The other night, I sat down with my girlfriend and we watched "The Prestige" featuring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. For those who don't know, this movie is all about magic tricks and how conjurers - at least the ones in the movie - would stoop to any lows in order to uncover the other's secrets. They wanted to be the ideal magicians, which is something that I'm sure all others in this line of work attempt to be. How much more impressive would their acts be if kettlebells were utilized?
One of the most prominent tricks displayed in the film is the water tank escape, which I'm sure you've seen if you found someone lowered into a filled tank, bound all the while. The trick is interesting, to be certain, but how much more interesting would it be if kettlebells were put to use? I'd have to imagine that tension would be raised by the extra weight seen. One such free weight could be bound to the arms, not only forcing the person to work around added baggage but to utilize more mobility as well. It's the latter which fitness authorities such as Lorna can support.
A lesser used trick yet one that stands to be mentioned is the Chinese linking rings. Metal rings which are attached to one another have to be removed and it's common for the normal person to be stumped as to how it works. There's a method behind it and I believe such a method could apply to kettlebells as well. One has to be able to maneuver the arms in such a way that the trick is made possible with the use of illusions and skilled motions that only magicians seem to understand the secret of.
There is also one other trick shown in the movie that I thought was both dazzling and suspenseful. Alfred Borden, who is Bale's persona, makes use of the bullet catch trick. The trick goes like this: the bullet is placed into the gun but it never reaches the point where firing it off would be deadly, or even painful. Illusion is also used in order to mimic the sound and appearance of a gun going off so that the viewing audience is left impressed. It's a trick that only sound magicians can pull off.
As someone who was only a little interested in magic initially, "The Prestige" undeniably opened my eyes to a world that I knew very little about. Not only did I learn about the secrets of these tricks - at least to some extent - but I saw just how zealous these people can become when it comes to their own work. Sometimes they can downright vicious, which is something that I suppose goes for any job where the public eye is present. I still believe that these free weights could come into play.
One of the most prominent tricks displayed in the film is the water tank escape, which I'm sure you've seen if you found someone lowered into a filled tank, bound all the while. The trick is interesting, to be certain, but how much more interesting would it be if kettlebells were put to use? I'd have to imagine that tension would be raised by the extra weight seen. One such free weight could be bound to the arms, not only forcing the person to work around added baggage but to utilize more mobility as well. It's the latter which fitness authorities such as Lorna can support.
A lesser used trick yet one that stands to be mentioned is the Chinese linking rings. Metal rings which are attached to one another have to be removed and it's common for the normal person to be stumped as to how it works. There's a method behind it and I believe such a method could apply to kettlebells as well. One has to be able to maneuver the arms in such a way that the trick is made possible with the use of illusions and skilled motions that only magicians seem to understand the secret of.
There is also one other trick shown in the movie that I thought was both dazzling and suspenseful. Alfred Borden, who is Bale's persona, makes use of the bullet catch trick. The trick goes like this: the bullet is placed into the gun but it never reaches the point where firing it off would be deadly, or even painful. Illusion is also used in order to mimic the sound and appearance of a gun going off so that the viewing audience is left impressed. It's a trick that only sound magicians can pull off.
As someone who was only a little interested in magic initially, "The Prestige" undeniably opened my eyes to a world that I knew very little about. Not only did I learn about the secrets of these tricks - at least to some extent - but I saw just how zealous these people can become when it comes to their own work. Sometimes they can downright vicious, which is something that I suppose goes for any job where the public eye is present. I still believe that these free weights could come into play.
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