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Big Al : 7/31/2021 12:00 pm
Interesting article on historical development in regard to women versus men.

To go further than article, why not make men and women do the same exercises? Wouldn’t you like to see men on the balance beam and women on the rings?
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Men can't do balance beam for what would seem like obvious reasons  
Zeke's Alibi : 7/31/2021 12:03 pm : link
if you are a man.
I can understand why women  
Big Al : 7/31/2021 12:06 pm : link
don’t do rings (the upper body strength needed) but why can’t men do balance beam?
RE: I can understand why women  
Zeke's Alibi : 7/31/2021 12:08 pm : link
In comment 15318323 Big Al said:
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don’t do rings (the upper body strength needed) but why can’t men do balance beam?


Because at high levels you have the potential to kill yourself. Did you ever do balance beam in school as a kid? There was always one dude that would slip and crush their nuts, and that was just walking it. So unless you want to castrate yourself, it can't happen for obvious reasons.
I guess I  
Big Al : 7/31/2021 12:10 pm : link
Would rather break my back landing wrong on a vault or some other thing like that.
RE: RE: I can understand why women  
Scooter185 : 7/31/2021 12:11 pm : link
In comment 15318325 Zeke's Alibi said:
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In comment 15318323 Big Al said:


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don’t do rings (the upper body strength needed) but why can’t men do balance beam?



Because at high levels you have the potential to kill yourself. Did you ever do balance beam in school as a kid? There was always one dude that would slip and crush their nuts, and that was just walking it. So unless you want to castrate yourself, it can't happen for obvious reasons.


I'm in physical pain just from reading this
I just googled this  
Big Al : 7/31/2021 12:14 pm : link
and it did not mention the “obvious” reason.
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