by A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.”
—MARTIN H. FISCHER, PHYSICIAN AND AUTHOR
Tim Ferris, author of the four-hour workweek talks about the importance of learning not from the best , but from someone in the top 5% with exceptional circumstances. He mentions that instead of learning how to swim from Michael Phelps who broke a world record at 15, people should learn from Shinji Takeuchi who didn’t even start swimming until 37.
The two reasons for this are as follows:
- The top 1% often succeed despite how they train, not because of it. Superior genetics, or a luxurious full-time schedule, make up for a lot.
- Career specialists can’t externalize what they’ve internalized. Second nature is hard to teach.
Today, I will be applying the same concept to mobility training/flexibility. Instead of studying a contortionist or a tiny female gymnast, I will study a 240 lb. body-builder who can shoulder press 135lbs for reps while doing the splits. His name is Jon Call aka Jujimufu, here is his Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jujimufu/?hl=en.
After digging into numerous dark corners of the internet, I managed to find his sketchy website where he has a mobility tutorial. Link is below. He is a goofy individual, but do not mistake him for a fool.
http://trickstutorials.com/index.php?page=content/flx3
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