Shoulder injury-prevention exercises and somatics are not nearly as dramatic as pushups and pullups. Also, pushups and pullups are all very recognizable by the general population as "hard stuff most people struggle with." They're as important (to my own body) as somatics and yoga and shoulder exercises. Different people and different athletes have different training regimens. Some of it's badass. Some of it's boring to watch.
If you're making a summer movie, you want scenes that are immediately recognizable to as wide an audience as possible. We all were made to do pushups and pullups in gym class. Most of the population would struggle with it. So it works as a quick shorthand reference for "training really hard." Batman is not a training video. :)
Also, I'm pretty sure super heroes are just regular guys who train really hard and are really dedicated. Or naturally talented. But we like the ones who are naturally talented, train really hard and are really dedicated... and not jerks. :)
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Date: 2012-07-21 12:45 pm (UTC)Shoulder injury-prevention exercises and somatics are not nearly as dramatic as pushups and pullups. Also, pushups and pullups are all very recognizable by the general population as "hard stuff most people struggle with." They're as important (to my own body) as somatics and yoga and shoulder exercises. Different people and different athletes have different training regimens. Some of it's badass. Some of it's boring to watch.
If you're making a summer movie, you want scenes that are immediately recognizable to as wide an audience as possible. We all were made to do pushups and pullups in gym class. Most of the population would struggle with it. So it works as a quick shorthand reference for "training really hard." Batman is not a training video. :)
Also, I'm pretty sure super heroes are just regular guys who train really hard and are really dedicated. Or naturally talented. But we like the ones who are naturally talented, train really hard and are really dedicated... and not jerks. :)