Not sure how functional that is for me. I don’t often find myself in need of balancing on my brothers head with one hand.
Jokes aside, that was impressive both physically and artistically. You don’t see acts like that very often.
However, I would have preferred it if these were sisters.
[quote]shibalnom wrote:
The problem with functional strength is semantic. The word functional is loaded. People say it like benching 400 lbs. is somehow not functional if you can’t do 200 kipping pull-ups. What if the new trend was “real” strength and everyone started saying, “I don’t train for functional strength. I train for ‘real’ strength”? All the Crossfitters would be up-in-arms, “What do you mean REAL strength? Are you trying to say I don’t have REAL strength?” Yet, the functional strength crowd does exactly that and tries to portray their ideology as somehow superior.
Oh and the video was impressive.[/quote]
No, the problem with the term functional is in the misapplication of the term. Functional should refer to the carryover of a training movement in relationship to a separate and distinct non-training activity.
Thus, it only applies to someone who trains a certain exercise in order to enhance his or her ability to perform some other task (squats in order to run faster, jump higher, etc.). There is no real point in even discussing functional training as it applies to bodybuilders, since the end goal of training is not to enhance a movement pattern. It doesn’t even really apply to powerlifters, since the training movements are either full or partial range versions of the desired end movement.
[quote]Bona wrote:
It did say it was impressive, but having another man’s ass and cock like an inch away from your mouth is “gay,” even if they are brothers. I don’t have a problem with it, just merely stating my opinion.[/quote]
Great, I got BJJ class in an hour. Got a wrestling Div3 champ coming down today as well.
Does the above gay rule apply if the stated proximity (an inch) occurs for a short period of time, say 2 seconds. I mean, I play some rugby and often find myself in this situation. What about spotting the bench press?
While the movements being displayed would probably sometimes be helpful in real-world scenarios, I still think the term “functional” makes me cringe a little bit. The entire “function” of what they were doing was an act. How “functional” is performing on a stage? What makes their performance more functional than performing a squat or snatch?
I think everything is “functional” because it translates to some degree to real-world activities. But I think people should worry less about the whole idea of functionality and more about just doing what they want to do for whatever reason they want to do it.
In an attempt to touch on all of the homo-erotic comments, I think that in our culture there certain images and ideas evoke the feeling that something is gay. Two men in thongs with genitals very close to each others’ mouths is definitely something that falls into that category. While that isn’t the intent behind the material, the fact remains that the actions and images are highly suggestive of homo-eroticism to someone who has grown up in traditional American (I’m assuming most people who posted about gayness were American) society. Personally, I wouldn’t blame anyone for saying that this stuff looks incredibly, egregiously gay, since it’s simply the way that they perceive it.
[quote]Bona wrote:
It did say it was impressive, but having another man’s ass and cock like an inch away from your mouth is “gay,” even if they are brothers.[/quote]
Only if it turned them on. In case you missed it, homosexuality is a SEXUAL PREFERENCE FOR THE SAME SEX.
Your opinion is fine. really. but, it’s not based on fact, thats what im pointing out.
how does someone spot you when you squat? prime asshole rape opportunity right there, IF they’re spotting you correctly!! OMG MY ASS IS IN HIS CROTCH!!! PEOPLE WILL THINK IM GAY!!! I better stop squatting.
Absolutely agree with cbear.
There is another post on here asking if society has become pussified, with some, well actually most of the posts on this thread proves it to be correct. Most of y’all saying the brothers are gay, maybe we should ask who really is gay. Those brothers doing that routine are absolutely oh my goodness impressive.
[quote]Heracles_rocks wrote:
Absolutely agree with cbear.
There is another post on here asking if society has become pussified, with some, well actually most of the posts on this thread proves it to be correct. Most of y’all saying the brothers are gay, maybe we should ask who really is gay. Those brothers doing that routine are absolutely oh my goodness impressive. [/quote]
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[quote]Bona wrote:
It did say it was impressive, but having another man’s ass and cock like an inch away from my mouth is a tease and i’m “gay,”. even if they are brothers, i’ll do them both. I don’t have a problem with it, just merely stating my fantasy.[/quote]
Fixed.
Holy hell that shit is amazing! Fuck, I would love to be able to do that shit! That is the human body “a work of art”!!!
Guys no matter if you bevlieve in God or Evolution the designer who made us made one hell of a beautiful thing. Fuck!
I am absolutely oh my goodness finding this thread to be hilarious.
I didn’t see anyone dunk a basketball in that video so no.
Come on X even your angry ass has to appreciate that
If I could do even part of that, I’d love to do it with a female… nonetheless, that was fucking impressive beyond belief. Anyone know what the song is playing the background?
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
Bona wrote:
It did say it was impressive, but having another man’s ass and cock like an inch away from your mouth is “gay,” even if they are brothers.
Only if it turned them on. In case you missed it, homosexuality is a SEXUAL PREFERENCE FOR THE SAME SEX.
I don’t have a problem with it, just merely stating my opinion.
Your opinion is fine. really. but, it’s not based on fact, thats what im pointing out.
how does someone spot you when you squat? prime asshole rape opportunity right there, IF they’re spotting you correctly!! OMG MY ASS IS IN HIS CROTCH!!! PEOPLE WILL THINK IM GAY!!! I better stop squatting. [/quote]
Right. So to avoid the homosexuality latent in having some dude spot my squat, I use a power rack. Problem solved.
Spotting a squat like you guys are talking about isnt gay it is just not comfortable I always feel like they are gonna knock me over instead of really help me. I just drop the weight off my back if i cant get it.
Awesome video, those guys are strong as hell.
There is ONE thing that caught my eye though. What is with this quote lol. Beans, that was just a strange one to throw into your little list.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Your buddy does what a lot of people do, shits on the goals of others … curling in the squat rack[/quote]
You probably didn’t mean to defend curling in the squat rack or anything, but I found it funny that it came out that way.
[quote]iwong wrote:
No, the problem with the term functional is in the misapplication of the term.[/quote]
Preaching to the choir man.
I don’t even know why I wasted my time. It’s pointless.
[quote]Mettahl wrote:
Awesome video, those guys are strong as hell.
There is ONE thing that caught my eye though. What is with this quote lol. Beans, that was just a strange one to throw into your little list.
countingbeans wrote:
Your buddy does what a lot of people do, shits on the goals of others … curling in the squat rack
You probably didn’t mean to defend curling in the squat rack or anything, but I found it funny that it came out that way.[/quote]
Nah waiting for guys to curl in the rack annoys the shit out of me, but only because it messes up my flow, (but if it is someone I see there a lot making progress I tend not to be as annoyed). I don’t care if someone does sideways lateral anal clenches in the rack, as long I don’t have to wait for them. This also applies to everything. I don’t want to have to change what I want to do for someone going through the motions. I will wait for someone busting ass though, as long as tehy are trying.
What I meant was every “SRC” or “Stupid things in the gym” or “people in my gym” or whatever thread just becomes a clusterfuck of people proclaiming how they are so much better than everyone else and ultra hardcore, because “I ATG SQUATZ 4,787 TIMEZ BROZ.” Inevitably it is a bunch of 150lbs kids making fun of soccer mom’s, old men and other people that don’t share their goals. Typically, for every entertaining post, there are 6 that make me want to slap the shit out of the poster.
Don’t get me wrong, wading through the sea of kickbacks and people going through the motions is annoying when the gym is crowded, but when these threads turn into people that haven’t actually accomplished anything putting down other people’s numbers and goals, I get tired of it.
I respect hardwork, plain and simple. You wanna make fun of Bozu ballz half twist curl ass flaps, be my guest and I’ll laugh. If you make fun of the new kid who doesn’t have his form yet struggling to squat 135lbs, you are a douchebag. If you wanna call Crossfit people cult members and snobby pricks, be my guest. But you gotta respect that 90% of those people work harder than 90% of the posters here do as evidenced by pictures floating around.
Calling out someone else numbers should be reserved for very specific instances, and these threads are full of, “135lbs doesn’t stimulate shit” and “Pssshhh, he couldn’t even row da 60’s yo” and “50 had da Dbols bloat to him brah”.
I don’t know if any of this makes sense, and I’m sorry for the wall of text, it’s just this has been floating around my mind for awhile. It seems like the more time I spend under the bar, the less of a shit I give about people NOT accomplishing things. And it seems like so many people are so wrapped up in what other people are doing, and putting them down, that they aren’t making progress themselves, because they are focused on what others are doing wrong. If they wanna prove how they are so much better than someone else, prove it by doing, stop fucking talking about it.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Nah waiting for guys to curl in the rack annoys the shit out of me, but only because it messes up my flow, (but if it is someone I see there a lot making progress I tend not to be as annoyed). I don’t care if someone does sideways lateral anal clenches in the rack, as long I don’t have to wait for them. This also applies to everything. I don’t want to have to change what I want to do for someone going through the motions. I will wait for someone busting ass though, as long as tehy are trying.
What I meant was every “SRC” or “Stupid things in the gym” or “people in my gym” or whatever thread just becomes a clusterfuck of people proclaiming how they are so much better than everyone else and ultra hardcore, because “I ATG SQUATZ 4,787 TIMEZ BROZ.” Inevitably it is a bunch of 150lbs kids making fun of soccer mom’s, old men and other people that don’t share their goals. Typically, for every entertaining post, there are 6 that make me want to slap the shit out of the poster.
Don’t get me wrong, wading through the sea of kickbacks and people going through the motions is annoying when the gym is crowded, but when these threads turn into people that haven’t actually accomplished anything putting down other people’s numbers and goals, I get tired of it.
I respect hardwork, plain and simple. You wanna make fun of Bozu ballz half twist curl ass flaps, be my guest and I’ll laugh. If you make fun of the new kid who doesn’t have his form yet struggling to squat 135lbs, you are a douchebag. If you wanna call Crossfit people cult members and snobby pricks, be my guest. But you gotta respect that 90% of those people work harder than 90% of the posters here do as evidenced by pictures floating around.
Calling out someone else numbers should be reserved for very specific instances, and these threads are full of, “135lbs doesn’t stimulate shit” and “Pssshhh, he couldn’t even row da 60’s yo” and “50 had da Dbols bloat to him brah”.
I don’t know if any of this makes sense, and I’m sorry for the wall of text, it’s just this has been floating around my mind for awhile. It seems like the more time I spend under the bar, the less of a shit I give about people NOT accomplishing things. And it seems like so many people are so wrapped up in what other people are doing, and putting them down, that they aren’t making progress themselves, because they are focused on what others are doing wrong. If they wanna prove how they are so much better than someone else, prove it by doing, stop fucking talking about it.[/quote]
It’s ok CB. Here’s your carpet square, and your blankey. Good? ok, now your cookie and your milk cup. It’s ok now, you can relax.