Posted on 08/16/2016 6:24:36 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A man’s hands say a lot about him. My own father, at 66, still has the calloused, gnarled hands of a guy who did competitive weightlifting in college and spent much of his career grappling with 1,500-pound dairy cattle as a large animal veterinarian. I, on the other hand, have the soft palms of a modern-day desk jockey. My hands are delicate, well-moisturized, and prone to blisters if I spend too much time in the garden.
And I’m not the only one. A new study in press at the Journal of Hand Therapy (yes, a real thing) finds that millennial men may have significantly weaker hands and arms than men the same age did 30 years ago.
Researchers measured the grip strength (how strongly you can squeeze something) and pinch strength (how strongly you can pinch something between two fingers) of 237 healthy full-time students aged 20 to 34 at universities in North Carolina. And especially among males, the reduction in strength compared to 30 years ago was striking. …
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Pushing buttons doesn’t require much strength. Using a touch screen takes none.
Cue photo of pajama boy. Today’s “man”.
I’m no where near as strong as my dad was. He was solid muscle with fingers that looked like calloused sausages. I sit at my desk all day most days pounding on a key board...not much muscle building there!
Not me....just got my bones density reading ...all increased by 4 to 7 percent in 2 years.
Leg press 325 lbs
Right hand grip 115 lbs
Left hand 95 lbs.
Not too bad for 74.
Worse than that, 60 percent of men under 35 act like faggots and are afraid of their own shadow.
Oh, and they hate mom and dad, the white devils.
I heated my Seattle area home using a fireplace insert and cut most of my wood myself. Now that I own 32 acres in KY, about 2/3 wooded, I cut quite a bit.
One day one of the young guys that works at the university needed some wood for a backyard campfire and I told him he could come over and get all he wants. So I’m showing him the “pre-cut” lengths he can cut up with my maul. He sets one up and takes a swing. The mall bounced off the wood. There was virtually NO power in his swing.
So I cut up one log into six pieces quickly, with five swings of the maul, to show him how to do it. He then sets up another one and takes an incredibly week swing and the same thing happened. The maul bounced off, leaving almost no mark. He is a fairly big guy. I had to teach him how to swing an ax. He got better, but it was painful to watch. He was exhausted after cutting up three 20” logs.
Meanwhile, he’s around 30 and I’m 62...
After a generation or two of the ‘masculinity is determent to human survival’ education system, what do you expect?
Pushing buttons doesn’t require much strength. Using a touch screen takes none.
Not this guy (is 37 a millennial?)...bench 315 and could probably have whooped pops at the same age...not that I would, I love and respect my parents. My generation makes me ill.
BS. Look at the source. I know plenty of guys who lift weights that are very strong. More men work out today than they did back in the day. Sure we may not be farmers and some may live more sedentary lives but I think WAPO is speaking from their own metrosexual, hair dying, waxing, pedicured, pedophile cravings experience. Stop saying all men are like the weirdos who write for your rag. We know the goal of your article is to emasculate and demoralize the portion of the population who is going to kick your a$$ in November.
Yes, but today’s ‘men’ can tap a smartphone screen like nobody’s business!
Mauls are for pu$$ies. Broadaxe. :0)
I’m pretty sure I was stronger at my peak than my dad was at his because I lifted weights and he never did, plus he had a desk job and mine was more a blend - less time at the desk earlier on, more as I progressed.
My two oldest sons are both stronger now than I ever was, but the oldest one is in a special ops type of job (TACP) and the second one is a fitness freak. (I could still take down son #3 (age 17) if I could catch him, but there is no hope of that - he’s a runner.)
The resources are out there for improved strength training, but I guess few take advantage because in many occupations the usefulness is minimal.
Yours is not an imagined observation. I've noticed that voices of men overall have increased in pitch compared to men a generation or two ago. Almost like they never completed puberty.
I'm convinced that a large part of the feminization of men has to do with the tons of hormone supplements that are flushed into our water supplies. No way any purification filter can get rid of that.
“Men” of today have been so feminized that it is becoming hard to tell the difference. Just look around. Men have been so beaten down by political correctness that to even look male is an affront to most women.
They’re a bunch of daisies.
:-D
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