Distal Taper

Fan of adventure, action, and fantasy novels.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@SBakerMD The heat really cuts down warmup time.

[Fenton Wood @WoodFenton]

I'm doing a sale! Buy any of my books on Amazon by the end of this month, spend at least $7, and I'll send you a free copy of the Yankee Republic print omnibus. 650 pages of wonder and adventure.

DM me a screenshot of the order page and your address. US customers only!

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@WoodFenton Night mode makes a bigger difference on LCD than e-ink. When the e-ink refreshes, the whole screen will tend to flash. In a dark room, an LCD with a red filter on night mode is still my favorite way to read.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@WoodFenton The above is for an LCD fire Kindle. I didn't realize the e-ink Kindle doesn't allow you to completely shut off the side LEDs.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@WoodFenton For reading at night, I use a red film over the screen (I think it is something like Rubylith) and set the text to night mode.

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

We’ve been sold this myth our entire lives.

When a star athlete is asked how they reached the mountaintop, the answer is always, “I outworked my competition.”

When a championship coach is asked how his team got there, the answer is always, “We outworked our competition.” Sometimes the coach brags about the culture HE CREATED… in spite of the fact that winning is the quickest, simplest way to create a winning culture.

The answer to losing is always more hard work.

If you lose, you lacked the discipline, grit, and character required to win. You weren’t willing to do the work required.

The Feed the Cats take…

Traits of elite athletes ⤵️
1) Typically have elite genetics
2) Avoid injuries
3) Recover well (sleep, nutrition)
4) Successfully improve athleticism (speed, strength, jump, bounce, throw)
5) Successfully improve sport-specific skills and movements.
6) Don’t subscribe to “the undisciplined pursuit of more”
7) Have a joyful mission-mindset

Traits of great teams ⤵️
1) Accumulate talent through the draft, NIL, recruitment, attraction, tradition, and/or luck. 💥
2) Stay healthy; injury-free
3) Improve the athleticism of their already superior athletes ⚡️⚡️⚡️
4) Display an energetic and joyful approach to hard work.
5) Practice and train at a performance level.
6) Culture by intent, not default. Not just the product of winning.

It’s intellectually lazy to boil it down to cliches. ⤵️

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@SBakerMD The high jump is more impressive than the shot given your weight.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@WritersBog Real black licorice also contains a compound that can lead to heart problems.

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered announced (from Nightdive - PS5/PS4/Xbox/Switch/Switch 2/PC this Winter) https://t.co/R4ihcKGQ8I

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@Mangan150 I've found I sleep better in a dark room. I'd prefer that wasn't the case.

[Sean Davis @seanmdav]

Never let them live this down.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@5060fit He's the visceral fat doctor, so you probably heard right. I'd like to see him warmup more and not let his heels drop on acceleration. His form looks stiff, but it is encouraging to see people go for speed.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

Why is X tagging all sort of innocuous things as "adult content"?

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 California Passed "The Stop Nick Shirley Act":
This week the California Assembly passed AB 2624. This bill will criminalize investigative journalism involving the immigrant population. It would have made it illegal to expose the Somali "Learing" center if it were in California or the Armenian hospice fraud in LA if they claimed "reasonable fear."

The bill protects "immigration support services providers," which means services provided to immigrants, including health care. It has been proven that millions, potentially billions, of dollars in fraud has taken place in "immigrant support services” which includes nonprofits and NGOs the state funds.

California is trying to make it harder to expose fraud and scare individuals from investigating it as they could be forced and sued to remove the video, forced to pay attorney fees, and ordered to pay a minimum of $4,000 in damages.

This bill was created by Mia Bonta (the attorney general's wife). She has made 4 separate versions of this bill because each version violates the 1st Amendment and is extremely unconstitutional.

Plain and simple, California politicians need the fraud to continue because they depend on the fraud to push their agendas. END ALL THE FRAUD.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@GuruAnaerobic Long torso and short legs is the classic swimmer build.

[A Midwestern Doctor @MidwesternDoc]

Did you know physician owned hospitals had better patient outcomes, so hospital lobbyists made the Democrats ban their competitors to support the Affordable Healthcare Act?

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@ChefGruel My local place has had inconsistent quality. I've had some of the best and worst burgers at Carl's Jr.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

@JPINVESTS23 @AJA_Cortes I believe it is best to work jumps/sprints on the freshest legs possible, so before the lower. Sprint/jump then do your leg work (squats, etc) the same day.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

🚨BREAKING🚨 the “Stop Nick Shirley” bill just passed through the CA Assembly.

Instead of fixing the fraud and abuse being exposed, Sacramento Democrats would rather go after the people shining a light on it.

Transparency matters. Accountability matters. Free speech matters.

AB 2624 now heads to the Senate.
Call your State Senator and tell them to vote NO on AB 2624.

[Distal Taper @DistalTaper]

Finally back in the 12 second range in the 100m sprint. Took two years of consistent training.