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For me, Penn and Teller: Fool Us is the greatest TV show of all time. Simple premise: Magicians try to do tricks that fool Penn and Teller, and the prize is that they get to appear in P&T's act in Vegas. Three reasons I love it:

1. Many of the tricks are incredible in their own right. Even the ones that don't fool the hosts are usually beautiful or amazing or both.
2. Penn and Teller are always kind and positive. The whole atmosphere on the show is one of supporting and sharing love for a weird, niche craft that is ultimately a really hard way to make a living for most of the people doing it professionally. Everybody feels good. It's wonderful. It's similar to the British show QI for that reason: everyone is rooting for each other. Watching people be generous is extremely gratifying.
3. When they get fooled, it's because the magician did something stupefying. Cases in point:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjau-xR4RaM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjau-xR4RaM</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVkmibfFbVI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVkmibfFbVI</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCFXV6o7cro" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCFXV6o7cro</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8L3EBJhXU4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8L3EBJhXU4</a>

on a related note, i have become obsessed with david blaine, who is a genius.

- jump rope x 10 mins
5 mistakes, fml

- mobilization/stretch

just getting warm and limber.

film study like this guy did can help: https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/14398550/ZHANG-SENIORTHESIS-2015.pdf?sequence=1

football is all about film study, both to study an opposing team's tendencies and to learn concepts. ultimate should be no different. watch some MLU or AUDL games very closely, for example by following around players who are similar to you but better (tall, not handlers) and noting where they are and what they do throughout each point they play. where are they looking? when on D, if they're in man, and they probably are, who are they marking, where are they relative to their guy, and when do they leave their guy if ever?

i've been out of the game for a while and was never elite, so my awareness of who's on top now is limited. but you should be aware of or be able to find out quickly who's a tall D-line cutter on DC Current or DC Breeze, and MLU and AUDL actually do a pretty okay job filming their games. limited camera angles but that's actually good because there's usually a pretty wide view.

the comparable-but-better player who comes right to mind is will neff, who i played with a little bit in college (the one year he and i overlapped at michigan, but i played B* so we were only on the field together for a fall tournament and in practices). not sure how much good footage there is online of ironside but it's worth looking. he's a beast.

*if i had my life to do over again, one of the things i'd change is getting way more disciplined about ultimate way earlier. another is breaking things off with my freshman year of college gf way earlier than i did. god that was a bad relationship. what were we talking about again? oh right. i'll never be more than, well, a fast and explosive donkey, but i have the raw tools to be a good handler and serviceable cutter. athleticism at the bottom end of elite rosters was never out of reach if i'd just bothered to spend more time getting skilled and getting in awesome shape. i envy you discovering and dedicating yourself to it at your age.

you just copped to spending $30,000 on equipment and whatever else. those two books together are excellent and cost less than $100. yes most of the info in them is available online for free but you have to search for it and put it together yourself. the whole point of lyle's books is to help people lose weight without losing strength, or to gain weight without getting overfat. so while your experience is what it is, you don't have to lose all strength while cutting quickly or slowly.

just sayin', priorities...

https://www.bodyrecomposition.com/the-rapid-fat-loss-handbook

https://www.bodyrecomposition.com/a-guide-to-flexible-dieting

morning

- GMB warm up
christ i'm stiff

nothing else since sunday. didn't get home from work until 10:30 last night. hoping for a run tonight. shoulder is in a bad way despite rest.

evening

- run 4km in 21:02
road. knee still noticeable but lessening.

- stretch

shoulder always feels better when i'm sweating.

future michigan and now lions QB jake rudock. adarq knew him back when!

fuck blue corn chips are so good.