- Today, we find out if we're double jointed.
- Let's talk about that.
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- Good Mythical Morning.
- No doubt, in your life you have run across someone
who has said, I'm double joined.
- Yeah.
- And then they demonstrate it.
And you're like, what, you have two joints.
No, actually it just means they're really flexible.
It's not actually two joints.
And only 10 to 15% of the population has it, luckies.
- Now, the scientific term for this
is hypermobility syndrome.
But I like to call it hypermobility ability,
'cause it seems, this is a positive thing.
- It's not a syndrome. - This is not a syndrome.
- Yeah, it's like a superpower.
- It is typically an inherited trait.
But how do you know if you have the ability?
If only there were a test that we can conduct
and quantifiably say whether we are double jointed or not.
And you as well.
It's time for we gonna appoint the king of the double joint.
- Okay, we're gonna be using
something called the Beighton Score.
- Yes, there is a score.
- Sounds like something your grandfather
would've done while fishing, but it is not.
It is something more scientific than that, Link.
It is a test of hypermobility.
And we're gonna zero in on a number of different joints.
And there are points for the joints.
- For the joints, boom!
- And there's nine points on the board,
if you get four points, you may be hypermobile-ity?
Hypermobile. - Hypermobile.
- Yeah, you may have the syndrome.
- Yeah, let's do it.
Let's move on to the first one right now,
having not tested this beforehand.
Test number one is bend your pinky fingers
backward beyond 90 degrees.
- You get one point point per pinky.
- So that's taking your pinky and then boop,
which I believe. - I'd say you did it.
- I believe I got it.
Can you got it?
Oh yeah, well.
- I mean, I'd say that's right at 90.
- Turn it to the cam.
- Say that's right at 90.
That's a little bit more than 90. Yeah, let's give you...
Let's give us both the points. - Give me a point.
All right, left pinky? - We both get points for that.
Ooh, man.
- Oh, my left pinky is not as...
Oh, yours is.
- My left pinky goes even further.
- Look, because you're left handed.
- And don't even know it.
- Yeah.
- I'm learning two things today.
- Okay, I only get one point for this.
You have a super-flex pinky on your left hand.
And you get two points, man.
- And check this out. - Good.
- Can you see that?
- Yeah, I can do that too, but that's not one of the tests.
Okay, congratulations, Link.
You took an early lead,
not that this is a contest, but it kinda is.
- And test yourself at home.
Join our group of double-jointedness.
- Test number two.
Yeah, because we're gonna have like a...
- A club. - Meetup.com.
We're gonna get together all the time
if we turn out to be hypermobile.
- Doublejointeddating.com.
- Bend your thumbs to touch your forearm.
So this is literally taking your thumb
and trying to make it...
Oh, no way, my body would break.
- It's like a chicken wing for your thumb.
You know how you put someone in a chicken wing?
Like your younger brother or something?
And they feel like that their whole arm is gonna come off.
I feel like my whole thumb is gonna come off of my hand.
- Oh, my left is better though, look, look.
- Oh, wow. - Ah!
Oh no, it's not gonna happen.
- Ooh, mine's better.
I'm almost touching. - Can you do it?
- It's hurting really bad right here.
- What is the life advantage of being able to do this?
- It's hurting badly.
- Is there some sort of doorknob
that only a person that can do this can open?
I don't even wanna know how to do this.
I don't even think this is a skill.
- I will not open the unopenable door.
- Neither of us can do it, but apparently Alex can.
Oh, look at that. - Ah!
- It was so easy, it was so easy.
Okay.
- I like how he had like a gloating face.
- You're too proud, you're too proud of that.
- Okay, so Alex gets two points for that one.
Let's move on to test number three.
This is double-jointed elbows.
- Yep.
- Does your elbow bend backwards?
So just throwing it down like that,
and then pushing the middle.
- What are we getting there?
Is that? - That ain't happening.
Ooh, ow, stop! - Really?
- Oh. - You sure?
- No, yeah.
- A little springy.
Add some sound effects.
- Don't Steven Seagal my arm.
- First of all, I have a really pointy elbow.
- Look at it. - Like a deathly pointy elbow.
- Is that from an incident? - No, it's for an incident.
- All right, so bring it.
Oh. - Oh gosh, look at the skin.
- [Link] What is that, Rhett?
- It's 'cause I have such a point.
The skin's gotta go somewhere when I go like this.
- That is like the flap under a chicken neck.
- Don't pull it so much, man, that's nasty.
Just see if I've got...
Pull the front, man.
- What, no... - Push.
- This part goes up.
- I think, is that doing it? - Don't!
- Ow, ow!
- Okay, all right, okay.
- Ow! - Don't touch my-
- Why you gotta pinch me?
- Don't touch my skin, man.
Don't touch my elbow skin.
You can touch it, just don't pull on it!
- You can pull on mine.
- But yours doesn't have the flexy.
- Okay, I'll just push, I'll just push.
- Is that happening?
What do you think, Link?
- I can't help myself!
- I'm gonna get you, man!
Here, try my right arm.
That one's straight.
That one, that one.
That one does it, man.
- That one does it a little bit.
- I get a point for that.
- Let's compare it to Mike,
because I'm told that Mike can do it.
Oh! - Oh!
He's like got the breathing like a freak show person.
Going again?
- Wow, is it that painful?
- Try it like that, try the breathing.
I don't think you get a point, after seeing Mike.
- What do you guys think?
Give me a point.
No? - No.
- Okay, I don't get a point.
- Don't get a point.
- Okay. - That's okay.
- Next test.
- But you got skin that you can donate to some cause.
- And listen, I see you freaks
making fun of me from my elbow skin.
I'm proud of it, I just don't like it to be caressed.
- At least it's filled with bone, when you bend.
- Filled-
- If it dangled even when you bend, then you'd a problem.
- It's jusgt super pointy.
That's another test, sign of intelligence.
Okay, test number four, bend your knees backwards.
We're gonna have to help each other for this one.
- Oh, so this is like the elbow, but the knee?
- So just put your leg up here.
And let me just see if I can get it bending backwards.
- Nothing.
All right, here, let me try.
- I wasn't really...
Now, be careful 'cause this could hurt my back.
Oh!
Okay.
- Nothing, nothing.
- Okay, we can't do it.
And I don't think anybody on the crew can do it.
- No, they can't.
- But apparently, we have found a YouTube video
where someone is doing it, so let's watch that.
- Okay.
- Okay, normal leg, normal leg.
Oh! - Oh!
No, no, no, no!
- But that's...
- Stop it, stop it!
- But that's not the same thing.
- Stop it! - It's worse.
- Outlaw that person's leg.
Ugh!
That should not go on the internet, people.
- I assume that that person could also
do the backwards knee thing, but okay.
Thanks, and no thanks for showing us that.
- Okay, so let's move on to the next test,
which is only worth one point.
This just kinda quantifies extra mobility.
Place your palms on the ground
while standing with your legs unbent.
- Okay. - So straight-legged.
- I pride myself on my hammies flex, my flexible hammies.
- My hammies are so tight, so stressed, need someone.
Okay. - Okay.
- Gotta make sure I got...
Gotta flex everything in the core so I don't hurt my back.
- Oh, really?
- Yeah, I worry a lot about movement.
- So we're going...
You gotta get your...
Stick your glute out.
Ah, ah!
- Flat on the ground.
- My knees are already bending.
- Did it.
- Whoa! - Did it.
Yeah, one point for the...
Whoa!
- My knees are too...
- One point for the Rhettser!
- One point for the Rhettster.
- Did you do it? - No, I did not.
So I have two points, you have two points.
That means that. - We're bad.
- Neither one of us are double-jointed.
- We're both losers.
- But that doesn't mean
we're not gonna go to a crazy lightning round.
It's time to double down
on the double-jointed lightning round.
- Okay, we found this YouTube video
of a double jointed guy named Dallas.
And we're going to be looking at the different exercises
that he does, and very quickly
trying to also assume those postures.
- Drew is going to judge with each round,
and award a point to the person
who approximates it the closely.
There are five rounds, let's get to it!
A self hug?
What?
- [Drew] Link.
- Oh gosh, I hurt my arm.
What, what, what?
- Jump rope.
- [Drew] Link.
- Okay, all right, oh, you get that one.
- 360 arm twist?
Okay, we need a table for this.
Use this chair.
I don't know what he did, but I don't...
- Oh, oh, oh! - Whoa, Rhett!
- Ooh! - Ah!
That pointy elbow came in handy!
Chest bone?
- Oh!
No!
- All right, somebody's gotta do it.
- Rhett. - Oh, hey!
- He just did it before me, okay, that's fair.
What?
- [Drew] Oh gosh, Link.
- Hold on, that means Link gets one more point.
A extra point, congratulations, Link.
You're the flex king.
- Thank you, everyone, thank you.
- Do a flex move.
- For liking, commenting and subscribing.
- You know what time it is!
- Hi, I'm Brianna and this is Sunny.
And we're from Queensland, Australia.
And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality.
- Watch Good Mythical Crew this Saturday,
where you can see Mike and Alex
hang out with a very flexible contortionist.
Also, pick yourself up a Good Mythical hoodie,
because it's been proven to fit single-jointed
and double-jointed people.
- What? - With heads.
- There's a head hood on it too.
- Rhettandlink.com/store.
- Link to the Good Mythical More.
React along with us to some
super special flexible people on video.
- "Rhett has arrived from South Carolina
"seconds in the future."
No, has arrived from 30 seconds in the future.
You know, what I'll be from South Carolina.
Hey, man, it is so awesome in Charleston.
Have you been there?
- Yeah, I've been there.
- Well, it's about to be awesome.
- How long from now?
- I've got, hold on.
- Like 28 seconds from now?
Where are you coming from now?
- Well, I had some grits.
I had some grits at a nice restaurant.
- In the the future? - I'm about to.
- I literally, from an evolution, stop playing it.
You know what?
I don't wanna reward this guy with another-
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Did you see what just happened?