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« on: August 14, 2008, 09:31:26 AM »

I'm not exactly sure if it should go in this topic, but i believe it does. Anyhow, this is about my training, and how/what i'm doing.

Well i've been interested in parkour for over a good year now, and actually only took action and got serious begging July this year. So as you can see, i'm still new to parkour in general. The only problem i have is with training. I WANT to go out there and train for anywhere from 2 to 5 hours, but when i get out there i tire out really really quickly and want to quit after 30 minutes to an hour. I also get slightly tired from doing repetitions of the same move over and over, like turn vaults. I know repetition is important for any traceur to sucessfully learn a new move, but it just gets kinda boring after a while.

I don't want to give up parkour, but its hard for me to get out there and stay out there and train. So i have to ask, does anyone have any experience with this? Any tips that i could use? ANY advice would be greatly appericiated Smiley. Thanks in advance.
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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2008, 09:41:12 AM »

I have had the same problem at the start of my adventure into parkour, but I think I have managed a little system for myself and my friend, which is easy and nothing vanguard.. (I have been training only since June, we're pretty much at the same level mate)

To not bore myself out while doing repetitions I do the following:

Firstly I set a goal, that I want to do a number of reps of one particular technique (50 catleaps for example) and add something to it.

For example we would usually do: 1 Set of 10 catleaps, 20 seconds pause with some stretching and then proceed to do 10 situps (to relief tension from our backs and arms) and then we repeat, until we reach the goal. This way you're doing more, but without the bore (woo rhyme)

Also we like to not count how much we do, so we always end up atleast doing 10 extra reps.

If you want to check out how me and my mates work it out, newbie to newbie, I have a little training log at www.parkcore.blogspot.com

And man you gotta keep at it.. one day it's 30mins and you're out.. and the next day its 35mins and you're out.. just make use of how much strenght you got well.. and it will always get better

i hoped that i helped you out a bit man, correct me if im wrong in something
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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2008, 09:46:40 AM »

There are alot of things that can keep you from finding your drive to train successfully. It appears from your description that maybe you have hit a plateau and you're not seeing the gains you used to anymore. The gains aren't being shown and your training suffers because of it.

You need to find your drive again, and you need find why it is you love parkour so much. This activity is very much a discipline and I feel you'd be missing the point if you go out there every day or every other day to train even when you have no interest in being out there. If you've lost it, perhaps a short break is in store to kind of let yourself go. Don't think about parkour and see what happens.

This could take anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks, but hopefully you will come to find the reason again why you love parkour so much.

Do what you love, but always remember, never force love. Forcing yourself to go out and train can have horrible repercussions.  
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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2008, 09:59:04 AM »

I know why i want to do parkour, for more than one reason (almost all traceurs have more than one reason for parkour Tongue). So i can get anywhere, it helps in an emergency, it will eventually make me in the best shape of my life, it helps you mentally in more than one situtation, and there are quite a few more reasons.

I'm just asking for help on what i should do to get out there and stay out there. Like i've said, i just get tired really quickly and feel like i'm done for the day, but i want to stay and train for much, much longer.
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2008, 10:00:29 AM »

Follow what your heart and bodymind are telling you, not what you think you "should" be doing. It sounds to me like you "want" to train for that long because you feel like you should. Training for that much is certainly admirable and impressive, but it's not always the best way. Everyone is different and believe it or not, even when you aren't actively training, you are still "training" in a way. The bodymind is constantly working in the background, repairing cells, working out pathways, figuring coordination puzzles, etc. This is not an excuse to sit on your couch all day, eating potato chips ("No, really, I'm training! You just can't see it!") but it is a nice thing to keep in mind, to keep yourself from trying to force yourself into a training schedule that isn't a fit with who you are.

It may sound overly simple, but it's true: if you really want to train, make yourself train. If you really want to stop, stop. Only you can make that choice: but make the choice, accept it, and live with it. There is no value judgment on it except what you yourself place on it.

Ultimately, like Charles said, you have to train for reasons that come from inside you, and only you. If a day comes where you feel like you "should" train, but you tire out, or find reasons not to, then you need to sit down with that feeling and examine it. Is it accurate? Are you genuinely tired? If so, then rest! If not, then push through. But either way your choice should come from inside you and your own reasons, not what you feel like you "should" do. Your bodymind naturally has a way of making a priority out of things that are most important to you. One person's training schedule is not the same for everyone. Find other ways to make parkour fit into your life if physically going out and training isn't practical for you for whatever reason on a particular day.

There is a fine line between setting a schedule and sticking to it/showing dedication, and naturally following what's right for you personally. We would all love to work on a superhuman training schedule, but that's not realistic for most of us. So the trick is to find a level that works for you--that is challenging and makes you grow as a traceur, but that is realistic enough with who you are and your lifestyle that you can stick to it and feel satisfied with yourself.

I guess the upshot is, stop "shoulding" on yourself! Smiley

Hope that helps. Good luck!
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2008, 04:49:14 AM »

Well i've been interested in parkour for over a good year now, and actually only took action and got serious begging July this year. So as you can see, i'm still new to parkour in general. The only problem i have is with training. I WANT to go out there and train for anywhere from 2 to 5 hours, but when i get out there i tire out really really quickly and want to quit after 30 minutes to an hour. I also get slightly tired from doing repetitions of the same move over and over, like turn vaults. I know repetition is important for any traceur to sucessfully learn a new move, but it just gets kinda boring after a while.

I don't want to give up parkour, but its hard for me to get out there and stay out there and train.

What is your general fitness level at? What were you doing prior to Parkour?

Without further information it soundslike you're gassing so you need a bigger base of general physical preparation. That builds the energy for doing parkour and aids in what you can recover from.

I'd set goals to help keep you motivated and schedule your time more so you can work on a few things at a time and see progress. Look at doing "Fartlek" cycles or if you go out for X period time then 5-10 minutes say skill rep practice, 10-15 minutes Interval training, distance training, then however many minutes of just having fun and doing it.

Most Pro athletes have many years to build up to "pro" level workouts...take that same time frame with your developing Parkour.

Just my thoughts,
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