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I do actually randomly cartwheel, just to make sure I still can. I’m going on 60. Hopefully will be able to cartwheel for a long time more. It’s a funny trick when little kids are doing it and I do one with them, too.
This person is correct, and it makes me sad
This world could do with more whimsy
we need prancing lessons in school
They do spin, but you have to get her just the right kind of dress that puffs out just right and she’ll be spinning in no time. Bonus if the dress also had pockets. She’ll smile HUGE, put her hands in the pockets, pull the sides of the skirt out and proudly proclaim it has pockets.
Weighted pockets, for increased angular momentum
I blame government for not providing infrastructure.
I worked with a woman that would do cartwheels sometimes. She was around 30 iirc and mainly did it because people would question her ability to do cartwheels
I simply can’t cartwheel anymore in my middle aged body hahaha
I am happy to report as a 50+ dude I still do cartwheels on occasion. I’ve done a few in the last couple months even. If kids are around we just might get in a cartwheel competition. If I’m walking someplace with a long hallway, a cartwheel calls. They always make people happier at a hospital. Do more cartwheels!
The real reason though is simple:
When you are younger, your center of balance is way more core and your arms/legs weigh a lot less.
As you grow your limbs become way heavier.
Think about how easy it is to pick up a 7 year old vs a 30 year old.
Well, when you do a cartwheel, you are also having to move the body of a grown adult, your own body that is.
So its possible if you are very fit, of course.
But for an average person, good luck haha.
General rule of thumb is that a cartwheel is similiar to a pull up.
Remember how easy pull-ups were when you were a kid? Same principle.
I don’t think this is correct.
I’m a middle aged man in poor overall shape but I can still do cartwheels.
I’ve never been able to do a pull up.
Cartwheels don’t require much strength. You aren’t on your arms for very long and don’t actually further extend your arms during the period when they’re touching the ground.
What cartwheels do require is coordination, flexibility, and balance.
… and practice. Lots of practice.
If I had to guess for most people the limiting factor as you age would probably be flexibility.
That’s assuming you knew how to do them when you were young. I learned it in my mid twenties, but would not envy someone trying to learn it in their mid forties or later.
And in my case, I can easily do a pull-up but couldn’t do a cartwheel to save my life.
It’s the lots of practice part
Lots of practice means lots of failure on the way.
Failure to do a cartwheel at 10 means trying again. Failure to do a cartwheel at advanced ages means a week of pain.
I don’t know about the rest of the boob havers around here but I quit doing cartwheels the first time my tits hit me hard in the chin doing a cartwheel. Safety consciousness takes some of the whimsy out of it.
You just gotta cartwheel harder so centrifugal force keeps the ladies in line