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[Vulcano's assistant]

Wait.

Then who are the 70 year olds?

I was just counting from their adulthood. They were not in charge of shit while the Nixon generation was. But yes they are the 70yo of today.

 

[User 479360]

No surprise. My grip and handshakes suck. Embarrassingly so.

 

[Charcoal]

Schools don't have monkey bars anymore? Who made that dumbass decision?

The liberals

 

[Ryzaki009]

I was just counting from their adulthood. They were not in charge of shit while the Nixon generation was. But yes they are the 70yo of today.

Oh okay. XD

 

[bunbun777]

Makes me sad to think all these youngsters are fapping with weak hands.

 

[- J - D -]

And wrist strength too, I bet. Reading this makes me think about this one time in high school where my history teacher (an older man, ~50 yrs) lifted a rather heavy metal stool with just one hand grasping one leg of the stool without his wrist bending from the weight. None of the (senior) students were able to do it, not even the varsity football players.

 

[Zantetsuken]

This is hilarious to me. I searched my heart and knew it to be true.

 

[Icyflamez96]

I guess I'm the exception. I've had a bunch of older people tell me I have a nice handshake, so I figure I'm doing good for myself

Me too.

 

[Anung]

Boomers gonna need that grip to hold on to the old days.

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

The main reason my grip was good as a kid was because I played baseball and split wood. Other than that there would have been no physical reason for my hands to be strong lol

 

[dejay]

And wrist strength too, I bet. Reading this makes me think about this one time in high school where my history teacher (an older man, ~50 yrs) lifted a rather heavy metal stool with just one hand grasping one leg of the stool without his wrist bending from the weight. None of the (senior) students were able to do it, not even the varsity football players.

My 60-something year old father beat a bunch of 20-somethings at arm wrestling at a bucks night a couple of years back.

We worked at an office most of his life but was always active around the house/garden, doing a lot of projects. Old school screw drivers, wood saws and hammers build grip strength for life, not to mention shovels and mattocks.

 

[Shredderi]

Funny, I just bought a gripper to work on my grip strength.

 

[mr.beers]

Would millennials be better at golf then?

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Couldn't this easily be explained by the proportionally smaller number of millennials going into jobs with physical labor?

 

[User 479360]

My school had monkey bars, but I didn't use them a lot. Sometimes we'd get up on top of them.

I don't really have the upper body strength to hold myself up, even now.

 

[Rumblebones]

Gotta be careful with all the tech we have in our hands nowadays.

 

[Beerman462]

I'm going with lack of Jungle Gyms. Also I had tug of war match today so right now my grip strength is pretty low hehe.

Funny, I just bought a gripper to work on my grip strength.

We have a 150 pound one at work. I can close it, but on the first squeeze every joint in my hand pops.

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

Oh, hey. I thought I always had bad grip strength too. Interesting.

 

[andythinkpad]

I find these "let's gang up on the Millenials" news hilarious.

 

[Zombine]

I have an amazing handshake. Men frequently comment on my firm handshake and how they respect me for it.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

I'm not that surprised, and I don't think it's bullshit either. Consider for a moment what the average kid / teen would be doing in the '80s versus sitting down at home playing video games today. In fact, I'm sure most of us here already had that experience considering this IS a gaming forum, even if we stayed for the OT.

Lifting fixes some of that, but it doesn't change the social average or cumulative lack of training.

 

[Rastafarian42]

Glad I bought a wrist gripper a couple of weeks back

 

[ffdgh]

I don't even know how strong of a grip I have since I avoid/rarely do handshakes. Crushing hands isn't my thing lol.

 

[disappeared]

Boomers gonna need that grip to hold on to the old days.

Fucking lol

 

[RareFantasy64]

I feel I have a pretty strong grip.

 

[BPoole]

Those are interesting. I imagine it might be better for pure grip strength than regular grip strengtheners since it works each finger individually. They range from 1.5-9lbs per finger....which would you recommend for someone with already decent grip strength?

I started on the 9 pound per finger. You may not be able to do as many squeezes or holds for as long since your forearms will tire out, but my stamina built up quickly and I was able to go up in weight.

Right now Ihave an 11 pound one ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UMHUSI/?tag=neogaf0e-20 ) and do 20 squeezes followed by a 30 second hold and repeat until failure.

 

[UrokeJoe]

Older generations only have slightly stronger grips from clinging to outdated concepts and trying to hold on as the world passes them by.

I would really like to shake your hand.

 

[commedieu]

Older generations only have slightly stronger grips from clinging to outdated concepts and trying to hold on as the world passes them by.

 

[Phamit]

Need to masturbate more

A strong grip might be not a good Thing if you want to explore every porn on the Internet

 

[manfestival]

I know pull ups have helped me tremendously with my grip. I can only do 8 right now but that is super slacky

 

[NaM]

Boomers gonna need that grip to hold on to the old days.

As and old timer this made me :lol

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

why are scientists taking the time to test this out

what's the point?

Because asking "How ya doing? Good?" is not a very scientific way to get data.

Also, health markers, general population data, cinderella science (the best!), that stuff. Real science is boring and kind of stupid, until something shows up and suddenly it's the greatest thing ever. Science is a black swan: don't ask whether it's stupid, because it is until it ain't. *

* = for some reason Rocky got on my mind and I couldn't help writing that in his voice.
(Rocky explaining science would be a great Youtube channel though)

 

[Forerunner]

So weak.

 

[TaterTots]

lol. I read an article awhile back about how Millenials do not know how to change a tire and such. If that's true then that explains it.

 

[Premium Quality]

We need to add some weights to them cell phones.

 

[Shmuppers]

I take pride in my handshake.

 

[Booya_base]

Avril Lavigne is a precog

 

[BlueTsunami]

Handshakes don't lie. Fish hands epidemic.

 

[lethial]

I find these "let's gang up on the Millenials" news hilarious.

Well you could all tell us how you really feel by doing a Vine video or Snapchat.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Does anything good even come in jars anymore?

 

[Yagharek]

I LOVE this.

I know it's probably meaningless nonsense, but it's hilarious and they will get defensive about it, clutching weakly at straws. Staring at the rows of unopened jars in their fridge. Balling their fists in rage with all the vigor of a Victorian orphan with pleurisy.

Can you open a beer bottle with your eye socket?

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Does anything good even come in jars anymore?

Piss.

 

[keuja]

Bunch of wimps.

 

[New002]

Is it because we're not pulling ourselves up by our own bootstraps? >_>

Spoiler

I don't care if it doesn't make sense!

 

[Future]

Bunch of wimps.

Millenials are the worst

 

[Boudica]

I had trouble opening a bottle of water this morning. I just chalked it up to still being groggy. Now I'm not so sure lol

 

[liliththepale]

What's the upside of a weak grip?
My grip has saved a life before.

That time and effort is being used for more important things.

 

[broncobuster]

It's been forever since I saw somebody rip a phone book in half. Millennial don't have phone books and no universal feat of strength.

 

[jufonuk]

I can't recall a single moment in my life when having a better grip strength would have done anything meaningful.

Then you never had to dangle from a helicopter holding onto your wife to stop her falling to her death .. other wise the terrorists would win.. before?!?

 

[PdotMichael]

That would explain why the WiiU controller was a failure.