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« on: October 05, 2009, 04:53:02 PM » |
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Hey, I just recently (yesterday) really started wanting to train seriously with parkour. I've only just started out so for now some background info.
Name: Rebecca Age: 13 Height: 5 foot 4 Grade: 8 Weight: 140 lbs. Past/Current athletic experiences: Dance when i was 3-7, gymnastics when i was 7, karate, in January it'll be two years and aiki-jutsu, in January it'll be about one year. EDIT: by thew way, I'm also a vegetarian, been one since August of 2007. Just thought I should add that. That's really all so now on with the training journal =)
GOALS (these are going to be almost constantly changing/improving): STRENGTH: 45 Consecutive Push-ups 15 Pull-ups Plank for 1:30 L-sit for 1:00 30 burpees with good form
CARDIVASCULAR: Run a mile in 5 minutes Be able to jog a 5k
PARKOUR/FREERUNNING-RELATED: Successfully perfom: Monkey vault over an obstacle 4 feet in height Speed vault over an obstacle same height as above Kong over an obstacle 4 feet in width 4-Step Wall run Front flip on flat ground Back hand spring off of cartwheel and freestanding
10/4/09
Started at: 7:42 p.m.
5 mins of stretching APK warm-up (minus the pull ups plus 5 in everything else)
Workout: 2 rounds of Front Plank x2 (1st round: 0:47, 0:50 and 2nd: 0:48, 0:35) Side Plank x2 (1st round Left 0:31, 0:41, 2nd: 0:34, 0:32) (1st round Right 0:30, 0:30, 2nd 0:31, 0:31) 25 Russian Twists 10 Tricep Dips 20 Reverse Crunches
Rest for about one hour
1 round of: 45 sit-ups 20 back extensions 50 lunges 15 dive-bomber push-ups 20 broad jumps (I was gonna do more rounds but then my brother came home and I didn't feel like working out right in front of him ) Ended at: 9:02 p.m
10/5/09 Monday:
karate 6-7: today for one hour. As warm-ups we did 75 jumping jacks, 10 pushups, 5 leg lifts, and 20 crunches. Then after that we did just easy stuff like simple wazas and combinations. Thats all for today.
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Rebecca Myers
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2009, 07:07:10 PM » |
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Just a few questions: -Are your lunges weighted? Your Russian twists? -what's a reverse crunch?
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I have this image of a tidal wave appearance from like 50 Traceurs and Traceuses doing PK from one end of a mall to the other. t'would be epic Kyle(Rage)
iPK Roof Police. "Not now chief, I'm on the f****** roof."
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« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2009, 03:13:48 AM » |
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no, neither of those are weighted
and for reverse crunches you lay flat on your back legs straight out in front of you, then slowly bring your legs in to y our chest then push out and without setting your feet down just repeat thst motion
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2009, 03:57:55 PM » |
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10/6/09
Today I had karate for an hour again. We did stretching and 50 jumping jacks, 10 pushups and 30 sit-ups as warm-ups then i just worked on throws and self defense. Pretty easy class.
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2009, 06:38:44 PM » |
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10/7/09
Today I had karate and aiki-jutsu class. The Karate was an hour and the aiki was an hour and a half. In karate we sparred a little and did somemore self-defense stuff. In aiki it was a normal aiki class...getting chucked at the ground repeatedly then getting 2 throw other people. It's incredibly fun but very tiring, especially when you're just repeatedly getting up off the floor for an hour and a half. That's pretty much all for today. I am hopefully gonna go running tomorrow.
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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2009, 07:04:22 PM » |
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I totally here you about getting thrown over and over. After a while the side you fall on starts to go numb  .
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I have this image of a tidal wave appearance from like 50 Traceurs and Traceuses doing PK from one end of a mall to the other. t'would be epic Kyle(Rage)
iPK Roof Police. "Not now chief, I'm on the f****** roof."
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« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2009, 04:11:56 PM » |
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yea the next day is sometimes the worst, when your hands, arms, and sides all kill then you have gym class and you're playing football. Not too fun
10/08/09
Rest day today. I was going to go running but was so tired I just didn't feel like doing anything besides school.
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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2009, 05:59:32 AM » |
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Haven't updated in a while, sorry, hvent really been on the comoputer too much.
10/9/09: Nothing, again, I've been tired a lot lately and haven't really wanted to do much of anything
10/10/09: 9-10 a.m-aiki class, very fun. 10-11 a.m-karate class, for about 30 minutes I just worked on learning my new kata, it may not look like it, but it can get very tiring Also found out I can finally do a pull-up =)
10/11/09: Not really too much, been lately
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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2009, 07:21:53 AM » |
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Also found out I can finally do a pull-up =)
YES!! CONGRATULATIONS!
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« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2009, 03:31:13 PM » |
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10/12/09 Just a quick little workout, i didn't have too much time since I went to a soccer game with my friend and before that it was raining extremely hard so I couldn't do anything outside and now on with the workout
Stretching APK Warm-up minus the pull-ups again
Workout: 2 rounds of: 30 stair step-ups 30 russian twists 25 lunges with twists 5 push-ups
30 minute homework break
2 rounds of: 15 split squats 35 sit-ups
10/13/09 4:30-5:30: karate, did kata work for the entire hour I might go running later or do another workout, I was gonna run earlier but it was raining...again...gotta love New York -_- I might start going up to the YMCA and running a,ong the track there. Well thats all for now, I might do more and edit.
And thanks Rebecca =) I was so happy! Now I just gotta work on doing more than one lol
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« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2009, 05:54:38 PM » |
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10/14/09
6-7:karate: i only have one word to say...brutal 7-8:30:aiki: I was pretty much falling asleep during this, I didn't really want to get up off the floor lol
10/15/09 nothing...again...feel like crap, gotta love anemia, hopeuflly i'll be feeling more up to things once I actually start taking my vitamins again like I should be
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« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2009, 07:31:10 PM » |
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10/16/09 Stayed home sick form school..nothing...ugh
10/17/09 9-10: Aiki, did all kneeling techniques, so painful 10-11: karate, did a lot of just non-stop movements
there's a black belt test tomorrow, then I need to go to a brunch-ish type thing with my family so im not sure what I'm gonna do
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« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2009, 04:24:54 PM » |
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10/18/09nothing, was extremely busy adn didn't have time to do anything 10/19/096-7: karate: very good workout, did bag work and self-defense with partners once I'm done with my homework I'll hopefully do a quick workout...update later, I havent had any time to go running, hopefully on thursday or something
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« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2009, 02:01:18 PM » |
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10/20/09 Tuesday
4:30-5:30: karate: I taught, we did warm-ups (50 jumpinh jacks, 10 pushups, 35 sit-ups and stretching), simple wazas for 20 minutes. I just watched/taught/corrected things, not much of workout really. Last 15 minutes did kata, never stop moving so that was the most-workout-ish part 20 minutes of jump-roping in gym class
10/21/09 Wednesday
6-7: karate: for the first 40 minues I taught and besdies warm-up I didn't really do too much, just showing each waza (combination) once or twice. Last 20 minutes did review and self-defense, pretty good work-out then. 7:00-8:30:Aiki...the usual, my right wrist feels like it's gonna fall off, slightly sore, but again, very good workout.
10/22/09 Thursday
Pacer Test in gym class today, did pretty good, by the way, the pacer test is basically where you have to run from one end of the gym to the other whenever this recording beeps, and each 7 times it beeps the time you get goes down by a half a second.
10/23/09 Friday
Today I did the pacer test again, it was a make-up one, didn't need to but I wanted to Also ran/jogged/walked for about 8 minutes, did about 10 minutes of kong practice, then some rain really started to kick up so I decided to head back, then I ran/jogged 8 minutes back home
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« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2009, 07:26:02 PM » |
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Ewww the pacer. Such a boring test. I usually get around 55, and then I get so bored I just stop  .
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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2009, 05:15:23 AM » |
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haha yea, i got 38 but i couldve done a lot better it was just my asthma and i didn't do my inhaler b4 so i got all wheezy and crappy like that, but nice =) im aiming to get around 50 net time we do it in the spring
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« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2009, 07:21:09 PM » |
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wow..ive been horrible about updating this =S anyways:
10/24/09 Saturday: Aiki 9-10: felt like my wrists were just gonna fall right off, pretty good workout, did biometric push-ups, hoping to find out more about biometrics, i know it's been mentioned on here a lot but never quite understood it, i understand it a lot better now =) Karate10-11: the usual, warm-ups, stretching, blah blah blah 30 minutes of handstand work
10/25/09 Sunday: ran/jogged/walked for about 15 minutes, did a lot more running/jogging than the other day, same route.
15 mintues later: also did about an hour of precisions, vaults, handstands, balancing, and wall runs...didn't do it all at once, extended throughout about 3 hours, was hanging out with ym friend, that's why it's so widespread
10/26/09 Monday: Karate 6-7: first 20 minutes did stretching and warm-u[ (100 jumping jacks, 20push-ups and 25 sit-ups then stretching), last 40 minutes did kata work, may not look like a good workout,but it is..anyways for anyone who doesn't know, kata is just an already organized set of combinations/moves put together in a logical order...well..thats the best way I can think of describing it =) Gym class: ran a little, combined did probably about 10 minutes..incredibly easy
10/27/09 Tuesday: Sick, stayed home from school, didn't do any working out
10/28/09 Wednesday: Karate 6-7: warm-ups (50 jumping jakcs, 30 sit-ups, 10 pushups, strectching) then simple wazas, self-defense, and combinations for the rest of the class...first 30 minutes of class I was being active, last 30 I wasn't since I was teaching and mainly just correcting people Aiki 7-8:30: typical aiki class...started with rolling/falls then worked throws, I was ssooo tired I was ready 2 just curl up on the mats and sleep..core muscles killed
10/29/09 Thursday: Rest Day, mainly just really busy
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« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2009, 11:00:04 PM » |
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Have you thought about starting pull-ups yet? They (as far as I know) mainly work your upper-back muscles, and as such are very important in parkour for climb-ups and stuff like that. Also, I noticed you mentioned working on precisions, vaults, etc... but I didn't see anything about rolls and proper landing technique. Do you already know how to roll from another discipline? If not, learning how to roll is essential and you should probably start before you work on stuff like precisions.
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The body thrives when the heart has a mission. i dont work ever really ever, i just train parkour and stuff.
Welp im just gona ignore it cause i thinking im going on the right path
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« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2009, 01:26:48 PM » |
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yes, i ahev thought about trying some pull-ups, i was thinking of next time I go out running trying at least one lol and yes, i already know how to roll, thanks to aiki,but in aiki we practice rolling/falling on mats, but the last time i was out training i actually did about 5 rolls on cement just from standing and I was very comfortable with them, and didn;t hurt myself, which is always a good thing 10/30/09: FridayNothing again, I know, i really need to start doing more stuff
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« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2009, 05:48:24 PM » |
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It's great that you can do rolls on concrete without hurting! That's usually a big obstacle for traceurs to overcome, you're ahead of the game 
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The body thrives when the heart has a mission. i dont work ever really ever, i just train parkour and stuff.
Welp im just gona ignore it cause i thinking im going on the right path
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