So what's with all the "cupping"?

[divits]

What's next, blood letting to release the "bad humors"? It's total crock of sh!t with no medical validity but I guess people will buy into anything if they think it can give them an edge.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/mystery-solved-circular-bruises-on-swimmers-backs-021603210.html

 

[G 2]

Phelps had it all over his shoulder too.

 

[Delg8tor]

This is nothing new. A lot of the top swimmers have been doing this for quite awhile. Not sure why the announcers were so baffled.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Sure as hell worked for Phelps last night. That turn he had in the relay was superhuman.

 

[Delg8tor]

Sure as hell worked for Phelps last night. That turn he had in the relay was superhuman.

Yep. I honestly think he could swim in Tokyo in four years and still win medals. With the money he banks from endorsements he would be stupid to retire.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Looks like they've got a damn third world disease. Idiots.

 

[ATXGator]

They wouldn't do it if they didn't feel like it helped them. Even if it is just mental at this level of competition anything that can improve your confidence is worth doing.

 

[divits]

They wouldn't do it if they didn't feel like it helped them. Even if it is just mental at this level of competition anything that can improve your confidence is worth doing.

It falls into the "can't hurt" category. They could do the Hokey Pokey before each swim if they thought it could help but it would provide the exact same medical result.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

It falls into the "can't hurt" category. They could do the Hokey Pokey before each swim if they thought it could help but it would provide the exact same medical result.

Hokey Pokey worked for Virginia Tech football for a while.

 

[BMF]

My wife is an acupuncturist. She'sbeen cupping for years...and it's about to get real trendy.

 

[Ray Finkle]

She looks Swiss

 

[gatormandan]

She looks Swiss

Yea, kinda cheesy if you ask me.....

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Looks like she got jumped by an octopus.

 

[rogdochar]

What's next, blood letting to release the "bad humors"? It's total crock of sh!t with no medical validity but I guess people will buy into anything if they think it can give them an edge.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/mystery-solved-circular-bruises-on-swimmers-backs-021603210.html

It's Brazil ... those are leeches.

 

[rogdochar]

In the making, the molten Swiss cheese is formed into "wheels" set in a vault to cure at 80 degrees.
A certain bacteria, still fermenting the cheese produces CO2 gas bubbles. when they slice down through
the cheese the bubbles burst and give the holes.

 

[Lake Gator]

It's Brazil ... those are leeches.

No...those are bites from Zika-infested mosquitos. This Zika thing is much more prevalent than previously thought.

 

[Delg8tor]

My wife is an acupuncturist. She'sbeen cupping for years...and it's about to get real trendy.

Has she been "cupping" you all these years?

 

[Lake Gator]

She looks Swiss

Or she had a hot date with a hickey fetishist.

 

[AugustaGator]

what about that copper bracelet crap?

 

[AugustaGator]

my god...there is no way in hell that is good for you...pictures of that are gross.