Experience the Grittier Side of Tug of War

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  • Опубликовано: 7 авг 2016
  • Tug of war is a real sport. And it’s hard. Once upon of time it was an official Olympic event, before it got cut for budget reasons. Today, a dedicated group of athletes still train and compete in the gritty sport on a global level. This isn’t the tug of war of your summer camp days.
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  • @qooooe
    @qooooe 6 лет назад +11137

    Imagine how intense this would be in the Olympics

    • @paraweld9838
      @paraweld9838 6 лет назад +363

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    • @angelozero106
      @angelozero106 6 лет назад +265

      Their arms will be ripped off

    • @AB-zc5ff
      @AB-zc5ff 6 лет назад +26

      REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE E EEEEE EEE EE

    • @sensei2630
      @sensei2630 6 лет назад +72

      @@angelozero106 it actually happened once holy shit

    • @TheGoldenTNT
      @TheGoldenTNT 6 лет назад +67

      Raphael my school did tug o war but they had the worst rope known to man
      My hands were burning for a hour
      It was so rough

  • @MrAnimebuster
    @MrAnimebuster 8 лет назад +4535

    I wish to see that on the olympics

  • @swiftbuddy8878
    @swiftbuddy8878 5 лет назад +977

    *Flashbacks to field day in grade school*

  • @xNanukax
    @xNanukax 6 лет назад +10604

    wait, how can tug of war be cut for budget reason? you literally only need a rope

    • @TheKrouton
      @TheKrouton 6 лет назад +1466

      He doesn't mean that it was more expensive than other sports. The Olympics can only host a finite number of sports. Obviously Tug of War was cut in favor of other sports.

    • @tuncle9769
      @tuncle9769 5 лет назад +206

      And to pay the people pulling

    • @quinnjitsu1261
      @quinnjitsu1261 5 лет назад +141

      You also need a pulley system

    • @s3ntin3l60
      @s3ntin3l60 5 лет назад +22

      🤣😂🤣🤣 good point.

    • @tmy1YT
      @tmy1YT 5 лет назад +51

      @@quinnjitsu1261 thats only like 200-300 dollars or less

  • @retiredtidepodeater3339
    @retiredtidepodeater3339 8 лет назад +7316

    This actually would make a good Olympic sport.

  • @djprogramer973
    @djprogramer973 6 лет назад +2964

    I think Tug of War is a sport that represents humanity quite well; we have strength in numbers and it shows off individual endurance.

    • @phintravel9586
      @phintravel9586 6 лет назад +1

      DJ Programer
      H

    • @syedhaider4905
      @syedhaider4905 6 лет назад +20

      Wow, u so so insightful

    • @MsKondras
      @MsKondras 6 лет назад +1

      i would hit like but its just at 420, right where i like it.

    • @TacticalLoL
      @TacticalLoL 6 лет назад

      literally everything in the world has strength in numbers lol..

    • @davetherave888
      @davetherave888 6 лет назад

      DJ Programer I

  • @julioescobar8922
    @julioescobar8922 5 лет назад +580

    “A game played a high school”
    I thought we only played tug-o-war in field day in elementary school wtf

    • @topaz8918
      @topaz8918 3 года назад +6

      Same that was what I was thinking.

    • @oversquad8963
      @oversquad8963 3 года назад

      We did it in elementary

    • @AngelPerez-nk3xb
      @AngelPerez-nk3xb 3 года назад

      In my freshman year we used to play tug-o-war against the varsity team and JV football

    • @frankfort4717
      @frankfort4717 3 года назад

      You mean super kids day? Shit was live asf in elementary

    • @damonmaldonado8840
      @damonmaldonado8840 3 года назад

      We do these are adult children

  • @Luchablay
    @Luchablay 6 лет назад +340

    “It takes the highest caliber of athlete”
    “I got started when I was drunk”
    lol. I talk shit, 100% of these dudes would destroy me.

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 2 года назад

      Lies again? Hello TUSHY

  • @floridabassin3529
    @floridabassin3529 6 лет назад +2818

    "I've been pulling ever since" 😂😂

  • @elidoubleday8080
    @elidoubleday8080 7 лет назад +3594

    and yet race walking and handball are still a sports

    • @Carrejae35
      @Carrejae35 6 лет назад +277

      What's wrong with handball now lol?

    • @luchadorito
      @luchadorito 6 лет назад +36

      Eli Doubleday like the handball with soccer-like goals and shit? Thats literally just short people basketball, Wtf is wrong with it?

    • @Carrejae35
      @Carrejae35 6 лет назад +96

      luchadorito Have you ever played a game of handball, or even watches it?

    • @luchadorito
      @luchadorito 6 лет назад +5

      Morris : haven’t played but watched a lot a few years ago. Why?

    • @Gor4ngi
      @Gor4ngi 6 лет назад +61

      Handball isn't that bad

  • @livefree1030
    @livefree1030 6 лет назад +741

    If Curling is in the Olympics, then this deserves it too.

    • @ograkthemonkeyhunter2743
      @ograkthemonkeyhunter2743 5 лет назад +24

      Curling is just sweeping practice

    • @godsamirnawrozada2166
      @godsamirnawrozada2166 5 лет назад +42

      @@ograkthemonkeyhunter2743 curling is practice for janitors

    • @nootaboot7042
      @nootaboot7042 4 года назад +2

      Give curling some credit it’s ice bowling tug of war is just pulling a rope

    • @yaerymin9073
      @yaerymin9073 4 года назад

      morelli tech llolll yes so true

    • @balazs7235
      @balazs7235 3 года назад +1

      @@ograkthemonkeyhunter2743 I sure got that, my mom can attest.

  • @cacaf8989
    @cacaf8989 6 лет назад +239

    i'll rather watch this than a walking marathon

  • @kar7u
    @kar7u 6 лет назад +540

    tbh I agree with everyone else in the comments, I rather watch this then a lot of the sports in the olympics. It's just entertaining and gritty and looks pretty fun, let's get this in the olympics, I would watch it.

  • @vitatoko7762
    @vitatoko7762 6 лет назад +4451

    "Only top athletes" *show 8 old men pulling a rope*

    • @nelofellow8802
      @nelofellow8802 6 лет назад +26

      🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴

    • @ethanfowler3102
      @ethanfowler3102 6 лет назад +360

      David Moala they could probably beat anybody you know

    • @devait4752
      @devait4752 6 лет назад +27

      Ethan Fowler cool. They couldn't beat ronaldo 1v1 at football

    • @keenbnbruh2532
      @keenbnbruh2532 6 лет назад +236

      devait We're not talking about Football dumbass

    • @akalion213
      @akalion213 6 лет назад +108

      Allix Nah they don't. It's only like the most popular sport in the whole world.

  • @williamblalock1172
    @williamblalock1172 5 лет назад +54

    Them: What’s your favorite sport?
    Me: Remember elementary school?

  • @ameer4949
    @ameer4949 6 лет назад +1926

    I mean better than curling...

  • @abigaildelgadillo7497
    @abigaildelgadillo7497 3 года назад +17

    The 2nd grade teachers : okay kids its okay if you lose your all winners here its just a game
    The whole school 0:16

  • @archiescott9907
    @archiescott9907 6 лет назад +38

    Why am I watching this at 12 o’clock on a school night?

    • @makaveliba4243
      @makaveliba4243 6 лет назад +5

      The god that’s the most white thing I’ve ever heard

  • @jungkookslollipop6131
    @jungkookslollipop6131 6 лет назад +171

    1:01
    Me when my sister had all the bed sheets.

    • @subscriberswithnoVideo-od9uz
      @subscriberswithnoVideo-od9uz 5 лет назад +65

      jungkook's lollipop funny but why do u sleep with your sister ???..
      SWEET HOME ALABAMA

    • @SimplyEyolf
      @SimplyEyolf 5 лет назад +5

      @@subscriberswithnoVideo-od9uz 'cause incest is wincest.

    • @flighted2513
      @flighted2513 5 лет назад

      lmao op could be a girl stop assuming

    • @SimplyEyolf
      @SimplyEyolf 5 лет назад +3

      @@flighted2513 Oh, so two girls can't have sex?

    • @flighted2513
      @flighted2513 5 лет назад +3

      They can, but that's like two gay boys who are brothers having sex with one another. Stop trying to twist the meaning

  • @TsunamiHead62
    @TsunamiHead62 5 лет назад +22

    Her: what do you do for a living?
    Him: I'm a professional Tug of war player
    Her: 🚪🚶‍♀️

  • @type1gaming157
    @type1gaming157 7 лет назад +507

    And some say there still pulling till this day

  • @rachelxue5985
    @rachelxue5985 8 лет назад +78

    The videos from this channel are always so well made and intriguing!!

  • @x12legend98
    @x12legend98 3 года назад +8

    "i've been pulling ever since" same here bro

  • @zapatastyle
    @zapatastyle 6 лет назад +4

    I had match a couple of years ago, at a fair; my family against our friends family. It was a brutal workout and I really developed an appreciation for the sport. It's such a simple and elegant representation of sport.

  • @savagery9637
    @savagery9637 5 лет назад +17

    “I’ve been pulling ever since”
    Lol

  • @Lynxality
    @Lynxality 5 лет назад +72

    gets flashbacks of P.E
    I now have PTSD

  • @jackiechan7774
    @jackiechan7774 3 года назад

    I keep coming back to this video from time to time , it's just so interesting.

  • @kennyfromaot7171
    @kennyfromaot7171 5 лет назад +7

    "You might be the strongest person in the world, but if your head isn’t in it, you won’t get anywhere"
    I beg to differ.

    • @Akira994
      @Akira994 3 года назад

      Your pic goes so well with this

  • @clintonlewelling6005
    @clintonlewelling6005 5 лет назад +14

    Top athletes only. I got into tung of war while I was drunk

  • @kaiden3374
    @kaiden3374 5 лет назад +20

    Next episode: Competitive guide to Hopscotch

  • @haydenf69
    @haydenf69 5 лет назад +2

    I pull with Lincoln tug of war club from England and I must say that this sport is an all body sport, there is no rest during and little in between, stamina, endurance and strength! It is the will to not give up 💪

  • @oji-chan
    @oji-chan 3 года назад +1

    I would love to see Tug of War in the olympics too!! It'll be super entertaining to see which country has the best team work and is the strongest!

  • @Conspirator9481
    @Conspirator9481 7 лет назад +322

    those hairy ears...dear god...smh

    • @mr.squirbs7745
      @mr.squirbs7745 6 лет назад +5

      Cons Piracy why are you shaking your head?

    • @baonkang5990
      @baonkang5990 6 лет назад +7

      so thats what smh means

    • @pollotenders5329
      @pollotenders5329 5 лет назад +4

      Cons Piracy u must be very aware of your body since you tend to look at other people’s features 🧐😜

    • @timyaharris390
      @timyaharris390 3 года назад

      Don't you relive humans are animals too? and it probably impossible to shave their too🤣

    • @angrycarljohnson69
      @angrycarljohnson69 3 года назад

      @@pollotenders5329 I mean u have to be u don’t wanna look like a damn caveman going out

  • @1-baka
    @1-baka 5 лет назад +27

    How much you wanna bet they all have a hernia

  • @SupuhSel
    @SupuhSel 3 года назад +1

    I love watching tug of war. It’s so intense and you never know who’s going to win.

  • @donolson8563
    @donolson8563 5 лет назад +7

    Most True Wisconsin thing said “ I got involved in tug of war when I was drunk”

  • @therealdoge4760
    @therealdoge4760 6 лет назад +23

    When i played this in elementary the girls would always shred the dudes

    • @Followthis1
      @Followthis1 5 лет назад

      That's sad. Lmao!!

    • @idkidk3378
      @idkidk3378 5 лет назад +7

      TheReal Doge Total opposite for me. The boys would normally shred the girls in about 5-15 seconds

    • @thehamburgler3570
      @thehamburgler3570 5 лет назад +4

      Girls hit puberty before boys making them bigger and stronger than boys in elementary school

    • @stinkybean1
      @stinkybean1 5 лет назад

      Same with me!

  • @xd1712
    @xd1712 3 года назад +3

    "you could be the strongest man in the world but if your head isnt in it you will lose."
    *world champion strong men pulling trucks has entered the chat*

  • @mokko759
    @mokko759 3 года назад

    Tug of War is no joke and the injuries can be brutal.
    I was at a Highland Games when I was little and they had all the professional competitors square off against a bunch festival-goers in a match. We're talking like 50 men a side. One guy on the festival side had the brilliant idea of wrapping the rope around his forearm, despite being explicitly told not to do that. As the match went on, the competitor side was clearly winning and they decided to end it with one mighty pull and just ran with it. They pulled so hard, most of the festival team fell over and the dude with the rope around his arm had his hard completely torn off.

  • @evilpumpkin1244
    @evilpumpkin1244 3 года назад

    the aura this sport emits is both humorous but so menacing

  • @Hyooonie
    @Hyooonie 5 лет назад +3

    Honestly, I would watch this if it come on the Olympics.

  • @DDName
    @DDName 3 года назад +12

    Hands: hurt
    Muscles: tired
    Tug: war
    Hotel: Trivago

  • @iloveeveryone8611
    @iloveeveryone8611 6 лет назад

    Very interesting. A lot of heart from this guy :)

  • @cameronrobinson1530
    @cameronrobinson1530 5 лет назад

    I’m not one to take tug o war serious but I respect their passion for it ✊🏿

  • @brody_miick5
    @brody_miick5 3 года назад +3

    This reminds me of the good old days when there was 3 boys and 10 girls on a team and the boys would still win

  • @xenooce8619
    @xenooce8619 3 года назад +3

    0:19: My Word document when i accidentally turn italic on

  • @kymaster1237
    @kymaster1237 5 лет назад

    super intense pulling, one guy slips, they all stop. Good job guys

  • @siddharthabanerjee6155
    @siddharthabanerjee6155 4 года назад

    We Indians r with u! U're doing a great job by trying to get this sport back in the olympics. I'm a huge fan of tug of war, and my team won the tug of war competition school today. All the best.

  • @samatar9386
    @samatar9386 5 лет назад +6

    Isn’t this literally the game you play at your buddy’s birthday party😂

  • @aidenizu
    @aidenizu 4 года назад +5

    Damn, Imagine How Big Their Rope Burns Are....

  • @announcerspeakerboxbfdi4966
    @announcerspeakerboxbfdi4966 3 года назад

    Man I'm going to miss this channel

  • @Ian-yd9in
    @Ian-yd9in 5 лет назад

    Watching this made me tense up

  • @Alexander-oq1op
    @Alexander-oq1op 5 лет назад +3

    This would be extremely entertaining in the olympics

  • @Et-an
    @Et-an 5 лет назад +8

    ESPORTS:I am going to be in the olympics !!!!!
    TUG OF WAR: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?

  • @thatkyleguy1289
    @thatkyleguy1289 5 лет назад +2

    I remember the first time I tugged on my rope, I've been hooked ever since

  • @michaelpietros1570
    @michaelpietros1570 5 лет назад +1

    Need this in the olympics. All the strong man countries and Olympic weightlifting countries would be fantastic competition.

  • @keiwinston4237
    @keiwinston4237 5 лет назад +10

    Imagine this as an anime, I would watch that.

  • @Vincentlpp08
    @Vincentlpp08 6 лет назад +6

    Omg rip those hands

  • @rajdeepnath6471
    @rajdeepnath6471 5 лет назад

    Ooh man they are Old !!
    loved it

  • @weirdowithnobeirdo2.o533
    @weirdowithnobeirdo2.o533 6 лет назад

    Oh Wow. Now I Love Tug A War Even More! 💛

  • @WindGodMoves
    @WindGodMoves 2 года назад +4

    Omg white people got me dying 😂😂😂

  • @bradleytan3735
    @bradleytan3735 5 лет назад +7

    Who would win?
    World's best tug team
    World's eight fattest lads

  • @emiliogonzalez5450
    @emiliogonzalez5450 3 года назад

    Out of all the sports int he olympics tug of war looks fun to watch

  • @dillonmurray3212
    @dillonmurray3212 3 года назад

    It’s such a straight-forward, rugged, gritty sport. It’d be badass to watch.

  • @absolutelegend69
    @absolutelegend69 5 лет назад +6

    pffft thats nothing compared to tug o' war from Mario Party 2 or 3 on the N64

  • @jedwin321
    @jedwin321 6 лет назад +3

    Not many schools play tug o war

  • @TheAtownlive
    @TheAtownlive 5 лет назад

    This is perhaps the manliest thing I’ve seen all day.

  • @richardd1309
    @richardd1309 Год назад

    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS IN THE OLYMPICS!!!

  • @Julianlermagonzalez2222
    @Julianlermagonzalez2222 8 лет назад +3

    Hi billy mayes here with...

  • @ToxifyGaming
    @ToxifyGaming 6 лет назад +27

    One way to
    Dig dirt

  • @tpucky180
    @tpucky180 6 лет назад

    This would awesome to watch in the Olympics

  • @smokedsalts4441
    @smokedsalts4441 3 года назад

    Thank God we have this man out there representing America in Tug of War. What would we do without him.

  • @tallkidmofo
    @tallkidmofo 5 лет назад +7

    Who the hell played this in high school?

    • @gunny9574
      @gunny9574 4 года назад +2

      pastyEH420 You obviously werent born in their times.

  • @eddie21308
    @eddie21308 2 года назад +3

    These people obviously haven’t seen Squid Games

  • @general5886
    @general5886 6 лет назад

    dope! This is a real art

  • @shiddy.
    @shiddy. 5 лет назад

    I would be excited to watch this event in the Olympics

  • @bobross8352
    @bobross8352 5 лет назад +7

    Petition to make tug o war an Olympic sport again
    👇🏻

  • @buckets6697
    @buckets6697 6 лет назад +4

    What he meant by top-athletes is actually quite right, the stamina needed in toutrek (tug of war) is unbelievable...
    SO STOP BITCHING ABOUT THE OVER-WEIGHT MEN!! It’s not all-muscle.
    -Endurance is key

  • @DulceAmada
    @DulceAmada 5 лет назад

    @1:29 “I got involved with tug of war when I was drunk” 😂 “...I’ve been pulling ever since”

  • @Rolling_Burrito
    @Rolling_Burrito 3 года назад

    You guys should do something on rugby next! That would be great

  • @ixslayer2892
    @ixslayer2892 5 лет назад +3

    I guess... oh yeah yeah

  • @Chagooo
    @Chagooo 6 лет назад +20

    Actually your tounge is the strongest muscle in your body

    • @magnumbeans8030
      @magnumbeans8030 6 лет назад +11

      1UP Milk in comparison to it's mass but not to the major muscle groups like the hamstring and quadroceps

    • @Chagooo
      @Chagooo 6 лет назад +3

      Scrublord oh got it thanks

    • @xmame100
      @xmame100 6 лет назад +2

      1UP Milk for once an actual civilised conversation in the youtube comments :)

    • @pupintheturdiii
      @pupintheturdiii 6 лет назад +1

      Just ask my wife

    • @gameslayer404
      @gameslayer404 6 лет назад +2

      actually its your jaw muscles not the tounge

  • @aimusoorii4484
    @aimusoorii4484 3 года назад

    I can’t wait to see this in Olympics

  • @demarais2424
    @demarais2424 5 лет назад +1

    "I've been pulling ever since." Me too man, me too.

  • @ross9263
    @ross9263 6 лет назад +57

    actually your heart is the strongest muscle in your body

    • @julianmontes5853
      @julianmontes5853 6 лет назад +10

      RocksDa RS it's a organ not muscle

    • @djrighthand
      @djrighthand 6 лет назад +27

      Julian Montes its a muscular organ...for all the kids and unaware people I really hope that you’re no older than six

    • @nicolassamanez6590
      @nicolassamanez6590 6 лет назад +12

      next up in the olympics: who can stand the biggest heartbreak by getting turned down by your crush
      seems legit

    • @tyleryoung2976
      @tyleryoung2976 6 лет назад +1

      Its your eyes

    • @julianmontes5853
      @julianmontes5853 6 лет назад

      D stfu

  • @sneivind
    @sneivind 5 лет назад +3

    Instead of thug life, it could be: tug life...

  • @swjsioqmakssjsjsns4017
    @swjsioqmakssjsjsns4017 5 лет назад

    Keep er goin’!

  • @isabellapirie933
    @isabellapirie933 5 лет назад +1

    "I've been pulling ever since" 😂

  • @tinhtinh3000
    @tinhtinh3000 2 года назад +4

    who else came here after squid game?

  • @UnityAgainstJewishEvil
    @UnityAgainstJewishEvil 7 лет назад +150

    They have fucking "women's water polo" in the Olympics, but they don't have this? WTF!?

  • @TheTjomegasparks
    @TheTjomegasparks 6 лет назад

    I would love to see some NFL Defensive Tackles and the best Tug of War player face off.

  • @israelc6544
    @israelc6544 6 лет назад

    Awesome love it

  • @simontfernandez
    @simontfernandez 8 лет назад +5

    "Top athletes in the countries". Which "countries", did you mean country...

  • @chain-wallet
    @chain-wallet 6 лет назад +5

    I said TOP. ATHLETES.

  • @puliduhoranage5731
    @puliduhoranage5731 5 лет назад

    Best quote ever: ‘I’ve been pulling ever since’

  • @onatic8315
    @onatic8315 3 года назад

    i feel like that pulley is just going to pop of any second

  • @icommentedthis2413
    @icommentedthis2413 5 лет назад +6

    Arm wrestling should be an Olympic sport

  • @ezip8564
    @ezip8564 5 лет назад

    I’ve honestly just been imagining one team all simultaneously letting go and the other team just flying back.

  • @Evansthoughts
    @Evansthoughts 3 года назад

    Hell yes. Is there a site or organization to bringing tug of war back in the Olympics?