The American Ninja Warrior athletes are going to have a daunting new foe on the Daytona City Finals course. This week’s “Crashing the Course” introduces us to the Giant Cubes, the eighth obstacle they’ll face.
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The Giant Cubes require that Ninjas travel down a slanted pole from the Salmon Ladder to three Cliff Hanger type edges on the first cube. They’ll need to travel around the cube and perform a cat-grab leap to the next one. The Ninjas will then have to circumnavigate that cube to clear a path to the landing pad.
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After Alex takes some time to acknowledge the amazing American Ninja Warrior fan community (that’s YOU), he calls in Daniel Gil to help break down the Giant Cubes.
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Daniel is always impressive on the course. His POM Wonderful tip of the week provides some insight into how he pulls off those runs: Visualization
Daniel recommends playing out your path through the obstacle over and over in your mind before you tackle it.
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But visualization and execution might be two different things. Alex gives the obstacle a try and all we can say is we’re a little concerned about how things are going to play out on the Daytona course!
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You can see the Giant Cubes in action on the August 7 episode of American Ninja Warrior.