Strong gymnast!

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  • February 3, 2011 at 5:38 am #98699
    jdm022
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    I just ate lunch today with a new sales rep for my company named Mark.

    We were making friendly chit chat when he mentioned he was spending a lot of money on his daughter’s gymnastics.
    My interest immediately peaked and he let me know that she is 13, spends like 6 hours a day in the gym, has been training since she
    was 5 or six and is being recruited by the University of Michigan already.

    I said something about knowing a gymnast when i was in high school and mentioned that she was in really good shape.

    To that, Mark responded by telling me that his daughter has rippling muscles, abs and veins running down her arms.

    I thought i might be pushing it but i acted surprised and said, “wow, so she has like little biceps muscles?”

    He kind of cuhckled and said, “she has bigger biceps then her brother and can basically kick his ass.”
    I figured it was her little brother and asked how old he was.

    Mark laughed again and said, “He’s 15!” “all he does is play video games all day and skateboard with his buddies, while Julie (his daughter) is at the gym working out.

    Just thought it was an awesome story to share about my fellow sales reps 13 year old daughter who is much stronger than his 15 year old slacker of a son:)

    February 4, 2011 at 2:11 pm #98723
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    Thanks for sharing that. It makes me wonder a bit about what the dynamic might be between the two siblings. Does the fact that the brother is older and male still make him top dog or does her superior strength mean she can boss him around if she wants to? I don’t mean you to actually ask your friend this of course :D!

    February 4, 2011 at 8:12 pm #98729
    Ashlee
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    just read any LH comic ! :laugh:

    February 4, 2011 at 8:24 pm #98730
    demented20
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    I’ve probably mentioned my poor cousin before, but when he was a young teen his younger sister(by 2 years) was physically stronger. She was a dancer and track sprinter and he wasn’t. If it envolved sweating he wasn’t into it. He was and is a great bass player and guitar player, but other than a grip he had nothing on his sister.
    In this case she did boss him around a bit. They shared a TV and it was on PowerPuff girls more often than it was Jackass if you know what I mean. It rarely got too serious between them, but one day I remember well, I came home and she had her brother in a real head lock and the boy was turning blue. No exaggeration. I never even asked what the argument was about because I had to punish her for trying to choke her older brother to sleep. Might doesn’t make right of course. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean that you should.

    With my two cousins they grew out of that phase where physical strength was any part of their relationship. They’re both in college now. It is funny for me from a distance to look at things though. She is now the head lifeguard at the YMCA near her school and she told me that she had a save a guy bigger than me and drag him from the pool.
    He’s in engineering school and can’t stand a woman with visable muscle. I know because I tease him about it. I normally wouldn’t put his business out like that, but I know for a fact he won’t be on this forum. And she wouldn’t care one way or the other.

    February 5, 2011 at 5:53 am #98746
    Robert McNay
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    Reason wrote:

    Thanks for sharing that. It makes me wonder a bit about what the dynamic might be between the two siblings. Does the fact that the brother is older and male still make him top dog or does her superior strength mean she can boss him around if she wants to? I don’t mean you to actually ask your friend this of course :D!

    I would hope they have a loving, healthy normal sibling relationship.

    February 11, 2011 at 1:13 am #98870
    cpbell0033944
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    CptMatt wrote:

    I would hope they have a loving, healthy normal sibling relationship.

    Here here.

    February 11, 2011 at 5:51 pm #98886
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    cpbell0033944 wrote:

    CptMatt wrote:

    I would hope they have a loving, healthy normal sibling relationship.

    Here here.

    Of course, but relationships are complex things and no two are the same. In any sibling relationship, no matter how loving or healthy, there is always going to some degree of sibling rilvary. It’s part of growing up!

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