american highschools put us to SHAME

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I know you meant that the US high schools outshine the UKs athletically (weight wise) but think of it like this. There is no standard for sex ed in American high schools, which is a big deal. The strong religious aspect of the US can lead to pretty stupid things.

No standard?

Only a few states have Bible bashers, as each generation becomes less & less religious more atheists

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Reply 21

EdwardBarfield9

Original post by SMEGGGY

No standard?

Only a few states have Bible bashers, as each generation becomes less & less religious more atheists

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There is no standard of what they have to teach in sex ed.

Reply 22

MountKimbie

Not a single squat was done.

Reply 23

SmashConcept

Original post by MountKimbie

Not a single squat was done.

que??

Reply 24

MountKimbie

Original post by SmashConcept

que??

ZERO. No depth.

Suppose it's sport specific training though.

Reply 25

nuraf

i dont mind a bit of lifting here or there but we're not exactly going to be roided up hand egg players are we, we train for stuff such as football, tennis heck even boxing.

I prefer have high school moments like this loool

[video="youtube;_LKYLnrTMq0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKYLnrTMq0[/video]

Reply 26

SmashConcept

Original post by MountKimbie

ZERO. No depth.

Suppose it's sport specific training though.

Post a video of your squats.

Reply 27

MountKimbie

Original post by SmashConcept

Post a video of your squats.

why? Let's not beat around the bush I'll just send you a booty pic...

Reply 28

Chakede

Original post by Straighthate

5:36
[video="youtube_share;IrvR73bPb6U"]http://youtu.be/IrvR73bPb6U?t=356[/video]

this is fairly standard practice in america, most schools will have kids who can squat 4+ plates for reps

i could do that too with some big black kid holding me up

Reply 29

SmashConcept

Original post by MountKimbie

why? Let's not beat around the bush I'll just send you a booty pic...

Because you think this is an egregiously high squat....

According to the YT comments he was a 5 star recruit though. And no, most high schools do not produce that calibre of player. Not even on the misc lmao.

Reply 30

Straighthate

Original post by Chakede

i could do that too with some big black kid holding me up

he didnt help him once

Reply 31

Mystery.

Oh noes
Someone call the police

Reply 32

Chakede

Original post by nuraf

is this video a joke on these kids? - they look like morons.
"duuh your bars are crap, walk away you cant rap"
wtf is this??

Reply 33

nuraf

Original post by Chakede

is this video a joke on these kids? - they look like morons.
"duuh your bars are crap, walk away you cant rap"
wtf is this??

this is straight up bants

Reply 34

MountKimbie

Original post by SmashConcept

According to the YT comments he was a 5 star recruit though. And no, most high schools do not produce that calibre of player. Not even on the misc lmao.

I was more talking about the guy at 5:19 I think it was. I didn't watch all of it I stopped after that.

I find squatting above parallel really uncomfortable on my knee joints. ATG for reps and if it's a one rep max I'll hit a few inches above ATG, training maxes I do are ATG. No videos atm I'm not sure filming is allowed at my gym.

I do understand why they squat above parallel though.

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Reply 35

Chakede

Original post by Straighthate

he didnt help him once

hes helping him hold his line, keeping balance, and pulling him up when hes struggling to rise.

usa has more black kid than uk - and the black kids over there are far more athletic than ours anyway - thats why usa dominates in olympics. these kids in your vid will in few years end up as grown nfl footballers at prob 250-350 pounds, they make rugby players look small

Reply 36

SmashConcept

Original post by MountKimbie

To be honest that angle is so terrible that his depth could basically be anything. Judging by the rest of the video it is probably around about parallel. There is no reason I can think of for football players to squat above parallel deliberately. Edit - except maybe to attract the attention of recruiters with inflated numbers but I doubt that works.

Reply 37

Straighthate

Original post by Chakede

at not one point in that vid does he grab him and pull him up
he literally brushes his tips against his waist, how on earth is such little force going to keep him on balance?

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 38

Gwilym101

Original post by Straighthate

this is fairly standard practice in america, most schools will have kids who can squat 4+ plates for reps

its no wonder they dominate in the olympics

why doesnt the UK emphasise athleticism like this for younger people?

Well the reason America and China do so well in the Olympics is the number of athletes they can invest money in is higher than other countries. Then look at Americas comparatively embarressing performance in the Paralympics.

Also America's fitness is not exactly that great given their obesity rate is about 2/3s of adults.