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A New Study Finds That Men Are Weaker Today Than They Were 30 Years Ago
Australia Men's Health ^
| August 10, 2016
| Paige Fowler
Posted on 08/10/2016 6:24:50 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
Its also more helpful than the repetitive hand motions were more likely to do today...
No comment.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:26:31 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: SamAdams76
I think just about everyone is weaker than they used to be. Housecleaning and laundry were major manual labor in my grandparents’ generation.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:26:40 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("From the cradle to the grave, man is unteachable." ~ Winston Churchill)
To: SamAdams76
Well, wearing dresses and stiletto high heals all the time does that to a guy.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:26:51 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:27:01 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(“Islam has nothing to do with this.”)
To: SamAdams76
I’d agree I will be 74 in Jan am weaker then 44, I know, I know out of context.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:28:10 PM PDT
by
boomop1
(Term limits is the only way to change this failed government.)
To: SamAdams76
Well, 30 years ago I was 17 and I’m pretty sure I could have kicked my current butt, so I’m inclined to agree with the article.
To: SamAdams76
Unmentioned is the fact that testosterone levels have been going down worldwide for some years, including sperm count. Men just aren't as manly as we once were.
To: SamAdams76
I think athletes and those who work out regularly are very strong now but the WWII generation was tougher and the average guy stronger.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:31:44 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: SamAdams76
I have five inches of height on my Dad. I couldn’t take him if we both were the same age at any decade. He once put lopping shears through his hand while falling twelve feet out of a tree and drove him self to the hospital and mowed the yard on his return. He was 75 at the time.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:33:42 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
To: dp0622
You've been married to the same woman a long time too, eh?
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:35:09 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(The gargoyles have taken over the cathedral.)
To: SamAdams76
I have a picture of my great-grandparents where you can see their hands - huge. Wife’s hands as large as the husband’s. Must’ve been the scrub board work for her!
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:35:11 PM PDT
by
fruser1
To: SamAdams76
In most organized sports for the last thirty years, white kids sit on the bench after age 12. The majority male population doesn’t get to play.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:35:50 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: SamAdams76
I knew I was weaker than I was 30 years ago.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:36:20 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: SamAdams76
I can still crack walnuts with my hands. And I’m pushing 50.
My nephews? Not a chance.
At least one is a snowflake to boot. Ugh.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:36:22 PM PDT
by
piytar
(http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
To: SamAdams76
...research in the journal of Hand Therapy found... Wasn't George Costanza a Hand Model?
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:36:34 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: KC Burke
Your dad is/was a very tough man. Jeez, wild story!
Yup.
When I was 33 I was stronger than I am today at 63.
To: dp0622
More men were blue collar 30 plus years ago .... even more so farther back.
When I started my work career, in the early sixties, there was repetitive motion factory work EVERYWHERE.
I got interested in and stayed with extruded plastic for about three years ... loved it.
Just enough physical to keep me skinny and buff and the money was a little better than a lumper.
Those factories are a dream many of us are hoping Trump will bring back.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:37:59 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true ... and it pisses people off)
To: boomop1
Jobs are almost entirely less physically taxing than they were. 32 years ago I was still a day’s pay miner. Those few underground mining jobs have more equipment operating than was imagined possible. That is progress but it has its cost. Plus, what % of the workforce are steelworkers today, for instance.
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:38:19 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
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