Here’s my submission video for American Ninja Warrior 4. Hope they see the value in a 40 year old father-of-three that can bring the heat despite long odds! Check it out and click LIKE if you appreciate my crazy-ass obstacle course obsession!
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendWe’re all geeks for Ninja Warrior, right? If we weren’t, we wouldn’t be here right now, reading some random blog from some random guy about his delusional middle-aged aspirations to become the first American Ninja Warrior. Well, for those of us who love Ninja Warrior, the earth has shook and the planetary rotation of the Ninja Warrior orb has been turned on its axis as the entire structure and premise of American Ninja Warrior has changed in the last few weeks. Most of us came to love Ninja Warrior by watching re-runs of Sasuke (incorrectly translated as “Ninja Warrior”) on G4 of the epic competitions in Japan to find the world’s best obstacle course runner. And, yes, it was to find the world’s best obstacle course runner, because although most of the competitors have been Japanese, the producers of the show have always tried to bring in the world’s best foreigners to compete, extending invitations to Olympic athletes in various disciplines to come and try their hands at the increasingly difficult course. They too, like many others, ran and failed at some point in the 4 stage course we learned to love named Mount Midoriyama. In recent years competitions like Sasuke Malaysia and American Ninja Warrior have sprouted up around the globe to become their own events to select the top competitors to get their shot running Sasuke on the hallowed grounds in Japan. For all Ninja Warrior aspirants around the world it was all about getting a shot somehow to run that course in Japan.
Now all that has changed (at least for we Americans). With the uncertainty of future competitions in Japan, and the relative success of American Ninja Warrior the last couple of years here in America, the NBC/Comcast entertainment conglomerate has secured the rights to produce American Ninja Warrior as a standalone network program here in the U.S. No longer is American Ninja Warrior a feeder competition for Ninja Warrior Japan, but it is (for the time-being at least) its own bad self standing on its own bad own. Meaning that instead of having 10 Americans going to compete in Japan at Sasuke against the legendary Japanese group of competitors, there will be 100 Americans that will arise out of 6 regional competitions to compete in a new mega-course they are building in Las Vegas. That’s right, Vegas baby. The owners/producers of Ninja Warrior Japan are consulting on the building of the course, which is good news for American Ninja Warrior competitors who have pointed out that in recent U.S.-based competitions the quality of some of the obstacles was lacking. Whether it will be an exact replica of Mt. Midoriyama is unclear, but I believe most expectations are that it will be very similar, and will certainly be composed of many of the iconic obstacles we all love and fear like the Salmon Ladder, the Warped Wall, and the Ultimate Cliffhanger.
So 6 regional competitions going down in 3 cities (LA, Dallas, Miami), each with reportedly 125 runners, will happen throughout March to pick the top 100 guys to compete in Las Vegas on this new course reportedly on April 21-22. I believe that there will be some coverage of these regional competitions on G4 before they (for certain) show the 100 person final in Las Vegas over several weeks on NBC this summer. This is supposedly NBC’s competitor for ABC’s very popular Wipeout (although the surest way to see an American Ninja Warrior competitor go apoplectic is to ask them if their competition is similar to Wipeout).
This is a major shift in the structure and identity of American Ninja Warrior. It now stands alone, and is no longer the cable network feeder program for Ninja Warrior Japan, but its own bad self (did I say that already?). Competitors and fans have mixed emotions about this, with much loyalty and love being reserved for the original Japanese competition. While I myself am saddened at what is an increasing likelihood that Ninja Warrior Japan will “go away” at some point, I’m glad that there is a strengthened competition here in America that could keep the spirit alive even as the Mother Ship goes into retirement.
For those of you seeking to compete in American Ninja Warrior 4, go to this page on G4 to learn about the application process. Below are the locations of the regional competitions, the submission dates for the videos, and the estimated competition dates for those locations (they will confirm and narrow these dates soon).
LOS ANGELES (Northwest and Southwest Regions) – Video Submission by Feb. 14th, Competition Window is March 1-5
DALLAS (Midwest and South-Central Regions) – Video Submission by Feb. 27th, Competition Window is March 14-18
MIAMI (Northeast and Southeast Regions) – Video Submission by March 8th, Competition Window is March 27 – April 1
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendAfter months of uncertainty concerning the future of American Ninja Warrior in light of the bankruptcy proceedings of the Japanese company Monster 9 which owns the rights to Ninja Warrior, apparently the powers-that-be are beginning preparations for the next American Ninja Warrior to be produced (American Ninja Warrior 4). Competitors from the last season of American Ninja Warrior (myself and my buddy Ron included) were contacted in the last couple of days by Smith & Co., the casting agency for American Ninja Warrior, in order to tell us to start getting our submission videos ready for American Ninja Warrior 4 later this year. No additional information was provided, like if this 100% means there will be another Sasuke/Ninja Warrior in Japan, or when any event will actually happen. They said they will contact everybody again in a few weeks with more details, but the fact that they are bothering to call past competitors to make certain that they are getting a jump-start on preparing their submission videos can only be seen as a very positive sign about the likelihood that another American Ninja Warrior will actually happen (although it is not a guarantee, of course).
This year a new casting company is handling American Ninja Warrior, and they are well aware of how badly the previous casting company handled their competitor pool, and it appears they are working hard to be more professional and considerate this year (last year many submission videos were lost and they only notified us 3 weeks before the competition that we had been accepted to compete). The new casting company seemed genuinely enthusiastic about working on American Ninja Warrior, and we’re happy to have them!
Rumor also has it that NBC will be more involved than ever, so there is a possibility that more of ANW will be shown on NBC beyond the final stage in Sasuke Japan. No details here…but anything that further promotes ANW and increases the possibility that it will live a long healthy life is welcome!
Click LIKE or re-tweet if you are happy to hear that news that there will be another American Ninja Warrior in the future! Yippee!
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendJust like after American Ninja Warrior 2, I received more than a few questions from friends and family after American Ninja Warrior 3 about whether I planned to keep competing in Ninja Warrior competitions or I planned to hang it up. My response is the same every time, an incredulous “Why would I ever voluntarily stop? This sh*t is awesome!” I guess these inquirers just don’t have a sense of how much fun it is as a grown man to leap, climb and scamper around random obstacles. It must look like work to most people, while for the competitors it is pure fun. I’m DEFINITELY going to be back trying to get into American Ninja Warrior 4 and see if I can work, sweat and compete my way to a shot at running on the hallowed ground of Mt. Midoriyama at Sasuke in Japan.
I immediately “started” my training for American Ninja Warrior 4 the day I got back from Venice Beach at ANW3 back in May. I took a bit of a break this summer, or at least slowed down, for a couple of months when my training buddy Ron fractured his foot and I coincidentally also had a crazy spike in my job work, but I am back on the horse trying to get faster, strong, and smarter for whenever ANW4 goes down. With the popularity of ANW3 on G4 and then the big airing of the season finale on NBC, I expect a huge surge in applications to compete for ANW4, which means my submission video to get accepted has to be better than ever. I’m already mentally working on it…more to come in the future.
And for training, how am I going to prepare? I plan on continuing with my core training of rock-climbing and parkour, with some yoga and strength-training support. I also hope to get more time working on actual obstacles, which no doubt is a big differentiator between the top guys with courses in their back yards and “leisure competitors” like myself who train but don’t have a warped wall or salmon ladder in their back yard! I might have access to a couple of courses from guys I know here in New Mexico, and plan to take a trip or two up to train with the hard-core APEX guys at Boulder. Overall my training is similar to previous years…lots of grip and upper body strength combined with the intuitive speed and approach of the parkour demons (that’s my goal, at least), and then throw in more obstacle-specific work wherever I can.
Who knows if ANW4 will happen later in 2011, if the networks decide that they want to send Team America to the very next Sasuke (which happens twice a year), or it will happen in the summer of 2012 for the ‘standard’ once-a-year trip that ANW has offered so far in its three seasons. In any case, when it happens is out of my hands…the only thing I can control is whether I’m getting ready for it whenever it does down! As always, thanks for your support readers, it means a lot.
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Tonight the finale of this past American Ninja Warrior competition where the top ten Americans go to Japan to compete in the world’s toughest obstacle course airs on NBC in primetime. Although I didn’t make it that far, a couple good friends did, and it is a surprisingly compelling piece of television to watch them pursue their dreams to be the first American (and only 4th person ever) to complete this insane multi-stage course. These competitors dream and train hard for this, so their achievement of even getting to run in Ninja Warrior Japan (Sasuke) is something to be celebrated, and their attempts to push the boundaries of what they can do on the course is something to be admired and applauded.
Here’s a great article in today’s USA Today that talks more about this competition. Both articles like this one and the premier of American Ninja Warrior on network TV tonight represent a broadening interest in and exposure to this great competition and its amazing competitors. Below are some more articles from media sources about the competition tonight, although some are just glamorized TV listings. The USA Today article is probably the “best” article in terms of coverage and mainstream exposure:
Chicago Tribune
Times Reporter
NBC Philadelphia
LA Times
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendI’ve often joked that competing in American Ninja Warrior, with aspirations to compete in Ninja Warrior in Japan, is my form of a midlife crisis. Some men chase women, some men buy a sports car or even a motorcycle, many men divorce their wives out of an ineffable angst about losing their youth, but my particular midlife vice is obstacle courses. I’ve earned quite a few quizzical looks over the last couple of years from people I know when I let them in on the big secret about what I’ve been doing in the little spare time I have, all for a shot at an obstacle course that comes once a year that may be over in one slippery second. It’s hard for some people to understand. I don’t quite understand it all the time myself, but I sure find it fun. I suppose I like it because it symbolizes that at least a part of the little kid in me is still there, irrationally happy to be jumping and swinging around obstacles like a monkey.
Just recently I passed that stereotypical midlife crisis threshold of 40. Even though I resisted it because I hate to be a cliche, I did find myself reflecting a lot about my life at this junction and how the expectations of a younger version of myself would match up with the current reality of my life as I enter my fifth decade. I’ll save you the psychobabble of my personal journey on this, but I realized that my Ninja Warrior pursuit and training generally made me feel a lot better about myself as I assessed the status of things as I turn 40. For me it represented a couple of big positive things – pursuing a passion and keeping my aging carcass from succumbing too fast to the accelerating ravages of Father Time. The absence of either would definitely have been a big negative in my midlife crisis assessment.
Who knows? Maybe without Ninja Warrior I’d be driving a sports car with a legion of cheerleaders in the back right now. Now that would have been horrible. Thanks a lot Ninja Warrior.
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendWho knew he lived in Venice Beach and came in the form of an obstacle course competition?
Leaving right now for the competition. I’ll have all day on Monday to chill and watch friends and other competitors have their crack at the course, and then Tuesday morning I’ll queue up myself and give it my best. Just trying to surf the waves of adrenaline that keep coursing through me!
I’ve gotten intel about the course composition. Their are a few changes from last year, most notably THERE IS NOT SPIDER WALL! This is what I fell on last year and what I honestly believe prevented me from finishing the course. I’m glad it isn’t there this year, but I was also looking forward to my shot at redemption. Something tells me though that the Spider Wall and me aren’t done yet.
Some interesting new obstacles though, and I appreciate their efforts to change the course around a bit while still keeping some of the great elements from last year (and traditional elements). Here’s the course for the opening round:
#1 – Quadruple Steps (same as last year)
#2 – Log Grip (replaces Rope Swing)
#3 – Bridge of Blades (same as last year)
#4 – Jump Hang to Cargo Net (replaces Spider Wall)
#5 – Horizontal Jumping Bars (modified from last year that were on decline…this year should be harder with the bars flat, and potentially more space between them)
#6 – Warped Wall (same as last year)
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendAfter a long stretch of anxiety wondering whether I’d get an invitation to compete in American Ninja Warrior 3 that’s going down in just 6 short days, I finally got my invitation today! I’m ecstatic! Words can’t express how giddy I am to have gotten my slot to run after so much uncertainty the last few weeks. Yes, it is just a silly obstacle course competition, but STFU I love it!
I fly out with my good buddy Ron, who also got an invite today, on Sunday afternoon and will bunk down just a half mile from the course at Venice Beach at a cool old art deco hotel (the Cadillac Hotel). Then Monday and Tuesday will be the opening rounds (I requested a Tuesday run slot but will obviously take whatever they give me), and then the top 30 times from the opening round will advance to the semi-finals on Wednesday. From the 30 semi-finalists only 15 finalists will advance to the boot camp section to pick out the 10 strongest competitors to go to Ninja Warrior in Japan to compete. Anyway, just elated to have gotten my golden ticket to compete!
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendWith American Ninja Warrior 3 starting in just one week, I’m still waiting on pins and needles for my official invitation. The semi-finalists from last year, the top 30 times from the opening round, were given automatic invitations to ANW3, but everybody else is still waiting for official word with the competition just one short week away. A few weeks ago I heard from casting asking me to fill out a 10 page questionnaire and release form that seemed to be a good indication of their interest…last year they only sent the same form AFTER we had been accepted. But it seems like the bar has been raised for acceptance into ANW3, perhaps because of an increase in applicants, perhaps because they are thinking about ANW’s future as a major network show.
I did get a call last week on Thursday from casting which I had foolishly interpreted as my invitation call. Earlier that week several of my friends in the competitor community had gotten calls with their official invite, so when they called me I assumed the same. We had a 10 minute conversation during which the very nice lady from casting asked me more profile questions. I was happy and chatty during the call, thinking I had my invitation wrapped up. It was only at the end of the call that I realized I hadn’t.
Her: ”OK, we’ll let you know next week.”
Me: ”Let me know what? My run time?”
Her: ”Noooo….I’m sorry….whether you will be invited or not.”
Me: ”Doh!”
She felt badly that I had misinterpreted the purpose of the call as an invitation as opposed to just a chat to get more information from me, and perhaps hear whether I was charismatic or not in a conversation. She assured me that the call “was a good thing” and they’d only be talking to me further at this point if they were interested, but I still left the call with a lot of trepidation about whether I’d be invited or not.
I’ve subsequently learned that a lot of other competitors have been getting this “additional profiling” chat, more than those that have received an actual invite, so I have a lot of company in this awkward situation of not knowing whether I’m going to get a chance to compete in American Ninja Warrior 3 that starts in just one short week. I’m sitting here by my phone with my fingers crossed hoping I hear from them…the suspense is killing me! I feel very prepared for this competition and have all my travel arrangements, hopefully it won’t all be for naught.
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendWith the video submission deadline around the corner, I was finally able to complete and edit my submission video. The opening introductory sequence where I talk about myself for like 30 seconds is kind of dark, just had to hastily shoot it this morning, but I think the rest of it is pretty good video quality. My goal was to demonstrate that I had the overall skills and ability on specific obstacles to be a serious competitor. Please let me know what you think!
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendThose of you who have ever read some of my earliest blog posts will be familiar with my friend Ron. Ron and I first started watching Ninja Warrior together about 4 years ago, and since then he and I have been training to compete mostly through rock-climbing (and more recently parkour). He’s a good buddy and a comrade-in-arms in my Ninja Warrior quest. He got accepted to compete in American Ninja Warrior 2 last summer, but a new job situation prevented him from attending. Anyway, he’s back again this year and really hoping to get invited. Here’s his submission video.
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendThe video submission date is April 22nd, that is 100% confirmed by G4.
Still not confirmed by G4 but confirmed by multiple other sources is the competition weekend of May 14-16.
Less certain is the location, although I heard from a reasonable source that it will “probably” be back at Venice Beach.
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendThe rumor on the American Ninja Warrior grapevine, to be confirmed or refuted later this week by an actual announcement by G4 on Attack of the Show, is that the date for American Ninja Warrior 3 is MUCH MUCH MUCH sooner than anybody anticipated (and as G4 recently hinted). Apparently the dates are May 14-16 at an undetermined location, probably in the greater LA area, possibly at Venice Beach like last year. The video submission date is also reported to be by April 22nd. That leaves a very tight turnaround for the G4 folk to review submissions, decide who gets invites, contact people, and get paperwork. Not to mention competitors making travel plans. Yikes! I was going to finish up my submission video this week anyway, but it still creates a big specter of urgency.
I’m thinking that the earlier date is to ensure that the finalists from American Ninja Warrior get to go to Japan to compete in Sasuke. Sasuke ratings in Japan are plummeting, and there might not be many competitions left, so I think they want to make certain that the ANW competitors get in for the very next Sasuke instead of the one after that (which might not even happen). This is all conjecture, of course 
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendThe Ninja Warrior Facebook account just released a teaser that the dates and location of ANW3 have been decided, which would be substantially earlier than they nailed everything down for ANW2. Here is what they said:
“TGIF! We finally got confirmation this week for the dates & location of American Ninja Warrior tryouts so check for an announcement on Attack of the Show next week. Hint: Better get going on those submission videos now… Only on G4TV!”
Also in the comments section they say “Again, unofficiially – the event itself may be SOONER THAN YOU THINK! So get going!”
Since last year the event was in August, and you had until sometime in June to get in your video, it looks like the timetable is moved up this year. A June competition slot? Video submissions in by the end of April? Who knows, but unless they are playing a nasty April Fool’s Day joke (doubt it), the timetable is definitely earlier for both key dates.
Yikes! In my mind I was preparing for it to be pretty much on the same schedule. I was going to start filming for my video today anyway, but maybe I’ll try to power through all the shots in the next week so I can get my video in before the rush that the news release next week will generate.
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendI’ve had many people ask me, mostly people from my “regular life” who were quite surprised by my participation in American Ninja Warrior 2, if I planned on continuing my obsession to compete in Ninja Warrior. Most of them I guess thought it would be a one-time “one and done” type of experience, and that a middle-aged dad of three like me would be happy just to have had the experience. Let me be clear…I ain’t done by a long shot!
I realize that getting accepted to compete in American Ninja Warrior 3 this summer is going to be tougher than ever. G4 did a fantastic job with the production and promotion of the show, and now more people than ever want to compete, meaning both getting accepted into the competition and then outperforming these tough competitors on the actual course is an increasingly tall order. I hope hope hope that they let me in to compete again! I’ve been working hard training and adding new skills, and plan on getting my application video together in the next few weeks to submit.
As I stand on the precipice of another run at my dream, I thought I’d give an honest assessment of where I am in my preparation. I’ll use the same structure as my original training plan, although I’ll be making some subsequent tweaks I believe once I complete my submission video and transition into hard-core training mode.
GRIP STRENGTH & ENDURANCE – To quote myself, there is no substitute for a kung fu iron grip. Jumping and grabbing stuff, swinging and grabbing stuff, grabbing stuff and climbing a lot…it is part of the DNA of Ninja Warrior. This would have been my strongest relative area entering the last competition if I hadn’t been sporting an injured hand. Anyway, my hand healed nicely in the couple of months after the competition last August, and I’d regained by grip strength training at the rock-climbing gym a couple of days a week through the fall, but then unfortunately flared up a nasty case of tendinitis in my left shoulder from over-training. I tried to force through it, but that only made it worse. Eventually I was forced to lay off the rock-climbing and weight-training for a couple of months at the beginning of this year, with the expected side-effect of losing strength and endurance (particularly endurance). So, I am behind where I want to be, but since my shoulder is mostly healed and this is a relative strong point anyway, I’m not too concerned about being up to snuff for competition as long as I can stay healthy.
GENERAL STRENGTH – See point above about having to lay off the training for a couple of months until a few weeks ago. I’m behind where I want to be in general, but not too far. I do need to focus more on leg strength specific to the Spider Jump/Wall, which is where I fell in the last competition. I’m been working on this while my shoulder has been healing through parkour and some calisthenics, but I really need to jam here because the Spider Jump/Wall must be mastered!
“BURST CARDIO” – I think I’m actually pretty good here. Last year I was just hitting the cardio machines at the gym for a couple of insane 30 minute workouts a week, and had great overall cardio, but what I didn’t have was that very short intense cardio that obstacle courses require. My parkour training has given me great conditioning for this I think, as we do a lot of short burst stuff hitting the obstacle courses they set up for us. I think I could still get better here, no doubt, but I’m better than I was last year I think.
FLEXIBILITY – This flexibility goal was key in both conditioning my body against injury (particularly my old cranky back) and for regaining some lost speed and bounce from younger days. I’ve definitely been failing here…I need to not only stretch more, but maybe find a way to go to yoga once a week which has made a big difference for me historically. But time in my life is at a premium these days between kids, some family stuff, and starting a new business, and I’ve been failing to get this done. I need to focus more energy here, particularly as my cranky back has been acting up again recently. The silver lining here is that due to my parkour training I have decent bounce and speed in my legs again. Not quite sure if I can dunk again…might have to try that for the application video.
WEIGHT LOSS – I’m not at my target weight for the last competition, which was 205, but I am at my actual competition weight of about 214. Given that I started last year at 227, and went up to about 222 over the scrumptious winter holidays, I’m glad to be “starting” my stretch run training much closer to my goal. If I can compete at 205 I’d be pretty elated, even though this is still significantly heavier than most of the other competitors.
So, in total, I’ve got some work to do! Closer to being competition ready than I was when I started last year, but not where I ultimately want to be. The good news is that there’s time and my shoulder has recovered, so I’m ready for the stretch run, reinforced by the hope that they’ll actually let me in!
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendG4 just announced that they are starting the video submission window for American Ninja Warrior 3 scheduled to go off sometime over the summer. Typically these video submission windows have been open for a good two to three month period, but past is not always prologue. My various Ninja Warrior comrades are pumped up at the announcement of the submission/application period, which signals that American Ninja Warrior will indeed have a third competition this summer (there had been some doubt).
For more information on the nitty-gritty of the submission process, go here. Got to get my video together!
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendAs all ninjas know, the ultimate goal of competing on American Ninja Warrior is getting a chance to go to Japan to compete in Sasuke (Ninja Warrior), the ultimate obstacle course. Ironically, although I competed in American Ninja Warrior and NOT Sasuke, I was NOT shown on American Ninja Warrior when it aired here in America but DID have a brief clip shown when Sasuke was aired in Japan 
When Sasuke aired in Japan it had a little segment prior to the first of the Americans running the course, sort of explaining the whole American Ninja Warrior concept as a feeder to Sasuke and a way of selecting the 10 studs who constituted “Team America”. In this brief introductory segment, there is a sequence of three spectacular wipe-outs on American Ninja Warrior. I’m the third guy who falls from the Spider Wall and then emerges from the water shouting at the 20 second mark.
I suppose it’s cool that I got briefly aired in Japan…I’m like David Hasselhoff, nobody here in America but I’m huge in Japan! Seriously, I don’t like seeing myself fall in the water, but I guess it is sort of cool that I got shown in Japan for 3 seconds, ground zero for my Ninja Warrior dream. Now only 14 minutes and 57 seconds of fame left!
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendI got my official invite today for a guaranteed spot in American Ninja Warrior 2! Yessssssssss! Yesterday G4 announced that it would be held at Venice Beach on August 7th and 8th. They announced open tryouts for people who want to come line up and run the course over the two-day weekend, so you know every free-runner, skateboarder, martial artist, and Hollywood stuntman in the greater LA area is coming out to play. It is going to be a madhouse! So I was SUPER-relieved today to get contacted by G4 giving me a guaranteed running spot and time, and avoid the need to stand in line all weekend just for a chance to run the course. But I’m guaranteed now baby! It’s on at Venice Beach!
Most details to follow soon…
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendHere we are on the first day of July, and I’m still waiting like everyone else to hear the time, date and location specifics for the American Ninja Warrior event which is maybe only 4 or 5 weeks away. A couple of weeks ago Ninja Warrior posted on its Facebook page that they were close to finalizing the logistics, including for an awesome location with stadium seating for those that want to watch and a “kids course” for the little people to run. Since then silence…until yesterday, when G4 apparently emailed the competitors from ANW 1 last year to notify them that the dates would be August 7th through 9th for a 3-day stretch. Hopefully this means they will publicly announce the specifics soon, and can begin calling the people who submitted videos and they want to invite (nobody has gotten a guaranteed invite yet, presumably G4 is waiting to finalize time/date/location specs first).
In the absence of getting contacted by G4, I’ve been keeping up with my training, although I’ve struggled to maintain focus the last few weeks to be honest. Lots of rock-climbing and grip strength stuff. Some cardio and flexibility. I feel off the wagon a bit last week when I went to the World Series of Poker to play in a couple of events…Vegas is hardly the best venue for training I’m hoping I get called soon with an invite, as I know that will inspire me to pick up my training over the remaining 5 weeks before the actual event. Fingers crossed! Waiting is hard!
Share on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friendI’ve finally completed my submission video and turned it into G4 yesterday. In the end I’m moderately happy with the video, I think it shows who I am and what I can do, although I was a bit disappointed in being unable to find better outdoor obstacles to demonstrates my skills on here in Santa Fe (or Albuquerque). I scoured high and low for some great outdoor obstacles, but in the end I had to rely heavily on my favorite exercise place, the Santa Fe Climbing Gym. Here’s my video, please let me know what you think!
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