No thread today? Two people finally defeat the US course after 7 years. Was pretty insane. Pretty crappy that the first guy walks away with nothing though.
American Ninja Warrior
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My son got me into the show last season. Love it.
Very exciting to see those guys do it. It's got to be tough on the guys doing it 5-6 years now to see two guys do it in their second season.
The first time that Isaac Caldiero was on, I told my son he would be the first guy to do it. The crazy effortlessness in which he was able to do some of that stuff was just on another level. I had my doubts after seeing him fail a couple times on what seemed to be matters of Those two guys that did it last night, far and away, were able to handle the obstacles with an entirely different level of ease.
I have to admit that at 36 and just part time training, that Jeff Britten makes me thing PEDs, but maybe he's just crazy gifted.
I really enjoy the show coming on in the summer and taking me into football season. It's amazing to see how each year they make it harder, and the people get better and better.
My son is a real afficianado. He tracked down the back episodes of all seven seasons and knows the history of all the ninjas.
Very exciting to see those guys do it. It's got to be tough on the guys doing it 5-6 years now to see two guys do it in their second season.
The first time that Isaac Caldiero was on, I told my son he would be the first guy to do it. The crazy effortlessness in which he was able to do some of that stuff was just on another level. I had my doubts after seeing him fail a couple times on what seemed to be matters of Those two guys that did it last night, far and away, were able to handle the obstacles with an entirely different level of ease.
I have to admit that at 36 and just part time training, that Jeff Britten makes me thing PEDs, but maybe he's just crazy gifted.
I really enjoy the show coming on in the summer and taking me into football season. It's amazing to see how each year they make it harder, and the people get better and better.
My son is a real afficianado. He tracked down the back episodes of all seven seasons and knows the history of all the ninjas.
Yeah, I agree. But some of those guys need to move on with their lives. You can tell it's gotten into their heads and just eating at them. They have what it takes physically but just can't get over the mental hurdle to win it all.
I was thinking the same thing about Britten and his forearms, those things don't look natural.
I knew it would be someone like Caldiero who won - the combination of athletic ability and devil may care attitude. Guy destroyed the course.
Agree on some moving on. I like almost everyone, they do a good job of mainly showing them all as pretty class acts and very supportive of each other. But I do have a bit of a hard time rooting for some of the guys with families that have quit their job, or who train 10 hours a day. Maybe they make enough money in international appearances or something that this is their job, but it's pretty tough to me to relate to people putting their family behind their hobby. I tend to root for the guys who work it around their life, or have already chosen an "off the beaten path" lifestyle that affords them the freedom to do it.
Seeing what it took to finally do it...while there are some that can definitely do it, there are a lot of long-time favorites that I don't think are anywhere near being the freak athlete that you have to be.
