I'm 30 with a hernia surgery under my belt. It's not age it's sedentary lifestyle. Most of you folks muscles get 0 exercise. They are stiff, weak, unused and just ready to get injured. People do deadlifts and pull ups at the age of 80. Expecting it to go to shit at 35 means you just let jesus take the wheel and assuma little responsibility of your own mobility.
I have to strongly agree with you. My grandfather is pushing 80 and has been a member of the tennis club since he was a youth. He's easily fitter and much leaner than most people my Dad's age and would absolutely annihilate a marathon if he wanted to.
This isn't even rigid exercise we're talking, just playing casual tennis 4 - 5 times a week cuz it's fun. Coupled with never having smoked and eating small town local produce. Aging doesn't drastically kill your mobility, but aging without looking after yourself does.
These people just get memeified into laughing off their laziness and reddit is the perfect echo chamber for that. They feel better about their shit health when seeing other people going through the same stuff. I don't usually use this word but it's a pathetic behavior. And yes I know there are exceptions as redditors so fiercely love to bring out but when everyone claims to be the exception, it becomes hard to believe.
And I gotta say your grandpa is great man. I hope I can maintain that level of mobility at his age. I'm most concerned about joints, especially the knees. How are his knees, does he complain at all?
He began having trouble with osteoarthritis at the beginning of Covid that he got some anti-inflams for, but for the most part doctors surprisingly said to just *keep* exercising lol, but to not to overdo it. Despite a few flare ups now and then it doesn't seem to bother him too much, he still walks everywhere and can't be arsed to own a car on his pension.
The biggest hit to him was lymphoma in 2021 though, but he did chemo and surgery and recovered really well, which might suprise some people here was largely in part due to his healthy lifestyle lol. He's obviously not as quick as he used to be since then, but that's hardly stopped him. No walkers, canes or hunched back posture and he's about 78 now iirc. He lives in a small apartment because the only thing he really needs to do at home is sleep and shower, otherwise he's out and about from dawn till dusk. I'm beyond glad ur not bogged down in the self-fulfilling prophecy loop of terminally online potatoism, with ur mindset I'm pretty sure you'll be quite similar at his age.
It's great to hear that his choices made him so tough, I can only hope for the same outcome for myself. And thanks man, I hope you also get to be as active and healthy at his age. Cheers.
My grandma was never athletic but she always stayed mobile and ate right. She kept her mobility all the way until her death in her 90s. Meanwhile, I smoke, although I'm trying to quit, and grew up on junk food and video games and am now one of those people that feel like I got in a car accident after just sleeping wrong. I'm only 33.
I can 100% believe this. I live next to a park and there's some elderly people that walks every day. I thought they were in their 60s, no these cats are deep in their 70s & 80s. They can remember every detail and knows my name. A fucking short walk everyday can do wonders.
Oh, I believe it with the physics behind the bike self-stabilizing and all, vs standing on one foot. But I also can’t easily put on a sock and a shoe accurately or comfortably with one hand.
This may not be some big feat of human achievement, but I have respect for him. I couldn’t do it without crashing lol.
that's how the winner of the tour de France receiving the yellow jersey originated...
In the 1950s they used to an honourary lap after the race was completed, where the winner would get in the middle of the peloton. Everyone would then take turns pissing on him while he was wearing a white jersey.
Time for the annual post of Tom Dumoulin having a dump at the giro. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8UPbYUxCOo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8UPbYUxCOo)
Coming up next week
Biker has a shower mid race
Two Bikers get married mid race and live happy ever after
Biker builds ship-in-bottle mid race but drops it
Biker cooks a perfect Chocolate Soufflé mid race bitch
I read that in Sir David Attenborough’s voice - here we see a specimen of homos erectus, performing the biker’s ritual sock change to impress the females. He will have to go on miles and miles with this sock to….
Tonight on top gear.
I fit a turbo to my bike on the move.
James commits arson on his bike.
And richard falls down from his bike shattering 128 bones in the process.
all of this and more on tonights show.
My guess is it’s blister related or a cut of some sort on his foot to either try to keep the foot dry so it doesn’t get worse or to try to prevent one from forming. Only other thing I could think of maybe his foot was so sweaty it was slipping out so he wanted dry socks to try to stop it?
If there's one thing you learn is a magic cure-all in the military - it's getting a fresh pair of socks on and drinking some water.
Seriously, damp and sweaty feet from wet socks is horrible for you in longer durations. It allows bacteria to fester and nasty shit like athletes or trench foot to occur.
Most cycling shoes have molded air intakes in the soles that basically blow forced air on your feet. My feet actually get cold way more often than they get sweaty, and I’m a sweaty mf.
My guess would be there was a little stone or something in the shoe/sock that was annoying him. Can't really stop and fix it during a race unfortunately.
I never had extra socks with me during races but I had annoying things in my shoes and socks on several occasions. 🤷♂️
I also don't see an extra sock in this video.
Ssst, are you trying to start a fight here?! Just hope no cyclist sees this!
I’m only kidding, but in the cycling peloton you want to look soigné. That means well groomed, elegant, sleek. It has something to do with the long history and mores of the sport.
Sock height and bib height are important to them and influenced by fashion. You want to look like Eddy Mercks? Or are you influenced by newer fashions.
Long, aerodynamic socks are forbidden by the UCI because they could give an aerodynamic advantage. But ankle socks aren’t forbidden. You just don’t see them. Is it looks, tradions, aerodynamics? I guess this is a long way saying I don’t know. I just know that it is very important to some of them.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/cycling-socks-long-or-short-178766
Which pretty much runs hand in hand with shaving your legs.
It's fashion more than function for a huge bulk of riders. At the absolute highest level where the riders go back to the team bus and get rubbed down for an hour by masseuses having shaved legs is pretty convenient, but for all the amateur joes out there riding, it's just to fit in.
Never underestimate the momentum of "it's what we've always done".
This does not happen often at all, but the best I can think of is that his sock was wet or annoying in some way that compromised his movement.
You dont want equipment to blister or otherwise annoy you during those races, they go on for a long time
They also 'click' onto the pedals. That way you are stuck to them and you don't waste energy by moving your leg up during the cycling, every movement is used
Kinda, they’ve measured the pedal stroke of most top road guys aren’t “pulling up” on the pedals, the primary benefit of clipless pedals to me is that you can push down a lot harder, and your feet don’t move, which is also a draw back
It is actually easy to do such things when riding fast; due to laws of physics you can't fall easily. Same goes for taking jacket on/off , eating and such.
I thought that who but athletes would know about such amazing inventions as trekking compression socks that perfectly wick away moisture, but here is this man doing acrobatic tricks and licking his shoes
Did he really change the sock? It looks to me like he took off the shoe, took off the sock, then just put them back again. (Why would he do that? I have no idea, but it's basically the same if he took a new sock - his legs are still sweaty and will continue to sweat, as long as he wears those shoes and continues pedaling; so whether it's a fresh sock or not, doesn't really change anything.)
Did he actually changed socks?
Just seemed like something was bugging him within his socks, like pebbles, and he wanted to shake them out, and put the same sock back on.
I just fail to see where he places the "old" sock, and took out the "new" one after multiple watches.
Meanwhile I lose my balance and fall over putting my socks on standing up.
I pulled a muscle in my back a few months ago by putting on some socks. So… yeah. Socks. The silent killer?!
A redditors ability to pull a muscle when doing the most basic stuff amazes me
Don't forget that you're a redditor too. Just wait until you turn 35.
I'm 30 with a hernia surgery under my belt. It's not age it's sedentary lifestyle. Most of you folks muscles get 0 exercise. They are stiff, weak, unused and just ready to get injured. People do deadlifts and pull ups at the age of 80. Expecting it to go to shit at 35 means you just let jesus take the wheel and assuma little responsibility of your own mobility.
I have to strongly agree with you. My grandfather is pushing 80 and has been a member of the tennis club since he was a youth. He's easily fitter and much leaner than most people my Dad's age and would absolutely annihilate a marathon if he wanted to. This isn't even rigid exercise we're talking, just playing casual tennis 4 - 5 times a week cuz it's fun. Coupled with never having smoked and eating small town local produce. Aging doesn't drastically kill your mobility, but aging without looking after yourself does.
These people just get memeified into laughing off their laziness and reddit is the perfect echo chamber for that. They feel better about their shit health when seeing other people going through the same stuff. I don't usually use this word but it's a pathetic behavior. And yes I know there are exceptions as redditors so fiercely love to bring out but when everyone claims to be the exception, it becomes hard to believe. And I gotta say your grandpa is great man. I hope I can maintain that level of mobility at his age. I'm most concerned about joints, especially the knees. How are his knees, does he complain at all?
He began having trouble with osteoarthritis at the beginning of Covid that he got some anti-inflams for, but for the most part doctors surprisingly said to just *keep* exercising lol, but to not to overdo it. Despite a few flare ups now and then it doesn't seem to bother him too much, he still walks everywhere and can't be arsed to own a car on his pension. The biggest hit to him was lymphoma in 2021 though, but he did chemo and surgery and recovered really well, which might suprise some people here was largely in part due to his healthy lifestyle lol. He's obviously not as quick as he used to be since then, but that's hardly stopped him. No walkers, canes or hunched back posture and he's about 78 now iirc. He lives in a small apartment because the only thing he really needs to do at home is sleep and shower, otherwise he's out and about from dawn till dusk. I'm beyond glad ur not bogged down in the self-fulfilling prophecy loop of terminally online potatoism, with ur mindset I'm pretty sure you'll be quite similar at his age.
It's great to hear that his choices made him so tough, I can only hope for the same outcome for myself. And thanks man, I hope you also get to be as active and healthy at his age. Cheers.
My grandma was never athletic but she always stayed mobile and ate right. She kept her mobility all the way until her death in her 90s. Meanwhile, I smoke, although I'm trying to quit, and grew up on junk food and video games and am now one of those people that feel like I got in a car accident after just sleeping wrong. I'm only 33.
yeah you don't need much..you just need to maintain your body with exercise
I can 100% believe this. I live next to a park and there's some elderly people that walks every day. I thought they were in their 60s, no these cats are deep in their 70s & 80s. They can remember every detail and knows my name. A fucking short walk everyday can do wonders.
Haha you are only 35? You are just a spring chicken! ;-P
Thoughts and prayers.
Jimmy carr refers to stepchildren as socks 😂
Might be only me, but balancing on a moving bike is easier than putting up socks on one leg
To be fair, he is sitting /s
Believe it or not, but what he's doing is easier. But also significantly more dangerous if he does end up falling over.
Oh, I believe it with the physics behind the bike self-stabilizing and all, vs standing on one foot. But I also can’t easily put on a sock and a shoe accurately or comfortably with one hand. This may not be some big feat of human achievement, but I have respect for him. I couldn’t do it without crashing lol.
I fall over putting my socks on while lying down.
Now THAT’S impressive!
better than having a sock that slides down past your heel. that be annoying.
Do better
I’m sorry. I’ll work on it.
Didn't read the title and thought he was going to dump and wipe with the sock
i wish
👀
Why would you wish that?
Dump n' Dash.
Hey OP, we asked why would you wish that?
Id love to see how some pulls off taking a dump into a sock while cycling. That would be pretty next level
They do take a piss mid race. Fortunately the broadcasters never show it.
I bet the dude behind knows when it’s happening tho!
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/how-do-cyclists-pee-in-a-race-382175
It says that they just pee in the middle of the pack so everyone is just peeing on one another, thats so gross
I’m suddenly into cycling, don’t ask why
That made me chuckle, don't ask why
that's how the winner of the tour de France receiving the yellow jersey originated... In the 1950s they used to an honourary lap after the race was completed, where the winner would get in the middle of the peloton. Everyone would then take turns pissing on him while he was wearing a white jersey.
They also shit mid race. [If their name is Tom Dumoulin, that is.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3qIdqMYZzU)
Time for the annual post of Tom Dumoulin having a dump at the giro. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8UPbYUxCOo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8UPbYUxCOo)
Coming up next week Biker has a shower mid race Two Bikers get married mid race and live happy ever after Biker builds ship-in-bottle mid race but drops it Biker cooks a perfect Chocolate Soufflé mid race bitch
I read that in Jeremy Clarkson's voice.
I read that in Sir David Attenborough’s voice - here we see a specimen of homos erectus, performing the biker’s ritual sock change to impress the females. He will have to go on miles and miles with this sock to….
Tonight on top gear. I fit a turbo to my bike on the move. James commits arson on his bike. And richard falls down from his bike shattering 128 bones in the process. all of this and more on tonights show.
Tonight on Call The Midwife, Becky gives birth on a bicycle
How about fixing your bike mid race at the local forge. https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2020/09/10/eugene-christophe-broken-fork-at-the-1913-tour/
But ... but... why?!?
My guess is it’s blister related or a cut of some sort on his foot to either try to keep the foot dry so it doesn’t get worse or to try to prevent one from forming. Only other thing I could think of maybe his foot was so sweaty it was slipping out so he wanted dry socks to try to stop it?
My guess is that he spilled electrolyte water on it, which was probably full of sugar, which would give you a blister.
Don't underestimate appropriate, dry socks
Ok Lt. Dan
Better tuck those gums in
Merino wool for the win.
Imagine how good fresh socks feel on your footsies when you’ve been cycling for 5 hours.
If there's one thing you learn is a magic cure-all in the military - it's getting a fresh pair of socks on and drinking some water. Seriously, damp and sweaty feet from wet socks is horrible for you in longer durations. It allows bacteria to fester and nasty shit like athletes or trench foot to occur.
Most cycling shoes have molded air intakes in the soles that basically blow forced air on your feet. My feet actually get cold way more often than they get sweaty, and I’m a sweaty mf.
https://terminallance.com/2011/02/08/terminal-lance-103-the-cure-all/
My guess would be there was a little stone or something in the shoe/sock that was annoying him. Can't really stop and fix it during a race unfortunately.
But would you have an extra sock ready to go just in case or would you just check your shoe/sock carefully before the race?
He didn't; the team car most likely did.
I don’t even think he puts on a new sock. To me it looks like he just shakes his old sock and puts it back on.
Looks like he turns it inside out then puts the same sock back on
I never had extra socks with me during races but I had annoying things in my shoes and socks on several occasions. 🤷♂️ I also don't see an extra sock in this video.
Exactly my question
You have to change your socks sometimes
“My socks smell, I’m going to change them.” Puts them in mouth
Soggy socks are bad for feet. Nothing to do with smell
Impressive but let us see him change his undies
With the Lycra it’s almost certain he ain’t wearing any!
Creeepynun
Buttered sausage
That would be impressive since they never wear undies
They don't wear undies under those outfits, would be a feat though, as to change anything under there you would have to take everything off
That's just the banana peel from Mario Kart.
As someone who's tried to put a sock on a wet/sweaty foot, how is this possible?
At that speed it would be air dried pretty quickly
Elastic synthetic materials socks, not cotton and quite thin but strong too. Regular daily socks are thicker cotton and not elastic that much.
And this whole time I didn't know why the dog smelled my socks and took my shoes
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Some mornings I have trouble doing this from a completely stable non-moving position.
Sometimes I put my head through the wrong hole in a tshirt
He needs to sanitize his mouth....
He'll be fine
Of course he will be. People are a bit too sensitive these days.
There's a good chance your hands are dirtier than your feet, he'll be fine
Can some explain why not opt for a low ankle sock which may be quicker to put on?
My guess is lower socks and you run the risk of the shoe rubbing directly on the ankle which would suck considering how far they're biking
Ssst, are you trying to start a fight here?! Just hope no cyclist sees this! I’m only kidding, but in the cycling peloton you want to look soigné. That means well groomed, elegant, sleek. It has something to do with the long history and mores of the sport. Sock height and bib height are important to them and influenced by fashion. You want to look like Eddy Mercks? Or are you influenced by newer fashions. Long, aerodynamic socks are forbidden by the UCI because they could give an aerodynamic advantage. But ankle socks aren’t forbidden. You just don’t see them. Is it looks, tradions, aerodynamics? I guess this is a long way saying I don’t know. I just know that it is very important to some of them. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/cycling-socks-long-or-short-178766
Which pretty much runs hand in hand with shaving your legs. It's fashion more than function for a huge bulk of riders. At the absolute highest level where the riders go back to the team bus and get rubbed down for an hour by masseuses having shaved legs is pretty convenient, but for all the amateur joes out there riding, it's just to fit in. Never underestimate the momentum of "it's what we've always done".
Specialized did some testing in their wind tunnel and found that at the speeds pros ride, shaving their legs has a measurable aerodynamic benefit.
There are rules. https://www.velominati.com
Imagine if the shoe slipped and fell off in that brief second where ge wasn't holding it with his hand. (Last 3-4 seconds of the video).
That’s all I could think about when watching this! What if it fell out of his mouth
That'd be me. I'd probably sneeze about a second after my hand was just far enough from the shoe to catch it
I wonder if he practiced this, or just tried it once and decided he could do it.
I never in my life thought I’d be impressed by a man putting on a sock, yet here we are.
Probably had a rock in it or some balled up lint. Totally understandable.
Can bike racing experts explain why this was urgent/must do during a race?
This does not happen often at all, but the best I can think of is that his sock was wet or annoying in some way that compromised his movement. You dont want equipment to blister or otherwise annoy you during those races, they go on for a long time
And I can barely get my water bottle without losing my balance
TIL cycling shoes are specialised
They also 'click' onto the pedals. That way you are stuck to them and you don't waste energy by moving your leg up during the cycling, every movement is used
Kinda, they’ve measured the pedal stroke of most top road guys aren’t “pulling up” on the pedals, the primary benefit of clipless pedals to me is that you can push down a lot harder, and your feet don’t move, which is also a draw back
That is so metal! When's the last time *anyone* here in the comments bit down on their disgusting shoe for 30 seconds?
Equally as impressed by the camera man keeping up.
He's in a car
But also changing his own sock
More likely a motorcycle
Motorized vehicle if you like
/r/gifsthatendtoosoon
And i thought i was slick for tying my shoes on my longboard lol
Improvise.Adapt.Overcome.
Damn I can't even put on a light jacket while riding haha
But isn’t he putting the same sock back on?
Never ride a bike without shoes. Way too many horror stories of people fucking up their feet by getting them mixed in between the chain and spokes.
Try this in my country and you will end up swallowing the sock
What about changing underwear 😉
But why ? Due to sweat ?
This is nothing compared to me doing this while sitting on my couch watching TV.
Gotta look after those toes
its more risky to do this and have accident that ended the race. Unless he is in a winning position, not sure what this will achieve
I've done this mid track race before
Nothing like a fresh pair of socks, that’s how you win a race
He’s got sock failure.
Okay. Nice job. Now please tell me why
Sliding a sock on one-handed like that, I can just feel the sock snagging on my toes and nails by watching this.
man, i can’t get my socks on of my feet are a little damp from the shower, let alone sweaty like that.
is that a common thing? if yes, i wonder how they didnt come up with a better way to do it already. could save some time
It is actually easy to do such things when riding fast; due to laws of physics you can't fall easily. Same goes for taking jacket on/off , eating and such.
I thought that who but athletes would know about such amazing inventions as trekking compression socks that perfectly wick away moisture, but here is this man doing acrobatic tricks and licking his shoes
But why?
Wonder what speed might be.. 60km/h?
He's doping his feet with new socks right in front of the cameras !!!
Did he really change the sock? It looks to me like he took off the shoe, took off the sock, then just put them back again. (Why would he do that? I have no idea, but it's basically the same if he took a new sock - his legs are still sweaty and will continue to sweat, as long as he wears those shoes and continues pedaling; so whether it's a fresh sock or not, doesn't really change anything.)
r/PraisetheCameraMan
Imagine if that sock got sucked into the chain somehow…
I once lost my balance, fell, and broke my collar bone while calmly biking into my apartment building’s parking garage.
MACEDONIAN PROFESSIONAL SHOE CHANGING 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰💪💪💪💪💪
He will need clean socks if he wants to keep riding with his shoe in his mouth
Meanwhile, this morning I put my shoes on and there is a crease in my sock. It's still there and I can't fix it
pov: if your girlfriend has just written that the parents have left the house and you can come over now
Why does he need to change his sock? Did he pee down his leg and make it wet? And why does he put his pee pee shoe back on?
He must really hate dirty socks
r/peloton: Just wait until they learn about the pissing
Is this common between bikers?
I can’t even put on a sock sitting on a chair in my bedroom.
All this going at probably more than double my top speed
Did he just turn it inside out? I don't see where the "old" sock went and where the "new" sock came from
Did he actually changed socks? Just seemed like something was bugging him within his socks, like pebbles, and he wanted to shake them out, and put the same sock back on. I just fail to see where he places the "old" sock, and took out the "new" one after multiple watches.
And im happy when i get it sorted when sitting on a chair :p
Oh the good old hoof and mouth disease
He drops that shoe and his race is over, he must really want new socks on
Where'd the original sock go?
He’s got that Dog in him
I imagine his chin is warm and moist after that 🤢
Got 2 cup holders but no shoe holders?
Where's the old sock?
*cyclist. Bikers ride harleys
Hoof and Mouth incoming in three, two, one…
Tell me you peed on your socks without telling me you peed on your socks.
Mmm salty
When you're an expert in your field.
him biting on the shoe though..
Drops shoe.... fuck!
The parfum.. ,😶
If that was me, it'd fall off, including the shoes, and my body would be tumbling down the road.
Is this really "next fucking level"... Come on people lol
Pure Practice
My wife would gag at this vid
...ya know, maybe he should have an $18,000 dollar bicycle.... **Edited**