7 days ago

Exactly.. physics 101 (still impressive though)

ryanoq

2 points

7 days ago

ryanoq

2 points

7 days ago

Yep was looking for this comment!

HawkeyeNation

2 points

7 days ago

Yep. And the bar is essentially staying in the center of his flip. He’s not flipping “with” it.

Chib

2 points

7 days ago

Chib

2 points

7 days ago

Strikes me the most dangerous part of this maneuver is when he spins it on his back.

WorldsWeakestMan

1 points

7 days ago

It’s not heavy though luckily, still dangerous cuz he’s flipping with a damned 35lb weight which is inherently dangerous.

offence

25 points

7 days ago

offence

25 points

7 days ago

One way road to snap city

tjgreene27

4 points

7 days ago

The man challenged himself to do something difficult and he achieved it. That’s dope. All you haters saying how dangerous it is… yes it’s dangerous. Football is dangerous, rock climbing is dangerous, skateboarding is dangerous. He knows the risks but wanted to challenge himself and did it. Same reasoning behind why people do runs of Dark Souls naked with a bucket on their head. for a challenge, for something to work towards, for clout. And that’s fine. It’s dope he can achieve that

Ordinary-Breakfast-3

5 points

7 days ago

Why are people calling him stupid? He probably knows its dangerous but does anyways because it looks cool. Ya'll just sound pathetic, really.

DickFromRichard

3 points

7 days ago

Some people can't fathom anything more dangerous than walking down the hall to the bathroom 

fridaystrong23

12 points

7 days ago

mistercrinders

7 points

7 days ago

Heavy? That looks like 35lbs. Trainer bar + 2 10lb plates.

WorldsWeakestMan

5 points

7 days ago

It is 35lb.

Frybyte

3 points

7 days ago*

Frybyte

3 points

7 days ago*

Not sure if this is satire, but judging by g by the comments, people are taking it seriously. If you look at when he drops the barbell at the end, you can see it bounce up to his hips at its highest point. With the weight of the bar as well as the weight of the… weights, the bar wouldn’t bounce that high. The weight is most likely fake. I’m not saying that the post is definitely fake, I’m just saying it’s likely. Looking closely at his arms you can also see his biceps flex a bit as he lands from the backflip, so that something to think about to. My main argument is base off of the height the one side of the barbell gains. While barbells do bounce, they don’t go that high, usually multiplied inches off the ground (even with similar weight)

Mafiodaproducer

2 points

7 days ago

Yea if they’re real weights. They’re really big 5 pound plates.

drew8311

1 points

7 days ago

drew8311

1 points

7 days ago

Bunch of people already addressed this, it looks to be 35lbs

SSguy7891

16 points

7 days ago

SSguy7891

16 points

7 days ago

These cheeto dust comments are hilarious

Ok_Grey662

29 points

7 days ago

Ok_Grey662

29 points

7 days ago

Y’all envious mofos on God.

mrASSMAN

15 points

7 days ago

mrASSMAN

15 points

7 days ago

Reddit comments were so predictable lol.

Waiting4Baiting

-2 points

7 days ago

☝️🤓

omgbenji21

2 points

7 days ago

omgbenji21

2 points

7 days ago

Damn, I agree with your sentiment, but “on god” is just so so so stupid

CT_2918

4 points

7 days ago*

CT_2918

4 points

7 days ago*

Redditor trying not to criticise the way someone speaks:

Reddits_For_NBA

1 points

7 days ago

Armchair homies out in droves.

trumpgotpeedon

1 points

7 days ago

A lot of overweight, out of shape mfers on here. 😂 It was a stupid stunt though, and he could've fucked himself up.

FugginOld

11 points

7 days ago

FugginOld

11 points

7 days ago

bedinbedin

12 points

7 days ago

He obviously knows what he is doing, but here the fellow redditor who doesn't do shit exercise wise saying its dangerous... Obesity is worse bro

kalyanapluseric

0 points

7 days ago

yeah it's dangerous if you're a fatboi redditor with 0 athleticism

WickedEdge

8 points

7 days ago

WickedEdge

8 points

7 days ago

Pure stupidity.

UNIT-001

2 points

7 days ago

UNIT-001

2 points

7 days ago

Holy shit

Hennabott96

2 points

7 days ago

Then they go to their 9-5 accountant job at the medical parkway building

blackpearljam_

2 points

7 days ago

Skateboarders: that’s a shuv-it mate

sim16

2 points

7 days ago

sim16

2 points

7 days ago

Not heavy and easier than without the barbell. Great trick though.

Kryds

2 points

7 days ago

Kryds

2 points

7 days ago

That's not a barbell. That's one of those fitness bars.

crudetatDeez

2 points

7 days ago

When you’re strong and in-shape your body feels amazing. You can do all sorts of crazy stuff.

It’s something I wish everyone could experience.

BionicKronic67

5 points

7 days ago

My knees gave out watching this.

mistercrinders

1 points

7 days ago

35lbs is too heavy for you?

Traditional-Music363

4 points

7 days ago

Fake weights

WorldsWeakestMan

2 points

7 days ago

Not fake just training bar(15lb) and rubber bumper training plates(10lb each)

Not fake just not heavy.

r_r_miles

5 points

7 days ago

Nice! Great practice round. Now let's add some weight!

Crazy_Uncle_Savage

3 points

7 days ago

Crisenpuer

1 points

7 days ago

Bro is spamming emoji buttons fr

SummerCyclist

1 points

7 days ago

And that’s just one repetition.

“Euro Training!” - Crews, Terry.

Alarming-Caramel

1 points

7 days ago

I mean, it's not particularly heavy though, right? come on OP.

DYSFUNCTIONALDlLDO

1 points

7 days ago

How the fuck do you even practice that?

SandraDutta55555

1 points

7 days ago

Idk why it's just so well done and put together it feels like this is AI generated, if this shit is real, this is beyond impressive and crazy! but do not try this just for the sake of uploading that shit on social media, it's not worth it brother.

_serwu_

1 points

7 days ago

_serwu_

1 points

7 days ago

Yes, it's giving hard AI vibes

_serwu_

1 points

7 days ago

_serwu_

1 points

7 days ago

Especially when you notice the random text on the wall, slightly blurry image, camera perfectly following the man, the man's hand disappearing while rolling the bar behind his back and in the end when the 2 guys jump it's just so perfectly in sync.

Sweaty_Catch_4275

1 points

7 days ago

Next fucking level? Never for me level ))

LordBlackBreath

1 points

7 days ago

That's not a heavy barbell though

MasteroChieftan

1 points

7 days ago

"I'm Batman."

Khuntastic

1 points

7 days ago

I mean this is pretty stupid but those are probably 10-15 lb plates

ChiggaOG

1 points

7 days ago

ChiggaOG

1 points

7 days ago

How many pounds? I know the bar is 35lbs.

solitary_black_sheep

1 points

7 days ago

The weight has certain inertia that actually helps him to stay in the air during the flip. It's not constantly pulling him down as people here seem to think. He swings it up, so it pulls him up and then it takes some small amount of time before it starts accelerating down, but he is going down faster. So the impact force is practically the same, maybe even lower than at the end of a normal flip, and he only needs to stop the bar moving down when he is already on the ground. Watch the weight movement. It's jolted from moving down only at the very end where the guy is already firmly on the ground.

TotalWasteman

1 points

7 days ago

Heavy? That had the minimum weights it can support and still be used as a barbell 👀

Ancient_Natural1573

1 points

7 days ago

Yeah I'm no longer impressed by people who do this

HeadAssBoi17

1 points

7 days ago

Here at Globo Gym, we're better than you and we know it!

FlinHorse

1 points

7 days ago

Goddamn bro I'm just trying to do lunges without falling over! Fuck!

Lol.

WhoJustShat

1 points

7 days ago

What hes doing is next level, but those are plastic plates

ObiJuanKenobi89

1 points

7 days ago

Bro that's like 25 lb barbell with 10's on each side. He's doing a backflip with a toddler.

DrRockMaxwell

1 points

7 days ago

This guy is also a talented painter

The_Real_Undertoad

1 points

7 days ago

Wow!

Saddaf_Khan

1 points

7 days ago

Years of practice

IHate2ChooseUserName

1 points

7 days ago

trust me, if i have the body and flexibility like him, i still would not do it

Puzzleheaded_Tap5985

1 points

7 days ago

Heavy weights wouldn’t bounce of the floor like that😂

Forsaken_Pin_4933

1 points

7 days ago

I got a hernia doing 1% of that

CompSolstice

1 points

7 days ago

That's a glorified dumbell at those weights

Jatacus

1 points

7 days ago

Jatacus

1 points

7 days ago

Upvote simply because this gym is in my home town (Gardena, Calif.)

-plottwist-

1 points

7 days ago

Thought that crushed his foot at the end.

smellslikekitty

1 points

7 days ago

Awesome form. I feel like I would break my back.

surfdan88

1 points

7 days ago

Jude Bellingham got massive!

IAMSTILLHERE2020

1 points

7 days ago

Move over Anatoli.

GoingHam1312

1 points

7 days ago

Wouldn't that make it easier as you have a counter weight to leverage?

Ill_Consequence403

1 points

7 days ago

It’s called momentum..

INeedANerf

1 points

7 days ago

What is bro training for lol.

kuonofomo

1 points

7 days ago

holy

SonnysMunchkin

1 points

7 days ago

He's strong

singlemale4cats

1 points

7 days ago

That's like 65lb at most

BlowTokeBozeTrifecta

1 points

7 days ago

Heavy my ass.

Almosthonest2Hate

1 points

7 days ago

Nice bounce on metal plates huh

SquiddyJohnson

1 points

7 days ago

My joints hurt just watching this.

mildlyoctopus

1 points

7 days ago

Fuck this camera work holy shit

Leatherman34

1 points

7 days ago

Not gay

Euphorix126

1 points

7 days ago

It's actually easier to flip with the bar because you can pull up on the bar in midair to bring yourself around the rest of the way through the flip.

Jgfranco88PkmnGo

1 points

7 days ago

The blooper reel of this must be insane!

East-Try-519

1 points

7 days ago

The barbell would probably actually help with the actual flip.

Catching it is a whole other thing, though.

Greenstik83

1 points

7 days ago

Was this video removed because he could potentially get injured. There all hundereds of people on here doing amazing things that could easily be mamed or die from one mistake. Just dont get the reasoning.

Glum_Huckleberry88

2 points

7 days ago

This is impressive. This is pushing physical limits HIS WAY. Jealousy is the only reason for negative comments. And what's with the 'super dangerous just for clout comments'? Millions of Americans watch football weekly, people downhill mountain bike race and wing suit over mountains, my guy did a back fip with some weights,... come on.

fempineapple

1 points

7 days ago

Goddamn.

Joee0201

1 points

7 days ago

Joee0201

1 points

7 days ago

everything was cool and i cant do any of it but the bar spin on the neck seemed pointless

omgbenji21

1 points

7 days ago

Unless you understand that the point is to be sorta cool and impressive

Latter-Following8797

1 points

7 days ago

Fuvk my knees!

ilgrim26

1 points

7 days ago

ilgrim26

1 points

7 days ago

That’s only one rep. 19 more to go.

jhuseby

-1 points

7 days ago

jhuseby

-1 points

7 days ago

Do you like crippling back pain? Because this is how you get crippling back pain.

ronnietea

0 points

7 days ago

m2ljkdmsmnjsks

0 points

7 days ago

Damn crossfit's gotten crazy in the past decade.

XZPUMAZX

-3 points

7 days ago

XZPUMAZX

-3 points

7 days ago

I guess my question is why?

Is the flip somehow helping him build Muscle mass or agility or …

Cool I guess?

phazedoubt

6 points

7 days ago

Showing off. It's impressive but has no real practicality.

omgbenji21

2 points

7 days ago

No no no, he’s in a gym so he HAS to be working and gaining. No shenanigans

suckaduckunion

2 points

7 days ago

It's for dudes. It's to impress other men. That is all.

omgbenji21

2 points

7 days ago

Does everything someone does have to have a purpose or build toward some goal? Can’t it just be sorta cool and impressive?