/alpha/ - Self-Improvement and Motivation

>>143
I pulled these from the web. It's hard to separate a lot of the fact from the myth/legend of Bruce Lee, of course, but I believe a lot of these are documented in video or in books.

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-bruce-lee-may-have-been-superhuman.php

>Bruce Lee's striking speed from 3 feet away was five hundredths of a second.
>Bruce could perform one-hand push-ups using only his thumb and index finger
>Bruce would ride the equivalent of 10 miles in 45 minutes on a stationary bike, sweating profusely afterwards.
>Bruce could collapse steel reinforced head protection gear.
>Bruce was able to lift a 300-lb. barbell. Bruce could floor an opponent with a punch 1 inch away.
>Bruce could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
>(During his prime, not during Long Beach Karate Championships) Bruce Lee's one-inch punch was known to have sent 200-lb. men flying back 15 feet (this is the commonly reported distance by most who knew Bruce)
>Bruce could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench (he could hold his torso and legs out straight and perform leg lifts)
>Bruce Lee could perform 3 kick combination in midair (composed of head-height side and crescent kicks)
>A doctor who knew Bruce once claimed that he was "Muscled as a squirrel, and spirited as a horse" and fitter than anyone he had ever seen.
>Bruce could thrust his fingers through unopened cans of Coca Cola, this was before the days cans were made of the softer aluminum metal.
>Bruce once exploded a 150-pound punching bag with a massive sidekick while training with James Coburn.
>He trained from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., including stomach, flexibility, and running, and from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. he would weight train and cycle. A typical exercise for Lee would be to run a distance of two to six miles in 15 to 45 minutes, in which he would vary speed in 3-5 minute intervals. Lee would then ride his stationary bicycle for 30-45 minutes at full speed immediately after running. Next, Lee would jump rope for 800 jumps non-stop.

What I admire a lot was his charisma as well.

>>165

See now this is one of those places where an anonymous /alpha/ board is better than a conventional one, because if people had identity in this conversation they might pretend they knew all these things about jazz that they really do not.

I think an interesting person to watch now is Elon Musk, though he's more of a Thomas Edison/Steve Jobs figure in that he's getting the ball rolling on electric cars and private space travel rather than really doing the work of "inventing" them. Sometimes that sort of person is needed or else things don't get done, though.

I might come back and samefag about his divorce, but I gotta go out and do some things right now.