For some reason I kept wondering if they had had their tetanus shots while I watched that video, especially when they put down the needle things and laid on them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus
For the most part it's pretty rare, but since these people may or may not be poor and since they probably do this for a living, there is a good chance they'll contract it. An interesting statistic:

Mortality rates reported vary from 48% to 73%

And since they're in India it's probably closer to 73%

Nokarot

United States1410 Posts

November 23 2011 04:34 GMT

#22

Watched the whole thing, it's pretty obvious that they probably underwent a lot of conditioning when preparing their bodies for that stuff. Also, when you're getting hit by something, if you have the chance to tighten your chest to prepare for the oncoming hit, its not as bad.

Not to say that shit isn't super brutal and crazy, but they certainly prepared quite a bit. Definitely fits under a "do not try this at home" thing since the average person would break many bones and get impaled by a few nails by this sort of shit.

looknohands119

United States815 Posts

November 23 2011 04:34 GMT

#23

I've seen a lot of these feats of strength and endurance kind of things and the blood really isn't all that out of the ordinary, nor is it particularly worrisome. They expect it to happen and plan accordingly. Seriously though, these are some of the most badass guys I've ever seen. If you know how to distribute a blow like that correctly, the human body can do some pretty amazing stuff and take an incredible amount of punishment with little or no permanent damage. They aren't just hitting themselves and each other with stuff. They are very precisely controlling the contraction strength and speed of their various muscle groups to redistribute the force in order to minimize damage. Its not something new but it takes a lot of training to learn to do it correctly and it takes an equally large amount of training to learn how to how to apply that force in a way that will cause the least damage. Its an incredible example of what can be achieved through self-discipline and it is most definitely a form of potentially beautiful and astounding art.

FractalsOnFire

Australia1756 Posts

November 23 2011 05:13 GMT

#24

THIS IS SO BAD ASS

Gummy

United States2180 Posts

November 23 2011 05:25 GMT

#25

That was pure and continuous insanity. I don't even know what the fuck I just saw.

Mr. Wiggles

Canada5894 Posts

November 23 2011 05:29 GMT

#26

Hhahahaha, what the fuck was that?

Those guys are freaking crazy, I would probably never do something like that.

Alejandrisha

United States6565 Posts

November 23 2011 05:57 GMT

#27

On November 23 2011 14:29 Mr. Wiggles wrote:
Hhahahaha, what the fuck was that?

Those guys are freaking crazy, I would probably never do something like that.

Since you mentioned it, may we explore situations in which you WOULD do something like that?? :D

Kyhol

Canada2575 Posts

November 23 2011 06:02 GMT

#28

I laughed so hard when he jumped through all the lights. No fucking way.

Mjolnir

912 Posts

November 23 2011 06:20 GMT

#29

On November 23 2011 13:34 Nokarot wrote:
Watched the whole thing, it's pretty obvious that they probably underwent a lot of conditioning when preparing their bodies for that stuff. Also, when you're getting hit by something, if you have the chance to tighten your chest to prepare for the oncoming hit, its not as bad.

Not to say that shit isn't super brutal and crazy, but they certainly prepared quite a bit. Definitely fits under a "do not try this at home" thing since the average person would break many bones and get impaled by a few nails by this sort of shit.

Man, I had the opposite thought. I thought it looked like a total clusterfuck, with guys waving off "stunts" midway through and putting their arms up for defense from unexpected (or unwanted) strikes.

I thought it looked like a bunch of meatheads who think breaking stuff and getting hurt in the process makes them look tough. I'm not sure where the "talent" here is. Hardly anything seems to go according to plan and when it does, they suffer the same sort of injuries that anyone else would. I don't even.

I spent a lot of time in India. The total clusterfuck of the way this was staged does not surprise me.

United States6173 Posts

November 23 2011 07:05 GMT

#30

Wow...real life Chuck Norrises.

marttorn

Norway5211 Posts

November 23 2011 07:07 GMT

#31

What I loved was how the camera kept switching over to the female judges horrified reaction, rofl. Other than that, it was fairly... weird. Almost painful to watch at some points, so much self-inflicted pain.

tests

United States160 Posts

November 23 2011 07:47 GMT

#32

SIKH representing!!!

(No, I don't got the balls to do the crazy shit these guys do)

holy shit wtf did I just see?

SoniC_eu

Denmark1008 Posts

November 23 2011 07:53 GMT

#33

This act requires an amazing amount of preperation and skill IMO. These guys know exactly what they are doing...That was totally crazy and amazing!

SoniC_eu

Denmark1008 Posts

November 23 2011 07:57 GMT

#34

On November 23 2011 15:20 Mjolnir wrote:

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Man, I had the opposite thought. I thought it looked like a total clusterfuck, with guys waving off "stunts" midway through and putting their arms up for defense from unexpected (or unwanted) strikes.

I thought it looked like a bunch of meatheads who think breaking stuff and getting hurt in the process makes them look tough. I'm not sure where the "talent" here is. Hardly anything seems to go according to plan and when it does, they suffer the same sort of injuries that anyone else would. I don't even.

I spent a lot of time in India. The total clusterfuck of the way this was staged does not surprise me.

Mm, so you spent a lotta time in India, and therefore you aren't surprised about the apparent and seeming disorganisation of the show? I dont see why you feel the need to generalize an entire nation, just cos of a show?

surfinbird1

Germany999 Posts

November 23 2011 08:32 GMT

#35

Some of these stunts aren't actually all that impressive. If you put somehing heavy on your chest and hit it with a sledge-hammer you won't get hurt because of the inertia of the thing on your chest, rather the hammer will bounce back. Our professor even did it in class and he's probably a total pansy. But still quite impressive overall. I especially liked the horrified look on the female judge's face and the tower of neon tubes.

Fruscainte

4596 Posts

November 23 2011 15:20 GMT

#36

On November 23 2011 17:32 surfinbird1 wrote:
Some of these stunts aren't actually all that impressive. If you put somehing heavy on your chest and hit it with a sledge-hammer you won't get hurt because of the inertia of the thing on your chest, rather the hammer will bounce back. Our professor even did it in class and he's probably a total pansy. But still quite impressive overall. I especially liked the horrified look on the female judge's face and the tower of neon tubes.

Honestly, the part that finished it off for me that just made this the funniest thing ever was when the car was driven over him, and then out of nowhere, the motorcycle.

Mr. Wiggles

Canada5894 Posts

November 23 2011 15:20 GMT

#37

On November 23 2011 14:57 Alejandrisha wrote:

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Since you mentioned it, may we explore situations in which you WOULD do something like that?? :D

If I'd trained for it, and needed to do it because I had no money and it was the only possible way to get some, or something like that.

Basically, some extreme situation where I'd be forced to take part in an act like this, take your pick. :p

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

November 23 2011 15:26 GMT

#38

What

The

Fuck

This isn't my usual piece of entertainment. A lot of things nowadays just make me feel confused. Actually I am confused to whether I should feel confused. Confused...