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Study: Male Grips Weaker Than Previous Generations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s a story in the College Fix.  This is one of our college websites that we follow, young conservatives.  This is the headline: “Male College Students Are Weaklings Compared to Their Fathers, Research Finds — If you\u2019ve ever cradled your hand in pain after shaking hands with an older man, this research may explain why.<\/p>\n

“Among the ‘articles in press\u2019 by the Journal of Hand Therapy, whose audience is therapists treating ‘disabling hand problems,\u2019 is an examination of hand strength among 20-to-34 year-olds studied in 1985 and 2015.” I\u2019m not making this up.  “Research from Winston-Salem State University found that today\u2019s young males have far less ‘grip strength\u2019 than males the same age 30 years ago.” And lest you think this is an oddball, kook story, this story was summarized by the Washington Post. <\/p>\n

And the Washington Post says that “the differences among younger Millennials are even more striking: The average 20-to-34-year-old today, for instance, was able to apply 98 pounds of force when gripping something with his right hand. In 1985, the average man could squeeze with 117 pounds of force.”<\/p>\n

So the inarguable conclusion is that male college students are weaker compared to their fathers.  So that would then beg the question, well, why.  What would be the reasons behind this?  And the story does not go into that.  <\/p>\n

Have You Seen this GIF of the Japanese Pole Vaulter?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nRUSH: Have you heard, folks, this is embarrassing.  This is literally embarrassing to have to do this story, but it\u2019s out there, and everybody\u2019s — have you heard about this Japanese pole vaulter?  Well, it\u2019s easy to do, but it\u2019s one of these things that you never thought you would ever be talking about on a family-oriented radio broadcast.  Well, all I\u2019ve got is a gif.  I don\u2019t have a still shot.  No, wait, maybe I do have it.  I think I did just see a still shot.  No.  Probably not.  I don\u2019t know.  We\u2019ll put it at RushLimbaugh.com.  I don\u2019t want to hold this thing in my hand.  I\u2019ve already done that once today. <\/line>