American Ninja Warrior

[JirinPanthosa]

Who else here loves American Ninja Warrior? I run a lot of Spartan Races so I'm already into obstacle racing. I know some people who spent a week in line trying to get on as a walk on and didn't make it. It'd be nice if they had a show like this that was broadcast more like an Olympic competition than something about entertainment, so qualifying could be strictly about merit. But every time I watch this show it pumps me up to train harder.

Though, why is it every time a woman does well the camera focuses on the man in her life? Last year when Kacy Catanzaro made that run, they focused on her boyfriend Brent Stephensen, and today when that veteran's sister was running they focused on the advice he was giving her.

This Hourglass obstacle is brutal. Possibly the hardest obstacle I've seen in qualifying, requiring both upper body strength and a perfect trampoline jump.

I found some gyms near me that have ANW styled obstacles. I can do the devil steps but can't do the salmon ladder yet. They have a warped wall but it's shorter than the one on the show. I can do the shorter version but don't know if I could do the full size version.

 

[Snaploud]

My wife and I love this show, and I'm not typically that into watching sports programs*.

Kacy Catanzaro is made of awesome, by the way. Prior to Kacy, my wife and I were getting annoyed at all the females doing so poorly on this show. The producers had an annoying tendency to find female (often-Olympic-level) athletes who, while great in their own fields, would do terribly in the type of obstacles presented. You really need to have gymnastics, parkour, or (preferably) rock-climing backgrounds to do well on this show, and it was frustrating watching famous females athletes without those skills taking a nose-dive into the water within the first couple obstacles.

*though, I do tend to enjoy watching sports movies, which I know makes little sense.

 

[USS Triumphant]

I'm not enjoying this new obstacle-side correspondent. She seems fake, like she's not really into it *at all*, and she reminds me of Jenny McCarthy. They need to bring back Jenn Brown. (I wonder where she's gone.) Or Alison Haislip. Or hire Kacy Catanzaro to do it.

My wife and I love this show, and I'm not typically that into watching sports programs*.

Kacy Catanzaro is made of awesome, by the way. Prior to Kacy, my wife and I were getting annoyed at all the females doing so poorly on this show. The producers had an annoying tendency to find female (often-Olympic-level) athletes who, while great in their own fields, would do terribly in the type of obstacles presented. You really need to have gymnastics, parkour, or (preferably) rock-climing backgrounds to do well on this show, and it was frustrating watching famous females athletes without those skills taking a nose-dive into the water within the first couple obstacles.

*though, I do tend to enjoy watching sports movies, which I know makes little sense.

Ditto. *Entirely* ditto.

 

[ryan123450]

I don't watch any sports, but I have watched this show for 3 years. I love it. Really entertaining hoping that someone will make it all the way each year. Hopefully this is the one.