Straights & Curves: Niche creation
Karsten Warholm's jacuzzi time • Metaphysical pro wrestling • Water aerobics
Welcome back to Straights & Curves, a curiosity digest for outdoorsy folks. Let’s go!
1. Karsten Warholm’s hot-tub training
The Olympic champion and world-record holder in the 400m got some social-media spice when he shared this, uh, unusual weight-lifting technique.
But it seems there’s more to it than weird deadlifts. Alex Geula at Letsrun dug into the deeper principles that guide Karsten and his coach Lief Olav Alnes. Here are a few:
Frequent communication with nightly phone calls
Year-round high-intensity training, building toward championship season
Day-length sessions, beginning with warm-ups and intervals in the morning, post-lunch hurdle work, and late afternoon weight training
And an “extreme amount of time” spent in a jacuzzi
2. Pro wrestling’s strangest star
I was tickled by this piece in NY Times Magazine about Danhausen, a non-athletic barista from Detroit who re-invented himse…
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