Today’s men are not nearly as strong as their dads were,

[Master Blaster]

Am I the only mean SOB here that requires my offspring to walk on the treadmill on the days when it's too hot, busy, or otherwise, preventing them from walking or biking outside and getting exercise?

In Florida, the summers are literally 85 degrees by 9 am.  Kids can't play outside in that.  If it's not a water park day, yes, I do require 12 to 15 minutes of .8 to 1.0 mph on the treadmill to keep their guts pumping and feeling good, staying fit.

Any other parents do that, or am I just a cruel bastard?  If my kid was as heavy as that poor child pictured above, I think it's MY fault for making high-calorie food available, and not making exercise a part of the daily to-do list.

I hope you are fucking kidding me.  I'm sure you are but still...

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Test levels have been dropping dramatically over the last 75 years as well

Women have much less Test levels than men and live almost 10 years longer. 79 years Women and 72 men...Could it be Test level related?

[Earl1972]

Women have much less Test levels than men and live almost 10 years longer. 79 years Women and 72 men...Could it be Test level related?

a lot of women don't or didn't have to deal with the stress of work

maybe that stat will change since many more women work now

E

[NordicNerd]

...
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.

The average 20-to-34-year-old today, for instance, was able to apply 98 pounds of force when gripping something with his right hand. In 1985, the average man could squeeze with 117 pounds of force.
...

I own a medical grip-strength measurement instrument and I can manage 150 pounds with my right hand. I guess more than 20 years of lifting had been good for something. However, I had a patient once who was a farmer- he grabbed the thing and managed 190 pounds of pressure. My own father was a mechanic and was also far stronger than me in pure grip-strength.

I have had people who looked strong, with thick forearms although having desk-jobs, but who only managed about 90 pounds.

NN

[threetrees]

every generation is "weaker" than the previous generation

it's phenomenon that happens

we can call it "old geezer" syndrome

the only difference now is that social media and facebook posts exist now so more people have voices

tldr-----men who survived the middle ages thought men in the Renaissance were total fags (i took A LOT of license with that one but you know what I'm saying)

every previous generation was tougher, more manly, more womanly, blablabla.

old geezer syndrome sounds accurate

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."  
- Attributed to Socrates by Plato

 

"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly disrespectful and impatient of restraint."  
- Hesiod, 8th century BC

[muscleman-2013]

shaving your balls is "just good hygiene"..

haha fagg0t

[phreak]

Yeah, he lost me on that, too, as well as Manowar. Ball shaving is just good grooming and attention to detail, and Manowar... this just isn't a good look:

As straight as RuPaul.

[Taffin]

Am I the only mean SOB here that requires my offspring to walk on the treadmill on the days when it's too hot, busy, or otherwise, preventing them from walking or biking outside and getting exercise?

In Florida, the summers are literally 85 degrees by 9 am.  Kids can't play outside in that.  If it's not a water park day, yes, I do require 12 to 15 minutes of .8 to 1.0 mph on the treadmill to keep their guts pumping and feeling good, staying fit.

Any other parents do that, or am I just a cruel bastard?  If my kid was as heavy as that poor child pictured above, I think it's MY fault for making high-calorie food available, and not making exercise a part of the daily to-do list.

What's their stack?  ECA and a touch of clen maybe?  And are you measuring with calipers?

[Taffin]

I own a medical grip-strength measurement instrument and I can manage 150 pounds with my right hand. I guess more than 20 years of lifting had been good for something. However, I had a patient once who was a farmer- he grabbed the thing and managed 190 pounds of pressure. My own father was a mechanic and was also far stronger than me in pure grip-strength.

I have had people who looked strong, with thick forearms although having desk-jobs, but who only managed about 90 pounds.

NN

There's some sort of m4sturbati0n joke there but I'm too lazy to put the effort in...

[Kwon]

Haha at this fag thinking a vet is a rough and tough job that gave him hard calloused hands a day of manually breaking out and carrying concrete would destroy this old fags "tough" hands. Plenty of us still work with our hands it's not that uncommon

How do you know Christopher Ingraham is  a fegget?

[Fortress]

As straight as RuPaul.

You dare talk disrespectfully of MANOWAR?!

[King Shizzo]

There's some sort of m4sturbati0n joke there but I'm too lazy to put the effort in...

Do you need a hand?

[Kwon]

Good look right there

[Taffin]

Good look right there

Unshaved b4lls too...

[Taffin]

Do you need a hand?

Well played... 

[Skeletor]

Yeah, he lost me on that, too, as well as Manowar. Ball shaving is just good grooming and attention to detail, and Manowar... this just isn't a good look:

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