I can't figure out the actor's name but he had on yellow wrestling suit in another scene and very muscular. I checked the credits but don't know his name.
shareThat was Brian Shute played by Frank Jasper
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Just out of curiosity, how much would the log have weighed if it wasn't hollowed out?
shareAssuming it was pine (the predominant tree of Spokane, it seems) I would say about 280 lbs, calculating the log were 18" in diameter and 6-feet long.
Though it did look more like oak which would put it at about 330 lbs.
Could have been maple....
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Wow...That is nuts if it had actually been a real log. There is a MASSIVE amount of stairs near where I live that has 250 steps over 15 flights. I do the same type of skipping step walk that Shute does but with a 40lb weight vest on and I weigh 240lbs (muscular and fit). After 100 plus flights my legs and lungs are in agony with almost 300lbs total. But I can't even imagine an extra 300lbs on my back.
Speaking of Vision Quest training, I ALWAYS wanted to try a peg board.
That would explain why Shute was going up those steps so slowly! The peg board scene was great, but I would imagine a high school would mandate that there be a bit more protection for a fall from those things. I'd imagine the arm fatigue would make it pretty dangerous.
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Seriously? You do realize this movie was made 20 years ago. What on earth makes you think there would've been any sort of safety mechanism? Must be nice to have been born within the last 20 years or so and to have never competed in anything in your life.
shareGive me a break! I was out of high school when this thing came out (nearly 30 years ago) and, at least in my area, they would have had a friggin' mat underneath the pegboard. It's not for the safety of the student so much, but to provide at least a modicum of defense for the school district's lawyers to present should the school district get sued over a falling student's head injury. (Lawsuits were like winning the lottery in the 80's)
(and in the 70's in my school we didn;t even have knee or elbow pads, well alone the helmets for my wrestling team. And cups were still optional in the other sports.)
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There was a pad under the peg board. Watch it again.
shareI remember doing the peg board in gym class in junior high and high school. This was the mid-1970's. At the top, you were probably 16' off the floor. All we had beneath us was a wrestling mat about and inch and a half thick. I never saw anyone get hurt.
shareMr Jasper said in an interview while at a wrestling meet, along with Matthew Modine( Louden) and he said while the log was hollowed out, it still weighed around 200 pounds. Maybe a little lighter. You have to remember that he was a wrestler as well as a bodybuilder. Look at his legs and you'll see they were taxed. He just added that much more realism to the film. GREAT movie!
shareI wasn't impressed. I can remember Arnold in Commando walk around with a bigger log resting on his shoulder. That was impressive
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