Weird, but impressive

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1081

Sit on Floor Without Using Hands, Knees, or Shins was awkward until I kinda crossed my legs and pushed off my feet.

1082

Yeah, pretty sure that is allowed. Apparently that has a strong correlation with life expectancyā€¦I think it says as much in the article, but I have seen that elsewhere. So donā€™t get so round that you can no longer do that one!

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1083

Iā€™m as fluffy as Iā€™ve ever been and donā€™t wanna be this bodyweight for extended periods of time but I think itā€™s that all my mass muscle and fat gets greater away from the pivot joint of my ankle joint. Even my calves alone make it tough enough. So to lever up all that weight Iā€™d need to get my feet/the pivot point close to me which my flexibility/mass prohibits in any other way.

1084

Well, doing it without crossing feet is just kinda tough, becuase for most of us the center of gravity is waaaay behind the feet when doing it. I have to rock forward a little just to move the center before I can do it.

In any case, it is probably more about the basic leg and hip strength, so I am pretty sure all methods are acceptable.

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1085

I suspect I can do all of them. Double bodyweight deadlift might be interesting, because I havenā€™t deadlifted in a while. Iā€™m reasonably confident in the hang and plank but they arenā€™t moves I do regularly, but Iā€™ll try them both later to be sure. Iā€™m not in any way confident on the long jump. Iā€™ll try that later as well but my instinct is thatā€™s the only one I canā€™t do, and possibly canā€™t get close to.

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1086

Iā€™m returning ur e book. Refund me pls

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1087

Donā€™t you regularly do broad jumps? He doesnā€™t say it even has to be a strict one.

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1088

I donā€™t regularly jump, no. Probably a few in the last week but itā€™s not been a big part of my training for a while. I used to do box jumps occasionally, but I think I rely more on hip mobility for that

1089

I have no idea about the long jump. Would need to try it.
Apart from that I literally only fail one of the two things connected to my sport.
Thanks for making me feel bad.

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1090

Yeah, sorry about that mate. Not to name and shame, but which ones? I woulda thought you could get them all.

1091

Haha no worries, I am joking.

But I fail the deadlift.

1092

I was joking about being sorry!

But yeah, shoulda guessed deadlift. That would be a tall order.

Meanwhile, I just broad jumped 240 centimeters. Need to convert that, but I am busy kickboxing.

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1093

Okay, 244, and maybe I could squeeze another centimeter or two out of that. That isā€¦8 feet. A bit short of the super human level that Wendler is asking for.

1094

Canā€™t bench my bodyweight, pretty sure that is hopeless at this point. If we count trap bar deads I have the others covered, so at least I have that going for me.

1095

I would count the trap bar, so would a guy like Wendler.

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1096
  1. Canā€™t bench my bodyweight. Not sure if Iā€™d need to gain or lose 20kg to hit that one.
  2. My best deadlift is approx double my current bodyweight, so Iā€™ll take it.
  3. Genuinely fucked off that youā€™re about to make me do a two-minute plank. ā€¦ yeah that was no fun, but I did it.
  4. I can sleep with one pillow, but not sure Iā€™d want to. Theyā€™re skinny pillows, anyway.
  5. I can sit down, but fuck knows how Iā€™d get back up.
  6. Ɖasca pĆ©asca
  7. Nope, barely halfway. Have just done a few sets of chins though tbf.
  8. Couple of inches over. Not bad for probably my first standing long jump.
  9. Hard, but doable.
  10. Have done it at my current bodyweight. If Iā€™m not good for it, Iā€™m not too far off. Like the deadlift, Iā€™m counting it.

A generous 7.5/10. Even if I donā€™t give myself the deadlift/farmers, Iā€™m over half. Expected worse.

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1097

Yeah I can do them all but the sitting up. How are you supposed to do this? The hell? I stayed on the ground for 5 mins figuring out how to do it. Are my legs too long? Bad flexibility?

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1098

Try crossing your ankles if you havenā€™t. Otherwise a bit of a rolling motion from your butt to your feet.

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1099

For the record, I didnā€™t MAKE you do the plankā€¦you coulda just said YES and moved on =)

But that said, now you need to do it in the pushup position for extra points.

1100

Ok I did it but damn that was super hard. Perhaps Iā€™ll start doing some pistol squats lol