[dp0622]

It’s also more helpful than the repetitive hand motions we’re more likely to do today...

No comment.

[Tax-chick]

I think just about everyone is weaker than they used to be. Housecleaning and laundry were major manual labor in my grandparents’ generation.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Well, wearing dresses and stiletto high heals all the time does that to a guy.

[ClearCase_guy]

[boomop1]

I’d agree I will be 74 in Jan am weaker then 44, I know, I know out of context.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

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.

[hinckley buzzard]

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.

[yarddog]

I think athletes and those who work out regularly are very strong now but the WWII generation was tougher and the average guy stronger.

[KC Burke]

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.

[fruser1]

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!

[The Toll]

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.

[DannyTN]

I knew I was weaker than I was 30 years ago.

[piytar]

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.

[gigster]

...research in the journal of Hand Therapy found... Wasn't George Costanza a Hand Model?

[gaijin]

Feminist-tainted junk-science.

[Larry Lucido]

I’m weaker than I was 30 years ago.

[patro]

I’m opposite. My grip got stronger. 30 years ago, I was three years old. I’m much more strong today, and a heavy diesel equipment mechanic.

[gigster]

My Dad, who passed away at the age of 91 in 2010, could kick the ass of men in their 30’s when he was in his 50’s. His Hands were massive from growing up on a farm in Manitoba and Ontario in the 1930’s

[ConjunctionJunction]

1960's PE class (LaSierra High School):

[VTenigma]

As an old Quebecois guy I used to know would say, “faggot hands”.