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Funhog
10-15-2007, 04:51 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jx-ualuq45E

Just the song by Tom Jones cracks me up! but the skater? He's talented (apparently former Olympian), but can you say steroids?
sandy
10-15-2007, 04:55 PM
Grossed me out!
like2bike
10-15-2007, 10:26 PM
I'm pretty sure that's a costume he's wearing, yes? I looked at this pretty close--the muscles he's "wearing" are a costume. Kinda funny knowing that....;)
SpinBob
10-15-2007, 10:56 PM
I think Lori is right, the "muscles" don't expand or contract when he moves, they just stay the same.
amybatt
10-16-2007, 09:31 AM
I'm pretty sure that's a costume he's wearing, yes? I looked at this pretty close--the muscles he's "wearing" are a costume. Kinda funny knowing that....;)

I've seen that performance several times live over the years (I follow figure skating, yes). That's Evgeny Plushenko, the reigning Olympic mens champion. That is a padded muscle suit.
Funhog
10-16-2007, 10:34 AM
Phew! Because I don't remember him being that big in the Olympics and that would have been a pretty hefty dose of steroids to look like that! It would be pretty hard to do a triple toe loop with that much muscle mass eh!!

He sure does skate nicely.
sandy
10-16-2007, 11:57 AM
Phew! Now I'm not so grossed out.