# JamieMcGarry - Wheel yourself on down here **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 25, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050 "2011-08-25T16:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/561 "2011-09-02T07:53:42Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > I wouldn’t be surprised if you have pictures of me cut out and glued all over your bedroom wall, fuckin’ ass bag. You found me out. ☹ > [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > If you’re implying anything untoward, I told the original posters of those “viral statuses” that I was stealing their posts. Go look _ **that** _ up.:rolleyes: You’re cherry picking. > [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > I meant the posters here on SDMB. I really don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/562 "2011-09-02T09:16:12Z")
Why does the name Stoid keep popping into my head? She’s single right? Do you think we should introduce the two of them? There seems to be a lot of similarities in personalities - but I wonder how their home life would be… ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/563 "2011-09-02T11:32:05Z")
This thread is **terrible**. You are **all** a huge bunch of DORKS. From the **very annoying one-trick-pony in the wheelchair** to the **pile-on-holier-than-thou-bullies**. **YOU ARE ALL DORKS.** ALL OF YOU. QUIT THIS TERRIBLE 11-PAGE BELLYACHING. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/564 "2011-09-02T12:31:09Z")
Holy crap, I’m dying here! Jamie, I think you’ve been hiding another physical disability. You appear to be physically incapable of not digging yourself in deeper with every post. Your excuses get lamer and lamer by the minute. “When I posted on facebook asking all my friends to come join this message board to support me, I didn’t mean that I wanted my friends to join this message board to support me! What kind of IDIOT would think that??!” ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/565 "2011-09-02T12:53:50Z")
> [@Suil\_Dubh](#): > > This thread is **terrible**. > > You are **all** a huge bunch of DORKS. > > From the **very annoying one-trick-pony in the wheelchair** to the **pile-on-holier-than-thou-bullies**. > > **YOU ARE ALL DORKS.** > > ALL OF YOU. > > QUIT THIS TERRIBLE 11-PAGE BELLYACHING. no u ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/566 "2011-09-02T13:16:03Z")
> [@Suil\_Dubh](#): > > This thread is **terrible**. > > You are **all** a huge bunch of DORKS. > > From the **very annoying one-trick-pony in the wheelchair** to the **pile-on-holier-than-thou-bullies**. > > **YOU ARE ALL DORKS.** > > ALL OF YOU. > > QUIT THIS TERRIBLE 11-PAGE BELLYACHING. Are you including yourself in that group? You’re technically one of us now. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/567 "2011-09-02T13:21:23Z")
I, for one, love this thread. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/568 "2011-09-02T13:30:11Z")
It’s looking pretty undignified all around, actually, which is a feat for a Pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/569 "2011-09-02T14:01:45Z")
Hey, Jamie’s not always wrong, and sometimes he is exhibits quite a bit of wisdom. > [@Jamie](#): > > Being raped must be among the most life-changing experiences a person could go through. …in a wheelchair. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/570 "2011-09-02T14:15:57Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It’s looking pretty undignified all around, actually, which is a feat for a Pit thread. I know, I’m not proud of myself but I can’t stop reading. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/571 "2011-09-02T14:32:52Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Hey, Jamie’s not always wrong, and sometimes he is exhibits quite a bit of wisdom. > > …in a wheelchair. So is this like adding “in bed” to the end of fortune cookies. “you will rise to new a greater heights” … in a wheelchair. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/572 "2011-09-02T14:43:04Z")
I have merged the MPSIMS thread (where Jamie shows a video of himself doing pull-ups in his wheelchair) with this thread since the two seem to be directly related. So the last few posts might read a little weird; keep in mind they were from two, separate threads. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/573 "2011-09-02T14:47:06Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I have merged the MPSIMS thread (where Jamie shows a video of himself doing pull-ups in his wheelchair) with this thread since the two seem to be directly related. > > So the last few posts might read a little weird; keep in mind they were from two, separate threads. In theory (not a suggestion) I keep thinking, this thread along with the other handful of threads that Jaime started (Slipped off the Radar and the parking lot one, and maybe there was one other one) could all be merged. They’re all pretty identical and people have been moving quotes back and forth between them since they started. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/574 "2011-09-02T14:51:55Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > [http://sharing.theflip.com/session/f246c6af5dd5c88fef206e6ad69114b9/video/109449241](http://sharing.theflip.com/session/f246c6af5dd5c88fef206e6ad69114b9/video/109449241) Yeah… that’s an accident (and lawsuit) waiting to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/575 "2011-09-02T14:52:15Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > Below is a link to a short video of me performing a set of my wheelchair-pullups. If you notice a rightward sway as my set progresses, it is due to me being stronger on my right side. This is because of all the scar tissue I have on the left side of my upper back from surgery. > > [http://sharing.theflip.com/session/f246c6af5dd5c88fef206e6ad69114b9/video/109449241](http://sharing.theflip.com/session/f246c6af5dd5c88fef206e6ad69114b9/video/109449241) That is so inspiring. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/576 "2011-09-02T15:01:52Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > That is so inspiring. But the question is, what is it inspiring you to do? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/577 "2011-09-02T15:04:55Z")
Question for Jamie: I can’t watch the video at work, but if I’m understanding you correctly, you do the pullups while strapped in your chair because you need the extra weight of the chair, right? So why don’t you just do pullups with a dip belt, with a plate or kettlebell to add the extra weight you need? You’d still need assistance, but it seems to me it would be a lot safer all around, and easier on your wheelchair. My husband was a (part-time) wheelchair user (until his spinal cord tumors were removed and he unexpectedly gained a lot of his walking ability back). The thought of someone dropping to the floor, even just a few inches, in an expensive, custom-fitted chair like he has, on a regular basis makes me cringe - that’s got to be hard on the chair. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/578 "2011-09-02T15:05:09Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > But the question is, what is it inspiring you to do? Beat my head against a wall. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/579 "2011-09-02T15:09:47Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > The thought of someone dropping to the floor, even just a few inches, in an expensive, custom-fitted chair like he has, on a regular basis makes me cringe - that’s got to be hard on the chair. 😕 No problem, if it breaks just sue whomever made the wheelchair. Claim that it wasn’t fit for purpose and didn’t meet some standards that might come into legislation in the next few years. Everybody wins. (By everybody I mean Gimpy McGarry) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/580 "2011-09-02T15:17:50Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > The only reason I posted a video (and continued posting _anything_ on the subject) was because I wanted people to have a clear idea of what has been being discussed. So much has been speculated, I thought seeing actual footage of the exercise would be clarifying for some (regardless of how one might feel). > > Just a couple of notes: This here is done at Genesys Athletic Club, not HHFC; so there are a few differences. For one, I am significantly higher up here at Genesys than I was at HHFC; this is why I am lifted back to the ground instead of just dropping myself. At HHFC, when I am fully extended hanging by my arms, I’m only a few inches above the ground, making dropping myself safe and easy. > > I didn’t expect minds to be changed. I simply wanted minds to be formed using the right information. So, in order to let us know exactly how you were doing the pullups that were banned by the other gym, you posted a video of yourself doing them on an entirely different machine in an entirely different way? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050.md?page=30)