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Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.

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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

      Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

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      @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

      Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

      So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

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      • KlausK Klaus

        Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

        Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

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        @Klaus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

        Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

        Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

        I've heard there are lots of health/back benefits if you just dead hang each day for as long as you can.

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        • 89th8 89th

          @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

          Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

          So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

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          @89th said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

          @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

          Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

          So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

          lol

          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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          • 89th8 89th

            @Klaus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

            Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

            Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

            I've heard there are lots of health/back benefits if you just dead hang each day for as long as you can.

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            @89th said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

            @Klaus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

            Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

            Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

            I've heard there are lots of health/back benefits if you just dead hang each day for as long as you can.

            I do that on a regular basis. It straightens you out pretty well, and your forearm strength increases significantly. In fact, I often do dead hang with left hand alone to to address the muscular imbalance between left and right forearm due to decades of, eh..., coffee drinking with the right arm!

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            • jon-nycJ Offline
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              I might add that to my gym routine.

              Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

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                • 89th8 89th

                  @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                  Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                  So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

                  MikM Away
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                  Mik
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                  @89th said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                  @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                  Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                  So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

                  Get woke. That's pronouns are they/that.

                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  • KlausK Offline
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                    I usually do three sets of 75s. I'm pretty dead after that, so the name "dead hang" is well-deserved.

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                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                      Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

                      MikM Away
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                      @Axtremus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                      Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

                      That's pretty good. I'd die of boredom to hold it much longer.

                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                      • AxtremusA Axtremus

                        Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

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                        @Axtremus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                        Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

                        What gave out? Forearm/grip?

                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                          Now that I think about it, any concern about my torn rotator cuff? Should I avoid these?

                          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                          • MikM Away
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                            Oh yes, you should. Like the plague.

                            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                              That sucks because I need to work on forearm strength and though I bought the hand crunch things I never think to use them. This would be something i could do quickly at the end of my gym session.

                              I think I’ll try them with weighted support under me. That’s how I do my pull-ups for the same reason.

                              Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                              • MikM Away
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                                Yeah, but full body weight hanging is not the place to start. Do some shoulder machines aat the gym.

                                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                  I do shoulder stuff. Always calculated to have my humoral head set in its socket (that’s so sexy to think about).

                                  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                    An exercise that makes one look like a total doofus is optimal for those who look like total doofi no matter what they're doing.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      @Axtremus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                                      Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

                                      What gave out? Forearm/grip?

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                                      @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                                      @Axtremus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                                      Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

                                      What gave out? Forearm/grip?

                                      Not sure. It was just a quick test and I did not put much thought into it. Maybe I'll try to be a bit more methodical the next time.

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                                        This is a little creepy that this popped up in my social media today but I'm grateful for it giving me a suggested form I could safely do with my rotator cuff.

                                        Screenshot 2025-07-01 at 2.05.50 PM.png

                                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                          I tried dead hanging again. This time I lasted around 34 seconds, maybe. Still not sure whether it's the arms or the grip that gave out first. Well, both tries need an asterisk because I had to lift my legs throughout -- the metal frame I hung from is too low from the ground; my feet would be on the ground if I didn't lift my legs while hanging from said metal frame. 🤷

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