Ninja Warrior

We've been watching when we happen to catch it. Last night it was interesting to see how hard they work and how spent they are for the few who made it to the last obstacle.

I've notices that the gymnasts and rock climbers do especially well-  they're so nimble and usually pretty lean. We did catch the military one and many did not seem as nimble which makes a huge difference.

I have moved to the dark side and do a lot of crossfit now which has a lot of those gymnastic type movements.  In my personal experience, I can keep up with the little guys (and most of the time do better) in the weight lifting stuff but when it comes to body weight stuff?  They kill me.  pull-ups, ring dips, muscle ups, hand stand pushups, etc.  They crank out pull ups and dips like gravity doesn't exist but they only weight 150 lbs.  Add 100 lbs to them (sometimes we do weighted 1 max reps)?  They can barely squeak out 1 - but guess what, that's what I have to do just to get ME up!

Bigger typically means stronger (more muscle mass) but after a point, strength doesn't keep up with body mass and the power to weight ratio get's out of whack.

I always figure rock climbers should be able to kill it on ninja (the gymnasts do well as well as the parkour folks).

my kids and I love fhe show. I look over 2 weeks ago and see the 8yr old do this...

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My wife loves to watch, so I have seen a bunch of it lately.  Kido is right, smaller, leaner, gymnasts and rockclimbers seem to be the most adept. And I think anyone that is creative has a distinct advantage. We watched one a few weeks ago that had a climbing obstacle that no one could get through.  Once someone tried something different it was game on.

It looks like the competitor pool they are drawing from is not too deep.  There is a limited number of people that can do this kind of stuff, from what I can tell.

I think a lot of it comes from hand/grip strength! There is no way I have the grip strength to hang on to ropes and pegs like they do. It would be fun to try though.

Watching and listening to some of these shows, it has become apparent that many larger cities have one or more of these gyms in them.  If you think triathlon is a niche market, try this stuff.  But wow, it is fun to watch.

My cousin was on that show, but I honestly don't know how she did, I should ask her. I imagine she did pretty well because she's an award winning pole dancer and owned her own pole dancing fitness studio for a while.  It takes a lot of strength to do that kind of stuff.

That picture reminds me when I was a kid and would try to get from one end of the house to the other without touching the floor.

I didn't get to see! What happened? Did anyone make it??