Published on: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Ever wonder what the upper limit of the shot put is? The record is 23.12 meters, or just under 75 feet. But could someone come along and put one even further? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez met up with Olympic record holder Ryan Crouser to find out why putting a shot 24 meters is Almost Impossible.
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Why It's Almost Impossible to Shot Put 24 Meters | WIRED
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Comments
Geoff Foster
13 hours agoHGH: "I got this"
Nathan Fountain
16 hours agoMe after 5:32 I can do that
Me after 5:35 NVM
Blake Guth
17 hours agoFun fact Joe Kovaks threw 24.29 in warmups some years back. Obviously it didn't count, but nonetheless worth mentioning
Uakti HD
1 days ago +1WIRED: why its almost impossible to phyiscally beat off for 5 hours straight
Gabriel Cernat
1 days agoImagine if this guy would do a spin like that but instead of throwing a ball he would slap you at the end
berehost 97
1 days agoIts eazy went there is no gravity
Dustin Morris
1 days agoAs an entitled American, I am offended by the use of the metric system in this video.
Jared Cole
1 days ago0:01 in and I'm guessing the whole video is the force you need to shotput 24 meters is not possible for humans to reach and its somehow stretched into a 10 min video
CrazerGamerX
1 days ago +2Someone:clap his hands 802 times in one minute
Wired:"Why it's almost impossible to clap 803 times in one minute"
MrAlexjames94
1 days agoi used to feel pretty good about the 40 i threw in high school once.....not so much now lmao
captain badass
2 days agoi was expecting some explanation involving gravity or something not some fluff peice about shot putting. to be fair i sacked it off after 2 minutes
Nick Helder
2 days agoWho else finds the shotput guy hot af
한국어TCG
2 days ago +2Reads title: Why its almost impossible
Me: But that means it is possible so should I even watch this???
I shall
Michael Mathis
3 days agoWe’re mainstream now boys!
rwjbeetle
3 days agostep 1: be built like a viking
Sasha Smalls
3 days agowhere my throwers at???
Jack Willette
3 days ago +24/5 of the way thru and the premise of the title has only been mentioned once and that was at the beginning, I'm out, nice clickbait
Ole
3 days agowonder how far a strongman can throw it
Light
3 days ago +1Wait, there was no answer for "Why It's Almost Impossible to Shot Put 24 Meters". The only reason I watched was that I thought it has to do something with the limitation of the physics of our world. Turns out the guy just have to be stronger...
I Dum
3 days agothis guy looks like the villain in megamind