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  1. Actually, I would have to say it is UN-likely he grips it harder. This comes from a class I took with him a couple years ago. He was trying to show me how hard to grip the gun. I gripped it with my strong hand and he then put his weak hand on it to show me the amount of force he exerts. He was not applying that much force, definitely not crushing my strong hand fingers (and, for comparison, I do NOT have an impressively strong grip).
  2. Stoddard's: https://www.stoddardsguns.com Just opened a couple years ago. I get the sense a lot of people who shoot there are/were affiliated with GT
  3. Its really hard for me to watch the movies after reading the books. Reacher's physical presence is so important to the stories, that I just can't believe Cruise in that role.
  4. I shoot at a higher-end range in Midtown Atlanta. There are plenty of African Americans shooting there on Saturdays and Sundays (when I usually go). Not sure how many of them compete, though. As an interesting aside, the range is near Georgia Tech and I am always surprised to see the high percentage of younger, college-aged (maybe even "hipster"-like) shooters that I see. If you saw these people on the street, you would think that they fit the profile of liberals, but nonetheless they are out in force enjoying shooting in high numbers at this range.
  5. I think the best part of that video starts at 1:25 when he begins a run that has several misses and make-up shots. You can really see how his upper body is absolutely fixed as he oscillates back and forth to hit all the make-ups. Very cool video for learning!
  6. If you like science fiction, try Larry Correia. In most of his books, guns figure very prominently. For (non-science) fiction, Stephen Hunter is great.
  7. No, seriously, that's what I do. The calories are typically around 800-1200 a day (depends on the protein -- more calories with beef, fewer calories with chicken, etc). On the weekends, I typically add in another meal (brunch: 2 pieces of bacon, 2 eggs, a little cheese); so make it 1500 calories or so on Saturday and Sunday. This is not out of line with what you read that people pursuing calorie restriction eat. I've done a lot of tweaking with this; I need to eat low-carb and get in ketosis to lose the weight and keep it off. In order to get into ketosis I need to keep total protein intake to about 80-90 g per day. Beyond this, I add calories with vegetables and fats. I function pretty well, I feel. I usually get up at about 4:30am, do my erg workout, do some dry fire, do some reading, and work from about 8am-6pm. I'm happy to discuss this further, but the main reason I mentioned this in the post above was that (whether you think this is a good diet/routine, or not) there was no way I could have established it and kept it going if I didn't build the necessary habits very, very, very slowly.
  8. I agree with most everything written above, but I believe there is another point that needs to be made. . . you have to make exercise and improved diet a habit. These activities have to become so much a part of your life that it really irritates you when you don't/can't do them. How do you get there? I have read a few books on habits, and some of them go into great detail. Let me boil it down to what works for me: start insanely, stupidly, ridiculously slowly. You want to make exercise a habit? Start with just 5 minutes a day, with an easy exercise like walking on a treadmill. Don't increase your workout time until you start to view yourself as "a guy who walks on the treadmill every day"; even then, don't increase your time until until you just can't stand doing only 5 minutes a day. It may take you a month, or more. Don't worry about it -- the goal is not to lose a lot of weight at first, but to develop the habit of daily exercise. Its hard to describe how you know when its time to increase, but you will know it. Just as importantly, as you slowly start increasing your workout time, if you ever find yourself hesitating to do the workout -- you increased too fast. Back off on the time. Here's another trick I have used: if you have to depend on will power to exercise (or stick to your diet, etc) then you changed too fast -- you're doing it wrong. You haven't made the changes a habit. When these changes become habits, you only need a bit of will power every now and then, otherwise you are on auto-pilot with your new behaviors. Back off a bit, be patient, and develop the habits you need. This post is already too long, but I will throw out one more point without explaining it in detail -- try visualization along with building habits (a bunch of posts here about visualizing when it comes to improving your shooting; try to do the same thing with improving your diet and exercise routines). A few years ago, I rarely exercised and had a pretty marginal diet. I was on a number of yo-yo diets because I started them too fast, my will power wore out, and I fell off the wagon. It took me a long time to figure out how to build new habits, but once I did I made a lot of positive improvements. Today, its my habit to do 6k-8k every morning on an erg machine, and only eat one meal a day (typically composed of 10oz of protein and some vegetables). I rarely need to use will power to maintain these behaviors. The main point I wanted to make by sharing my specific diet and exercise routine is that if you think "there is no way I could do that" I want you to know I would have had the exact same response a few years ago. There is no way I could stick with this routine if I hadn't built up these habits extremely slowly. So if you are really serious about improving your behaviors, don't look for the quick fix. Make a long term commitment and start really, really slowly.
  9. This has been a bit of a revelation for me. I followed Jake's approach in dry fire and then the last time I went to the range . . . my entire attention was on keeping a rock-solid grip, with essentially no attention to trigger press mechanics. My accuracy was much improved -- Thanks Jake! In retrospect, previously I may have been focusing too much on a smooth flat trigger press, and not putting enough attention on maintaining the right grip. I suggest giving this a try. . .
  10. That's very helpful, thanks. I have been working on optimizing my grip in dry fire so that I can slap the trigger without sight movement; its coming along, but still has room for improvement (my live fire results also tell the same story). Nonetheless, its good to know that I'm on the right track by emphasizing this skill in practice.
  11. Jake: in another post you advocated for using the same trigger finger position for every shot (http://forums.brianenos.com/index.php?showtopic=236817&hl=jake#entry2641029). I was wondering, even when you practice slow fire group shooting using that same trigger finger placement (DA or SA), do you try to press the trigger at the same speed you would use for a close target? What I'm trying to understand is: if I use the same grip and same trigger finger placement for every shot, what is the technique difference between a close shot and a more distant tight shot - better sight alignment or slower trigger press on the tougher shot (or both)? Thanks.
  12. I have the SDP subcompact. Very pointable and accurate. Fit and finish is impeccable. The trigger was very good out of the box, but I sent it to Automatic Accuracy, and they did a great job of further smoothing the action.
  13. Thanks. I find it interesting that with the thousands of people that work on movies, sometime really weird mistakes/bloopers sneak through. When I caught a glimpse of the vacuuming it just looked wrong to me, but I was mistaken.
  14. Saw the movie yesterday with my wife. It was not bad, but in my opinion not as enjoyable as the last one (Days of Future Past). Anyway, we stayed like most people to catch the teaser trailer after the credits (don't worry, no spoiler) and they showed someone vacuuming up the floor after a gunfight. I turned to say something to my wife, and when I turned back and caught that scene for just a fraction of a second it looked like they were vacuuming up ammo and not just brass. Did anyone else see that, or am I mistaken?
  15. What kind of fat? What do you eat for dinner? I eat some kind of meat and a (green) veggie. The diet works best for me with fatty meats -- if its steak or pork I don't cut off the fat, if I have salmon I eat the skin. Bacon is about the perfect meat to eat on this diet with all its fat content. Regarding getting the rest of your diet from fat, you can use plenty of butter. Also, look for salad dressings with no carbs -- they are mostly fat and you can dip your veggies, etc into these. You can eat cheese, but I try to limit that because it also has a bit of protein; same for peanut butter. Avocados are good.
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