# Indian pole gymnastics
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 14, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291 "2010-08-14T23:58:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/1 "2010-08-14T23:58:16Z")
[Click](http://www.wimp.com/indiangymnastics/). Amazing! The strength needed to do some of those moves is unbelievable.
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### Author:  [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/2 "2010-08-15T01:10:53Z")
So that’s where Cirque Du Soleil recruits.
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### Author:  [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/3 "2010-08-15T01:34:22Z")
holy cow…do they have an anti-gravity machine in that room somewhere???
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/4 "2010-08-15T04:11:05Z")
Nice tighty-orangies. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/5 "2010-08-15T06:31:54Z")
The second guy totally gets bonus points for having an atypical body type and still owning.
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### Author:  [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/6 "2010-08-15T08:00:28Z")
The sport is called [Mallakhamb](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallakhamb).
Check the videos [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=681T-GP1ca4),[here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr61tc34r-k)and [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjb5nFHaNWg) .
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/7 "2010-08-15T09:47:08Z")
> [@Pullet](#):
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> The second guy totally gets bonus points for having an atypical body type and still owning.
Absolutely. And what do you figure the third guy for? Maybe 12YO?
Amazing.
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### Author:  [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/8 "2010-08-15T10:59:50Z")
You people haven’t dated enough strippers.
…just saying.
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### Author:  [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/9 "2010-08-21T17:37:57Z")
> [@GHO57](#):
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> You people haven’t dated enough strippers.
>
> …just saying.
[Example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkk0ZmBfoYs&feature=player_embedded)
For those of you that want to see the Pros.
No nudity
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-pole-gymnastics/550291/10 "2010-08-21T19:24:12Z")
Last time I was in London (or maybe the time before that) I went to the Chinese Circus - who were equally amazing. They did very similar things.