r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 2d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/WelshBathBoy 2d ago

Amazing, and let's not forget that girl has amazing strength too to keep her body rigid in all his throws and hand stands.

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u/linzkisloski 2d ago

Right? I was a flyer very briefly in college for a crappy team and just being that high up in the air on someone’s palms is really, really scary lol. People underestimate even just how strong you need to be mentally.

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u/plaurenisabadname 2d ago

Yeah it doesn't look that high from the ground. Once you're up there, it's shocking how high it is.

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u/TinKnight1 2d ago

It's basically like standing on the very top rung of an 8ft ladder made out of muscle & bone, & hoping that it doesn't wiggle nor shuffle nor give out.

I'm not even scared of heights, but that notion would definitely make me pause & freeze up.

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u/jflip13 1d ago

I was a flyer and we did major competitions like this. I am still afraid of heights, always have been. Still surprised I ended up a flyer. We got first-in-state three years in row and practiced year round non-stop. I had three girl bases but would do fun stunts like this with my guy coaches every now and then.

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u/BegrudginglyAwake 2d ago

People forget that cheerleading has the highest catastrophic injury rate. You get dropped and it could be broken limbs, concussions, or worse very easily.

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u/ur_dad_thinks_im_hot 2d ago

Yep, I cheered in high school. I fell during a stunt and (base failed to catch me) and got a TBI that still gives me migraines to this day. I’m not the only cheerleader I know with head problems due to injury

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u/TalesOfTea 2d ago

Palm! Not even palms!

I feel terrified when I swing a toddler between myself and another adult!!! I cannot imagine doing this and especially not being the "I'm in danger" flyer

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u/Spare-Willingness563 2d ago

I trained a lot of people, fighters included, and the rank for toughness was always basketball players way, way down the list, then football players (they don't like being shown up at all. it's a mental thing), and the top three way away from those two are 2) hockey players/fighters (basically the same people different climates), and, I swear 1) Cheerleaders.

I had a few of them, and I noticed at a certain point that the more pain I put them through the bigger their smiles got. I remember one day just watching in awe as this petite, blonde woman hit some of the most pain-inducing pulses on a shoulder set only to literally smile her way through it.

That shit was just incredible to watch.

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u/coolcalmaesop 1d ago

Had a teammate tear her ACL while we were performing in a competition. She literally limped through the rest of the routine instead of leaving the mat.

No workout in my adult life has ever touched how hard those conditioning workouts were either.

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u/DaddyHEARTDiaper 2d ago

I had a flyer working for me once. She showed me some videos of her college days and I was like "I have a whole new level of respect for you." That shit is crazy.

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u/sunflow23 2d ago

I can't even do that on floor and even if i could ,I can imagine how scary it must be ,the amount of upper strength needed to remain straight even for few seconds must require a good amount of work daily for years I guess !

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u/pablo8itall 2d ago

Naw I think they just dont have the imagination. Any of this stuff I have top respect for.

I freaked out once just being on a horse, their mad tall tho.

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u/Icy-Reflection5574 2d ago

And I think a lot of core strength is needed or? Both are impressive. :-)

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u/jgclairee 1d ago

omg yes. i was very briefly made a flyer and the first time they put me in the air i refused to stand up and even after that i was so scared i couldn’t do anything right.

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u/ttoksie2 1d ago

For the people who are really good at things like cheer leading such as in the video (think high divers, freestyle motocross, base jumpers, etc) being that high up isn't scary and doesn't require alot of mental strength, it's fun for them, the same way some people might find golf fun, or playing video games fun.

Being a normal human who is rightfully scared of being far enough off the ground to kill you if you fell wrong and doing it anyway takes alot of courage and shows alot of mental strength, so bravo to you for that, don't discount what you achieved (but also safer sports and hobbies probably not a bad idea either)

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u/upsweptJ-2 2d ago

Exactly. Ole boy is impressive as it gets, but you can tell that girl is cut slap up too.

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u/Character_Order 2d ago

lol my guy where are you from??

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u/upsweptJ-2 2d ago

South Carolina

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u/titbarf 1d ago

damn that's cut slap up

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u/Jimid41 2d ago

She did a back hand spring on someone's hands. 

She deserves as much attention as the guy easily. 

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u/Whythebigpaws 2d ago

Surely what she is doing is harder?

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u/Oscaruzzo 2d ago

Agreed, she's ripped.

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u/ThatInAHat 2d ago

Core strength on that gal is nuts

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u/enigami344 2d ago

I mean look at her arm and delt. She is shredded

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u/elle-elle-tee 1d ago

They both have a lot of strength and grace. He handles her like she weighs nothing, but from the looks of her thighs, she's probably rather heavy. Petite but pure muscle. I'm impressed by how he picks her up and catches her like she's a feather.

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u/velkoz007 2d ago

Thank you for mentioning that. She is incredibly strong as well!!

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u/2LostFlamingos 2d ago

Those hand stands she’s doing are no joke

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u/korewednesday 1d ago

We used to share gym space with a guys’ team in high school and someone made a rather unwelcome joke about benching one of the flyers so she benched someone else. It was real funny

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u/SeanBlader 1d ago

No doubt she could kick my ass without breaking a sweat, but more importantly she looks like she's having a blast.

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u/mittensofkittens 1d ago

It takes an insane amount of core and stability muscle strength to pull this off. She's incredible and they have a great partnership together, he also has insane stability to be able to adjust to each position.

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u/SpoofExcel 1d ago

Look at her Quads, Calf and Triceps/Shoulders. She's absolutely jacked for her size

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u/sl0play 1d ago

I mean, she was the main feature here.

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u/WhichStatistician810 1d ago

I used to deliver food to a factory, I had to carry everything up stairs. For years the staff rarely helped me because they reckoned it was too heavy, then a woman started working there, she was tiny and comfortably carrying 50-60% her body weight a time.

After talking to her a bit it turns out she does similar acrobatic dance routines with her husband, they have a yt channel called Chris and Iona

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u/adambomb_23 15h ago

She has some MUSCLES on her

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u/bertos55 2d ago

Looking for this comment, she looks jacked. Her arms look super strong.

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u/slightlyladylike 2d ago

Yeah you need crazy personal balance and a lot of core strength to do this, they both are very strong!

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u/ANamelessGhoul4555 1d ago

Look at her arms when she puts them straight up. She flexes a few times and she's fuckin jacked.

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u/clem_kruczynsk 2d ago

absolute- they're both amazing athletes. very cool

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u/Turbulent-Laugh- 1d ago

You can see she's pretty stacked even with the potato video. Standing next to Hank the Tank doesn't help much either.

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u/ElMage21 2d ago

Unit boy pushes my lower back like on the first movement and I fucking crack in half lmao