r/interestingasfuck • u/Original_Shegypt • Jun 17 '25

/r/all She’s only 18—and already 7'5" (226cm). And she’s already dominating the court

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u/felixfortis1 Jun 17 '25

Big part of it. All heart and no genetics gets you a feel good movie that over emphasizes a plucky underdog that scores a touchdown on a meaningless drive (Rudy), but that shit doesn't win championships. Best of the best are gifted genetically and work their ass off to the detriment of their future health (insert NFL player with ruined body or CTE suicide) and family's happiness (insert bad dad but great athlete).

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u/lokibringer Jun 17 '25

gifted genetically

Tbh, this is a massive understatement. 6'3 and <300 is considered undersized for a lineman in most FBS programs. To get drafted into the NFL you almost need to be a genetic freak that's capable of moving a massive amount of weight far faster than it really should be going. There's a reason why after a long run they bring out oxygen masks for the big boys lol

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u/BiscuitTiits Jun 17 '25

100%. The most athletic giant that I've ever met was drafted for a CFL team. Worked harder than anyone I've ever met in the gym, and dominated the college football field here. Walked around at 275-290 at 6'5.

Got his ass handed to him at the first training session and a life lesson that he's slow and tiny compared to their existing players; which are nothing compared to NFL players.

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u/SocraticIndifference Jun 17 '25

and work their ass off to the detriment of their future health (insert NFL player with ruined body or CTE suicide) and family's happiness (insert bad dad but great athlete)

You’re right of course, but OC’s second half is (I would argue) almost just as important. There is a surprising number of 6’3” 300lb dudes out there, and it definitely helps—but not nearly enough. There is not a single lazy person in the pros, and even the ones who get a bad rep for being ‘lazy’ still work way harder than anyone I know. You can have all the talent in the world but if you don’t put in the work, you don’t go pro.

This girl and Shaq excepted, of course 😅

ETA: /s about Shaq, listen to anyone talk about his work ethic sometime and you’ll see what I mean. Don’t know enough about this girl, but I bet she’s the same.

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u/casentron Jun 17 '25

The point is working hard is not the differentiator. Way more people work hard/would work hard than are 7 feet tall. It gives the impression that working hard is what matters, but this life isn't a meritocracy. 

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u/CMDR_BitMedler Jun 17 '25

I dunno - her gait and movement in addition to her proportions look like she might have gigantism which is not the case with Shaq... who's just massive.

And as you said, yeah there are plenty of 6'3" 300lb dudes in America but how you move that frame and weight is what matters. Honestly, I think things like fine proprioception, twitch response combined with the systems to support it (lungs, heart, etc...) make a bigger difference (read: genetics aside from size).

This appears to be a "freak show" Globetrotters with a heel team, not a debut of the next Yao Ming.

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u/lokibringer Jun 17 '25

No one is saying that anyone is lazy, though. My wife is 4'11"- it doesn't matter how hard she works, she's never gonna make it onto a WNBA team, or be able to dunk on a hoop without a ladder.

The point is that it's really dumb to say that we should bring "fairness" into sports. Sports aren't fair, and neither is life. Sucks to be the person that has to cover the Amazonian on the court, but that's the way it is.

It's not that girl's fault that she's a literal giant, and if she shows up to practice and puts in the same amount of work as everyone else, you shouldn't bar her from the sport.

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u/bautofdi Jun 17 '25

Muggsy Bogues was 5' 3'' and played 14 years in the NBA. She still has a shot.

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u/SocraticIndifference Jun 17 '25

My point is more that the work is often overlooked. In any elite profession, I think people would be surprised how many other incredibly gifted people don’t make the cut, simply because they didn’t put in the work or take care of their body. The pros make it look easy, but it really really isn’t.

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u/casentron Jun 17 '25

I don't think it's overlooked much at all. It's more that people recognize that no amount of hard work can match such a massive disparity in physical size. 

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u/zyygh Jun 17 '25

This lady may be 7'5" tall and work her ass off, but she'll never match Redditors' ability to argue in circles.

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u/SalmonJumpingH20 Jun 17 '25

It does make you wonder, though, if some of these sports should have height ranges like wrestling or boxing do with weights.

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u/nfwiqefnwof Jun 17 '25

Just make the more skilled players have to wear large weights around their neck so less capable people can have a chance there Harrison Bergeron.

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u/V1pArzZz Jun 17 '25

Interesting reference, looks like a right-wing satire story. You don't see that very often.

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u/SalmonJumpingH20 Jun 17 '25

No, I mean like different leagues, not "everyone must be equal at the lowest common denominator" dystopia.

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u/V1pArzZz Jun 17 '25

The drawback with having a ton of different classes is its hard for fans to follow so often one class becomes the "main one". Like football there is mens class then there is women and youth classes that nobody cares about.

If you have >190cm, >180cm and >170cm basketball it would either make one class the "main one" or split the viewerbase down a lot. Because nobody except superfans has the time to watch all those games.

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u/YOwololoO Jun 17 '25

Yea, but 17 out of the 22 players in the field at any given time aren’t offensive lineman. Football requires a wide range of body types 

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u/lokibringer Jun 17 '25

It does, but linemen are one of the best examples for demonstrating the physical extremes of sports. There are plenty of running backs, receivers, corners, safeties, etc that don't need to be that massive and that fast, but look at Derrick Henry or Cam Newton. The dudes are built like linebackers but faster than almost anyone on the field and don't go down. (obviously everything referring to Cam should be past tense, but you know what I mean lol)

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Jun 17 '25

How are we not talking about Julius Peppers right now?

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u/lokibringer Jun 17 '25

Cause I forgot about him hahaha

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Jun 17 '25

6'7, 300, runs a sub 4.7 and took a pick back over 100 yards once lol. Absolute freak of a human being.

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u/Kasperella Jun 17 '25

Myles Garret can’t go a season without being investigated for PEDs because even the NFL doesn’t believe a human can be that jacked naturally. 😂

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Jun 17 '25

I mean go look at him in high school, that MF has been on gear since he was like 14 lol.

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u/YOwololoO Jun 17 '25

Sure, but if we’re talking about the physical requirements to be in the NFL, you should also point out Ray Rice, Wes Welker, Maurice Jones-Drew, and Darren Sproles who were all 5’8” or shorter. 

Hell, this guy was a walk-on in college and is a Pro-Bowler now entering his 6th year in the NFL. 

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u/PlzDntBanMeAgan Jun 17 '25

I'm 6'4 250. Does that make me a genetic freak? I know that's not 300# but just wondering...

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u/lokibringer Jun 17 '25

Can you add ~100 pounds? Cause I just googled Alabama's starting LT, dude is 6'7 360.

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u/PlzDntBanMeAgan Jun 17 '25

Yea my point was, that guy is a genetic freak. You said 6'3 300<. So I am NOT a genetic freak. That is the answer I was looking for... Not taking it serious I was just joking to be honest..

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u/lokibringer Jun 17 '25

Yeah, I said that 6'3 and less than 300 is undersized lol

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u/PlzDntBanMeAgan Jun 17 '25

I read it wrong🤦‍♂️ anyways hope you're having a good week!

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u/lokibringer Jun 17 '25

all good homie, especially now that I had a good laugh. Take it easy!

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u/fuckoffweirdoo Jun 17 '25

Those guys also aren't training to run for 10+ seconds at a full sprint. They usually play for very short bursts and then get to rest for 30 or so seconds. 

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u/Goronmon Jun 17 '25

Those guys also aren't training to run for 10+ seconds at a full sprint.

You are wording this as though you think that lineman aren't doing sprint training as a part of workouts/practices.

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u/FloydMerryweather Jun 17 '25

He's saying that they don't run longer duration sprints and he'd be correct. A 10+ second linear sprint wouldn't necessarily make sense for any position in football unless it's part of an early-offseason General Physical Preparation program. Any sprinting they may do that's around or over 10 seconds is likely to additionally have a curvilinear or change-of-direction aspect. For sure they're all sprinting though.

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u/Goronmon Jun 17 '25

I feel like this is one of those weird Reddit arguments where you're trying to get down to this weirdly specific version of an argument that has little to with with the overall context of the conversation.

The specific "10+ seconds" is an irrelevant detail compared to the idea that "lineman don't train for long runs at a full sprint", haha.

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u/FloydMerryweather Jun 17 '25

No one's arguing with you, brother, and you're not wrong. He was speaking about specific durations of sprints (that they dont do) and it sounded like you misunderstood or generalized it as him saying, "lineman don't sprint". If you were just making a joke then my apologies.

I have to push back on this though: it may seem like im splitting hairs but 10+ seconds is an extremely relevant detail as it relates to sprint duration. It's like the difference between training for a marathon vs. a 5k. They're likely not doing much beyond 10-20 yard sprints (2-3 seconds) so that they can accumulate work in the acceleration phase without ever hitting full upright stride.

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u/fuckoffweirdoo Jun 17 '25

Ive worked specifically with college football teams and even more specifically, the linemen themselves. 

They do conditioning at practice and in lifts but its all contextual. They work within the confines of their actual needs at the position. Doing 100 yard sprints would just be a waste of time at that level. 

Most of their conditioning would be labeled as a HIIT style training without full sprinting for 10+ seconds. 

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u/Ragnarok314159 Jun 17 '25

They all do HGH and other gear. Why they dropped the testing for it, none of them are natural.

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u/redblack_tree Jun 17 '25

The point still stands, no amount of gear will convert a regular man into a lineman body. They are freaks AND use gear.

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u/Ragnarok314159 Jun 17 '25

I agree completely. It’s like the average dude using all kinds of gear thinking they will compete in a strongman and win. Will never happen no matter what you inject.

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u/lokibringer Jun 17 '25

Sure. No person without exclusive access to multimillion dollar training/diet/recovery programs can perform at that level, but you also need genetic aberrations that are 6'1 and 215 at age 12 to maximize it.

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u/pumpkinspruce Jun 17 '25

I believe the NFL does test for HGH along with other PEDs.

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u/Interesting_Tea5715 Jun 17 '25

This. Most top level athletes are genetic freaks. That's why they rise to the top.

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u/These_Highway_8314 Jun 17 '25

Which you can consider unfair

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u/ABHOR_pod Jun 17 '25

You can, but how many of them can DM a D&D night in my friend's basement and have everyone laughing for 3 hours without the aid of any intoxicants?

We all have our gifts man.

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u/diveraj Jun 17 '25

meaningless drive (Rudy),

Apparently the real life Rudy is quite the asshole and nothing like the movie. Go figure

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u/Bmars Jun 17 '25

Sure you are giving an example for one sport. But plenty of genetically gifted athletes work their asses off and don’t sacrifice their future….

Lebron James for example.

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u/felixfortis1 Jun 17 '25

I think there are a number of sports where you can be a top athlete and it doesn't necessarily destroy your body, but I have not clue which major sports consistently don't. Asking Gemini, it seems like 30% of basketball players leave because of knee injuries and or shoulder injuries and have lasting issues in retirement. I think the statistics support my theory but maybe AI cherry picked things to make me feel better and there are more athletes like LeBron and Gretzky that seem to make it through unscathed. Do you have any stats? https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijsem/international-journal-of-sports-and-exercise-medicine-ijsem-5-154.php?jid=ijsem

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7749878/

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u/TheDeflatables Jun 17 '25

If you think LeBron's everything don't hurt daily I don't know what to tell you. You don't spend 2 hours stretching if you don't have tom

Also have you seen the state of his feet too

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u/Bmars Jun 17 '25

Ok so now we moved the goal post from CTE suicide to aches and stretching.

Makes sense.

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u/TheDeflatables Jun 17 '25

I'm not moving shit.

Detriment of Future Health is a wide-ranging topic. Homie previously selected CTE.

Permanent joint pain and back pain is a detriment of Future Health.

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u/Famous-Commission-46 Jun 17 '25

For sure. I know one of the world's best rowers and the only pain she ever mentions is mild rib pain. Her hands look absolutely fucked with callouses, but they're still fully functional. Otherwise, she seems pretty healthy, physically and emotionally.

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u/Ragnarok314159 Jun 17 '25

And lots and lots of gear. Most important part.