[X] ... made sure I knew how to handle and shoot a gun. There was a range not too far from our neighborhood, and after I showed my grasp of gun safety he'd take me there every few days and demonstrated his quite frankly ridiculous aim before telling me to match it. I never did of course, he's been shooting for two decades while I haven't even been alive that long.
[X] ... made me run every single day so that I'd be able to get away from those who'd want to hurt me. It was difficult at first to even jog ten kilometers, but a week after we'd started I was running the whole way. Dad never let up though, and once he saw I could do that he added a hundred sit-ups, push-ups, and squats to the daily routine. Overall I'd say my fitness level, while hardly olympian, is actually sort of impressive.
[X] "Close your eyes before placing a finger to your pulse and feeling its rhythm. From there, imagine the weight of so many tons of water pressing down on creatures deep below the surface, all the way to the bottom of the ocean. This will let you wield a tendril holding a fraction of that terrifying weight, but learning to do anything more than flail it about is going to take two or three days of dedication."