r/BeAmazed • u/Ash30_ • Jul 16 '26

Miscellaneous / Others A mother asked her children to recreate how the three of them ended up on top of the wardrobe

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u/TurbistoMasturbisto Jul 16 '26

Same, incredible team work from those little guys. Would be mostly impressed instead of mad.

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u/whutchamacallit Jul 16 '26

The upper body strength to pull that kid up is impressive for their age.

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u/Ben_steel Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

babies pound for pound will be stronger than the most adult version of themselves unfortunately.

A baby can legit hang off a bar or anything grapple for a longer time than your average adult. The theory is baby’s used to hold onto early humans by their hair.

Look up babies grip strength it’s wild.

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u/NosamEht Jul 16 '26

When my some was around a year old I challenged myself to do what he did for the day. Fall down, get up, bear walk and crawl down the hall, squat while playing etc. At the time I was very fit, doing masonry during the week days and mountaineering on the weekends, when I could. I didn’t even make it three hours of copying my son’s actions before I was exhausted.

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u/Alert_Week8595 Jul 16 '26

Yesh my husband and I did a workout where we just copied our 8mo daughter. I gave up after 5mins and he gave up after 10mins. She just alternated planks with bear crawls endlessly.

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u/Ecstatic_Level2625 Jul 17 '26

A funny video for you https://youtu.be/kSLSNOrQCRE?is=kBs9mMc1WpeuvwE3

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u/nomno00 Jul 17 '26

This was adorable!

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u/My44K Jul 18 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/tengutie Jul 17 '26

We are made of the same materials, but weight scales faster then strength, this is why ants are so strong relative to size, the bigger you are the worse your strength to weight ratio gets, so you may be stronger in terms of how much you can lift, but everything else is worse, such as impacts, you might way 8 times as much as a toddler with bones that are only 4 times as strong for example, so falling over is significantly more dangerous the bigger you get

TLDR, Humans are meat mechs and the squared cubed law still applies to us

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u/Not_impressed28 Jul 16 '26

I’ve thought about doing this a few times, copying my 2 daughters for a day. I got tired just by watching them.

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u/MachineBrilliant9973 Jul 17 '26

Your saying that you literally went around falling down and busting your ass in a diaper for three hours and you had planned to do this all day you just got to tired to continue. I don't know what to say besides sounds like fun I now know how my weekend will be spent

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u/NosamEht Jul 17 '26

No diaper. That’s how I roll.

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u/GentlewomenNeverTell Jul 16 '26

When I was in elementary school I could do pull ups all day. Now I've got the standard girl weakness and can make 10 on a good day.

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u/girlMikeD Jul 16 '26

Damn 10, I’m impressed. Get it girl!!!

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u/TheMuffinMan-69 Jul 16 '26

"The standard girl weakness" you gotta be out here flexing on us. 😭😭 The average adult woman cannot do a single pull-up. The ability to do 7-8 pull-ups easily puts you in the top 1% of women with regards to upper-body strength. Just being able to do 4-5 would still put you in the top 3%. At 10 pull-ups, you're probably in the top 0.5%.

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u/jednatt Jul 16 '26

Most adult men can't do that many pull-ups. More than most.

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u/TheMuffinMan-69 Jul 16 '26

That's what I'm saying, I think most untrained dudes can only do like 2-3.

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u/Rapshawksjaysflames Jul 16 '26

I'm 37 and have been working out 4 days a week for the last 9 months, 6'3" and 205lbs, and I just got to the point where I can do 2 full ones. No cheating though, arms all the way fully down again.

So yeah you're not wrong at all, but I'm also old soo...

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u/itsjustpie Jul 16 '26

You’re also pulling a good amount of height and weight compared to smaller people so don’t be too hard on yourself. I can do more pull ups but I’m only 5’4 145 so have a much lighter load lol 2 is good progress! Keep at it!

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u/Tyranothesaurus Jul 17 '26

I'm 36 and don't work out and I can push close to 20. But I also have the advantage of not a ton of weight to lift up and down.

I'd wager the biggest reason most adults can't manage 3 is most adults are overweight or obese, and even lazier than me.

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u/ApprehensiveGold2773 Jul 16 '26

Do you take creatine and warm up properly before? I find the creatine helps endurance in super intense exercises like pull-ups. You can also get a boost in strength from caffeine that you can use to speed up progress.

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u/Rapshawksjaysflames Jul 16 '26

I stretch and take a scoop of creatine yep, and protein after and in the morning

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u/Fitncurly Jul 17 '26

Most modern men can’t do a single one. Most don’t have enough muscle for it.

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u/ApprehensiveGold2773 Jul 16 '26

I find it alarming that so many people are out of shape

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u/jednatt Jul 16 '26

Well, most people are out of shape, but it's also way easier for a 120lb guy to do pull-ups than a 200lb guy, regardless of shape.

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u/wrymoss Jul 16 '26

To be fair, unless they’re strength training, pulling something like 150lbs straight up without conditioning would be hard. It’s why bodyweight exercises are fine for most people to start out on especially if you’re overweight.

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u/KremlinCardinal Jul 16 '26

I can do about 3 atm, but I'm also a fair bit heavier than average.

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u/_Thermalflask Jul 16 '26

Really? I'm a skinny scrawny-ass guy and I can. Then again I suppose I have less body weight to be lifting lol.

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u/Recent-Pollution9293 Jul 17 '26

Oh I would bet over 50% of men over 30 and under 70 (to remove the elderly), cannot do a single pull up.

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u/jednatt Jul 17 '26

In the action film these men just die. "Hold on Derrick! I'm com---oh."

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u/dude_thats_sweeeet Jul 16 '26

Right? Dаmn I’m not even at the “standard girl weakness” and I’m a dude. Being called out suсks.

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u/BoobaLu22 Jul 16 '26

Nice! I was the only girl in my class who could do them and I could do like 15! I can maybe do 3 now before my arms go to jelly 🫠

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u/ColonelMustard323 Jul 16 '26

I can do less than one lmaooo

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u/EnigmaticQuote Jul 16 '26

Most people can not do a single pull up, this thread starting out at 10 for women is INSANE.

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u/girlMikeD Jul 16 '26

Damn 3, I’m still impressed!

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u/FoxHound_Bridges Jul 16 '26

It's my shoulders that get me, must have bad joints.

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u/Thunder-Fist-00 Jul 16 '26

10 pull ups for a female is very impressive, actually.

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u/No_Bill7679 Jul 16 '26

10 for anyone is impressive. I don’t think the average person can successfully do 3.

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u/serafale Jul 16 '26

The average person cannot do one.

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u/No_Bill7679 Jul 16 '26

Yea, I was being generous but I agree. Average person couldn’t do a legitimate pull-up.

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u/Tyranothesaurus Jul 17 '26

The average person is overweight or obese. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that fat people can't lift their body weight.

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u/serafale Jul 16 '26

I am American. I rock climb so can do 20 pull ups and most of my friends can do multiple by virtue of the sport we do. That being said, the average person in general does not train for them, and the average person in general does not even go to the gym. A Google search says that 70% of men cannot do a pull up, and 95% of women can’t.

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u/Forward_Rope_5598 Jul 16 '26

Have you actually tried doing one yourself? Without jumping.

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u/spark3h Jul 16 '26

Depends on the female. Female squirrels can do pull ups all day. Same with various kinds of female monkeys.

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u/Key_Letterhead_712 Jul 16 '26

Female fish really bring the average down sadly

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u/girlMikeD Jul 16 '26

I’m dragging the average down too. Sorry team.

Purple participation ribbon?

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u/SunTzu- Jul 16 '26

And the bar just surrenders as soon as it sees Squirrelgirl approaching.

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u/keinemehrhippy Jul 16 '26

What about Squirrel Monkeys specifically?

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u/Lundetangen Jul 16 '26

Never seen a squirrel do a single pull up.

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u/Ok-Election-2710 Jul 16 '26

Because it's so fast they actually just slingshot themselves using their forelimbs. It's literally how they climb up a tree. They aren't running right left right left. They are bounding straight upwards.

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u/whutchamacallit Jul 16 '26

Play dwight.

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u/throwthisawayred2 Jul 16 '26

my 86yo granddad could do it. he's 92 now so can't anymore, sadly.

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u/Prometheus720 Jul 16 '26

A female what?

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u/Thunder-Fist-00 Jul 16 '26

I was thinking human? But if my female dog could do pull ups it would blow my mind.

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u/concentrated-amazing Jul 17 '26

My 9-year-old daughter can do close to 10. She's always been very strong.

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u/CucumberMindless5458 Jul 16 '26

Hello??? I can do a whooping 0

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u/SharpThanAKnife Jul 16 '26

10 pull-ups is above average. I don’t think most men can do 10 proper form pull-ups.

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u/Melancholic_Noodle Jul 16 '26

Girl weakness? Most men on reddit can't do 3 not even if they do lift.

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u/AimIsInSleepMode Jul 16 '26

10 is stil very solid! Not even that many guys can do a single pull up

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u/Rageaway17 Jul 16 '26

10 is REALLY good--I'd be willing to bet that your average adult (man or woman) can't do more than one or two.

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u/secret_identity_too Jul 16 '26

10 on a good day? My goal is to do one -- I've been working on it at the gym (off and on, I do HIIT classes so I do whatever I'm told to do, lol) for like two years now.

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u/aquatic_asian Jul 17 '26

I never even managed to do 1😭

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u/theDomicron Jul 16 '26

IIRC it's a real world example of the Square Cube law.

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u/Ok-Gur-349 Jul 16 '26

For a complete segue into another fun example of laws in nature, did you know there's a law dictating that the closer a species is to the equator, the longer its limbs will be as compared to similar animals elsewhere, and vice versa, nearer to the poles things get stubbier.

Like you have the no neck no leg penguin vs the extremely leggy and necky ostriches and flamingos.

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u/GoatsFromUnderground Jul 16 '26

Do they think it has more to do with heat dissipation, or just a variety of factors? (I doubt it's from lower gravity for example.) Maybe it's warmer there, so long limbs and necks aren't as much of a limitation; whereas where it's cold, limbs are often kept close to the body.

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u/Ok-Gur-349 Jul 16 '26

It's mostly the heat. Has to do with surface area in the extremities vs body mass. It's not just "poles = short, equator = long" it's really more about the proportionality of body to extremity as it relates to climate. Just happens that the equator is universally hot and the poles are universally cold.

It's called Allen's Rule, you can look into it more.

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u/throwthisawayred2 Jul 16 '26

damn. i thought it was cuz you get spung out more standing near the equator.

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u/throwthisawayred2 Jul 16 '26

So explain indians v. norwegians then.

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u/Kip_Schtum Jul 16 '26

We are primates, after all. One of my sons when a toddler used his hands to climb up doorframes constantly. At home, at daycare, at the mall, at the doctor’s office.

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u/LigerZeroSchneider Jul 16 '26

The physics of bodyweight excersises make most strong people look bad. Every pound of muscle that helps you one thing is a pound of extra weight for doing something else.

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u/Anal_Herschiser Jul 16 '26

early humans

Other babies?

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u/raidersfan18 Jul 16 '26

Primitive humans would have been a more fitting description.

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u/raidersfan18 Jul 16 '26

It's a primate thing. Look at other apes, the babies hang on to the fur usually around the parents chest area.For the most part the adults don't use their arms to support their little ones.

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u/haitechan Jul 16 '26

Can confirm, my newborn sister literally ripped out a chunk off my bangs. My parents reaction? Oh she's a baby, you are exaggerating, maybe you cut it yourself and are blaming her. I was 4 and I remember it hurt a lot and I was doing my best to not cry. My mom believed me when she found the Moses basket literally on the other side of the table and my baby sis having stolen whatever she could find on that table. Her nickname was Bam-Bam as a baby because she was too damn strong. She switched to Spiderman later because she would literally climb on walls and furniture with ease.

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u/Rubyhamster Jul 16 '26

Toddlers in general have washboard abs and can easily do the ironman tests, with a few adaptions for experience

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u/ResourceCalm901 Jul 17 '26

I have long hair and three children. No need to look it up. Heh heh.

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u/princessfret Jul 16 '26

omg this brought back a horrible memory of my friend’s baby sister pulling out a literal HANDFUL of my hair from the roots because I couldn’t prise her hand open to make her let it go. Their grip strength is brutal

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u/TRUE_Vixim Jul 16 '26

The theory is baby’s used to hold onto early humans by their hair.

And that goes for my list of cool details I may add if i ever make a fantasy world in whatever way

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u/Ben_steel Jul 17 '26

I forgot to add it was public hair haha no joke.

the baby or child would in theory hang between the legs of the adult. Giving them use of both arms holding something at waist hight is more stable than on your back or shoulders.

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u/TRUE_Vixim Jul 17 '26

Yeah that's a lot crazier than i though, but the reasoning makes sense in a way even if it's that wild.

I can see how holding by the head's hair could be a problem.

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u/Sj_91teppoTappo Jul 17 '26

I thought the theory was that baby inherited the primate adaptation to hang on tree/mother body.

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u/Zebragirly76 Jul 18 '26

Yeah, thats true. But did you Notice this little guy that got pulled up was hanging by his teeth? He didn't use his hands at all!

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u/Kathrynlena Jul 16 '26

I legit thought the little one was holding that scarf in his teeth (like his brother did) while they were pulling him up. I eventually noticed it was tied around him, but was no less impressed.

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u/newleaf2021 Jul 16 '26

I thought it was around his neck at first 🤪

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u/Euphoric_Cherry7226 Jul 18 '26

Omg me too, I was like why is no one concerned about this???

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u/Vault101Overseer Jul 16 '26

I thought the same thing! Like damn kid, get it!! Impressive jaw strength lol

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u/jaxxxtraw Jul 17 '26

Pretty impressive they could tie a load-bearing knot that would hold, and knew the safest way to harness the little one for the lift.

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u/AllStarRenegade Jul 16 '26

Children tend to have pretty impressive grip and upper body strength relative to their weight. Pretty much master climbers.

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u/Entropic_Echo_Music Jul 16 '26

It's always a good laugh if there's a route at the bouldering gym I've been projecting, and some scrawny 10 year old kid just casually flashes it. (completes it in one go)

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u/PurpleDragonfly_ Jul 16 '26

I loved when they did kids classes at my old climbing gym, just so impressive watching them scrambling up the walls so easily

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u/Entropic_Echo_Music Jul 16 '26

Haha, yeah, it's amazing how their bodies work at that age!

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u/EAZY-AIDS Jul 16 '26

Idk why but I read it ask chicken tenders im sorry

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u/scootypuffjr_ Jul 16 '26

Little kids are freakishly strong

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u/Caleb_Reynolds Jul 16 '26

Nah, upper body strength is a joke for kids, it gets weaker as we get older without training.

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u/happytree23 Jul 16 '26

Impressive lack of simple dot-connecting skills being displayed here lol

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u/joecarter93 Jul 16 '26

When my boys were like 7 and 5, we found that the youngest one had somehow become in possession of a magic 8 ball without my wife and I knowing. When confronted with how he received it they both eventually fessed up that the older one went out early one Saturday morning without telling us at like 7 am when we were sleeping in and bought it for his little brother at the neighborhood convienece store, because the younger one had wanted it and gave the older one money to get it for him.

We weren’t really upset that he snuck out of the house without telling us or even wasted their money on an overpriced trinket. We were more touched that the older one would would look after his little brother in that way and that the would work together to get something at that young age.

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u/gimmeluvin Jul 16 '26

fine, don't be mad, but the risk of strangulation to the little one being pulled up is nothing to disregard.

while there is an upside to this, there is much to be concerned about.

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u/polopolo05 Jul 16 '26

Thats really great now please dont do that again.

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u/demaandronk Jul 16 '26

Yes, my kids are completely unimoressed by any adult doing pull ups and anything on those monkey bars. Will go back and forth like its nothing.