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Fitness and Training / General Fitness / Re: Martial Arts to Complement Parkour
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on: October 19, 2009, 06:51:09 PM
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I've trained in several types of martial arts, and as a whole they aren't very transferable to parkour. Most focus on fighting (as to be expected) and not movement per se.
Some ideal styles that might transfer well to parkour are aikido or capoeira. Aikido is very good for rolls and ground movements, while capoeira is very good for aerial awareness. Both are excellent for balance.
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Fitness and Training / General Fitness / Bath Tub Exercises
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on: October 19, 2009, 06:36:14 PM
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Sound silly? Yeah, it might be. Read on.
Fill up a bathtub about halfway. Get a bathtub mat so you don't slip.
The idea behind these exercises is to increase the difficulty of certain exercises by using the bouyancy of water or similarly decrease the difficulty of certain exercises. Technique is important!
These are also just really fun to do.
Bathtub situps:
Sit in the bathtub and begin doing slow situps with your feet on the wall.
The goal of these situps is to submerge your core in the water when you go down and out of the water when you go up. This forces you to push against the water as it moves around the tub and maintain control of your core. Adjust the water level if necessary. You should begin to get into a rhythm where the water is splashing from one side of the tub to the other when you situp. Keep up this rhythm for as long as possible.
Bathtub L sit dips:
If you could never do L sits before, this is a great way to start! Place your palms on the bottom of the tub with your legs straight in front of you and push up.
The goal of the L sit dip is to have your body submerged when down and out of the water when up. Adjust water as necessary.
The buoyancy of the water will aid you in pushing up and keeping your legs straight. However, similar to the situps, if you slosh the water around in rhythm, it will make the L sits more difficult to hold.
Bathtub inclined underwater pushups
Place your feet above the bathtub and your hands on your non-slip mat. Do a pushup, but each time go underwater and let out all the air in your lungs before coming back up.
The goal of the inclined underwater pushup is to have your nose and mouth underwater when down and out of the water when up. Adjust water as necessary.
Bathtub inclined praying monkeys
As with the pushup, place your feet above the tub, but this time place your hands much closer to you for the praying monkey.
The goal of the inclined underwater praying monkey is to dive under the water during the "dive" part of the move and come out of the water at the middle and subsequent finish.
I've yet to experiment with other moves, but tomorrow night may prove fruitful.
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Fitness and Training / Training Journals / Re: Decatur, GA training log
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on: October 18, 2009, 12:00:44 PM
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Oct 16
Training was rough tonight! Training in the rain!
Started with a warm up to QM, QM and more QM. Then more QM. Then pushup QM, then stair QM, then QM QM.
It was just me tonight, so I pretty much did an hour of nonstop QM all around. Mentally one of the hardest trainings I've ever experienced.
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Fitness and Training / Injury Reports / Re: Broken clavicle
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on: October 18, 2009, 11:39:49 AM
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Wandering, Take some time and heal up. When you get better, come out and I'll teach you. We have regular sessions at the Decatur Marta station at 7pm every Friday.  A broken clavicle probably means you did the roll correctly, but just didn't have enough muscle to take the impact. It's very important to recognize that, because the most important part of the roll is to protect your head and your spine from injury. Compared to a broken spine or smashed head, it's relatively easy to come back from a broken arm/clavicle. Focus on healing up and follow all of your doctor's advise. |
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