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« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2008, 09:20:23 AM » |
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My foot felt better today, but still hurts. Today at lunch I went to the parking garage and practiced my monkeys over the walls. I am feeling pretty good about my technique. I was planning on doing the W.O.D. http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1801/322/ but I had to stay up late getting ready for my family's big winter camping trip this weekend. Also my right knee hurt and had some swelling. I think this is because I have been favoring my right leg because my left foot was hurting. So I will be taking it easy on leg workouts for a little bit.
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« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2008, 07:14:09 AM » |
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My knee is still a little sore and swollen, so I am taking the leg exercises easy Warm ups 3 x (3 pushups, 10 air pullups, 20 slow high knees) Workout: Did modified W.O.D. http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1807/322/Did as many rounds as I could in 20 minutes of: 10 pushups 3 pullups 40 second rest (This instead of doing 15 squats, because my knee hurts, but I want to be able to compare the number of rounds in future workouts, so this is a time place holder) I did 10 rounds. I did kipping pullups and I am getting the kipping motion down to where I should do more than 3 pullups at a time because the kipping is helping me so much. I did a total of 100 pushups which is the most pushups I have ever done in one workout. I remember last winter, before I had even heard of parkour, I was doing some pushups and pullups a few times a week and I was proud of the fact I did 30 pushups in one workout. Actually, I guess with the warm-up I did 109 pushups.
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« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2008, 09:35:26 AM » |
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No real workout, thursday got ready for a winter trip. Friday and Saturday spend sledding and snowmobling. It was a really good work out trying to wrestle a snowmobile made to carry three people on groomed trails through 4 feet of virgin snow. Did plenty of lifts getting it unstuck.
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« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2008, 09:42:36 AM » |
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Warm up: 3 Rounds of 5 squats, 5 pushups, and 3 pullups Did variation of http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1832/322/I ran inside my house, so I substituted 5 laps in my downstairs for 200 m. I also don't have enough ceiling clearance to jump ropes so I just hopped on my toes Ran 5 laps in basement in 33 seconds. 20 Toe hops Ran 10 laps in basement in 1 min 10 seconds 40 Toe hops Ran 15 laps in basement in 1 min 40 seconds 60 Toe hops My knee is still a little bit swollen but feels okay
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« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2008, 09:48:04 AM » |
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I was at my sister-in-laws late, so I knew I wasn't going to have time to work out when I got home, so I just did a quick workout there while we all watched "Biggest Loser". Even though I am not remotely fat, that show really inspires me to work hard. I figure if hugely overweight people can work that hard, I can too.
Warm up: 3 rounds of 5 pushups and 5 squats
Workout 4 rounds of 10 pushups with feet on a 3-foot high chair
A total of 2 minutes for each of the following front plank, right side plank, left side plank
knee feeling okay but just little bit tender
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« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2008, 08:15:18 AM » |
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Didn't work out today because of too many things today, but I decided to make some fitness/parkour goals for 2008:
Fitness: Standing long jump 9 ft 5 times in a row. Bench Press 100% of body weight (~200 lbs) 1 handstand pushup without having feet on a wall 1 muscle up from a free hang 15 consecutive pullups 400 meters in under 1 minute
Parkour: Monkey to precision flower box by work* Kash vault flower box by work* Monkey clear of flower box by work* putting hands on front of flower box Kong flower box by work* putting hands on back of flower box Do precision between flower boxes by work* Do clean monkey onto chest high loading dock by work Kong a picnic table the short way Kong a picnic table the long way Jump of my roof Do a wall run + muscle up onto my roof (I can do the wall run and grab the roof, I just can't do the muscle up) Jump onto stage at church from the red line (the stage is about 3.5 feet high and the red line is about 4 feet from the edge of the stage. I almost did it once but landed on my ankles and it hurt) Get so I am not afraid of rolls on cement
Other: Hold a handstand for 20 seconds Do a wall flip Dunk a basketball
* there is a set of three flower boxes about 8 feet apart by my work where I wait for my carpool to pick me up. They are belt level high on me and about 3 foot square on top. I have been working on doing a monkey from one side and landing my feet on the top of the opposite side (monkey to precision). Once I get that down, I want to go a little farther and do a kong/monkey to dash (kash) so I actually go over the whole thing. Then I want to monkey clear over it without even touching the far side, and then finally I want to dive over the top and just put my hands on the far side.
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« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2008, 09:40:06 AM » |
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Warm up: 3 Rounds of 5 squats, 5 pushups, and 5 pullups Did W.O.D. http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1851/322/L-Sit for a total of 2:00 (:30,:30,:30,:30) Planche (with feet on couch, not strong enough to do real one yet) for a total of 2:00 (:30,:30,:30,:30) Front Lever for a total of 2:00 (:30,:15,:15,:15,:15,:15) Handstand with feet touching wall for a total of 2:00 (:30,:30,:30,:30) Ouch my arms and shoulders are sore
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« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2008, 07:08:48 AM » |
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Warmup: 3 rounds of 5 squats and 3 push ups Did Friday's WOD http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1857/322/. Didn't have a jump rope, so I did toe jumps instead (virtual jump roping) Workout: 10 rounds for time: 10 Push-Ups 20 Toe jumps 10 Sit-Ups 20 Lunge-With-Twist (I did these in place, so I did 10 for each side) 10 Back Extensions My total time was exactly 29 minutes. I like this workout as a benchmark time workout. Kind of like a 10k time, but a 10 round time. The lunges were definitely my weakest and slowest point. Though my push-ups slowed down towards the end, I was happy that I could still do them without much struggle even when I was up to 100 total.
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« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2008, 07:32:12 AM » |
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Warm up: 3 rounds of 5 pushups, 5 squats, 2 pullups. butt kicks and high knees Workout: Did mondays WOD http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1866/322/5 total sets for max-reps of the following with 2:00 rest between circuits Pushups with feet on 37 inch high cupboard: reps (10 10 10 10 10) Pistols reps (5/4 9/4 9/4 9/5 10/5) Pullups reps 8 6 5 5 6 I was a little disappointed I couldn't do 10 pullups in a row, but I got close, so maybe in a few weeks. I did a less pistols on my right leg because even though my knee is feeling much better, the tendons are still a little swollen and I don't want to push my luck. My pistols weren't real pistols. I put the leg that wasn't on the ground out to the side instead of in front for balance, but I didn't put my hands on anything so it was a pretty good workout. I need to find something higher to my feet on for the pushups, because doing 10 with my feet on my cupboard was difficult but I could of done more. I tried putting my feet on the wall but my feet slipped too much coming down.
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« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2008, 07:26:13 AM » |
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No formal workout today. I did a lot push ups though. I played dodge ball with the boy scout group I work with and if you got out you could get back in by doing pushups. The first game you had to do 37 pushups to get back in, but in subsequent games you only had to do 10. My guess is I did around 80 pushups in all.
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« Reply #25 on: February 15, 2008, 12:17:58 PM » |
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Parkour: Praticed pop vaults, climb ups, and monkey vaults on a break from work. I am working on getting my feet over the wall quickly on the climb ups. I can't seem to get high enough to get both feet on or over the wall at the same time. I usually get my right foot on the wall and then my left. I will have to keep working on that. I am getting very comfortable doing monkeys over the belt high cement walls in the parking garage. Workout: Warm up: 3 rounds of 5 squats, 5 pushups, and 10 air pullups Workout somewhat inspired by WOD http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1879/322/ I did 10 circuits in of the following with a decreasing number of reps each time in a total time of 16:30. Monkey vaults over a 33 inch barrier reps=(10,10,8,8,6,6,4,4,2,2=60 total) Extended jump assisted pullups (going up until the bar is at chest level, my progression towards muscle ups) reps=(10,10,8,8,7,6,4,4,3,2 = 62 total) When I was about half way through the workout, I started doing the pull ups with a false grip (wrist over bar) so I would get used to the grip for doing real muscle ups.
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« Reply #26 on: February 20, 2008, 07:33:43 AM » |
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Today I did the WOD http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1896/322/ with my wife. She is working on trying to do her first pullup and so did assisted pullups and negatives. She gets a sharp pain at the bottom of her sternum when she tries to negatives, I think it is because her stomach muscles need strengthening. The pain is reduce if she actively thinks about contracting her stomach muscles while doing the negatives. Before my main workout in the evening a did 4 dead hang pullups two seperate times, once at work and once right when I got home from work. I am trying the "Greasing the Groove" method Steve Lowe mentioned in his "design your own workout" article to try to up the amount of pull ups I can do. I also had to run about a mile from a bus stop to my work because my car was in the shop. I ran on top of walls and jumped over a lot of stuff, it was fun. Warm up: 3 rounds of 5 squats, 5 pushups, and 10 air pullups. Workout- 3 circuits of the following, 1:30 rest between circuits: Pushups with feet on 37" high countertop x 5 immediately followed by Clap Push-Ups x 5 Pistol x 5 (each leg) immediately followed by Jump Squats x 10 Kipping Pull-Ups x 5 After finishing 3 total circuits, finished with Front Plank and Side Plank x 2:00 each. I divided the 2:00 for each plank into 4 x :30 chunks.
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« Reply #27 on: February 26, 2008, 07:31:20 AM » |
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I have been slacking for the last week. Well, not really slacking just busy. I have done little exercises here and there but not full workouts. Today I did a total of 20 pullups over the course of the day in sets of 4. I have been trying the "greasing the groove" method and it has been helping my pullups a lot. This evening a did a variation of the WOD http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1923/322/ . It was late and cold outside so instead of doing real sprints for distance I did sprints in place for time. I am kind of sore from it this morning. Warmup: 15 sqats, butt kicks, high knees Workout: 2 x 1 minute sprints with one minute rest after each one 5 x 30 seconds sprints with 30 seconds rest after each one 10 x 10 seconds sprints with 10 seconds rest after each one Cool down: some light stretching
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« Reply #28 on: February 27, 2008, 08:33:42 AM » |
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I did a total of 12 pullups in sets of 4 over the course of the day at work. I am trying to do my pullups so that I go up until the bar is at the bottom of my neck. I can't go any higher than that because I hit my head on the ceiling. I am hoping that going a little higher than normal will help me progress to muscle ups. In the evening a did a variation of the WOD http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/1931/249/When I got home from work I did a warmup of 20 squats, butt kicks and high knees. Then I did 5 x 200 meters on a stretch of road I measured by my house. I walked back to my starting point for a rest between each sprint. Times: 37 seconds, 36 seconds, 38 seconds, 36 seconds, 36 seconds My times weren't as bad as I thought they might be, so I was please with them for now being that they are my first timed sprints in a long long time and I was still pretty sore from yesterdays workout. I would like to get them at around 30 seconds. Later I tried doing some Turkish get ups and One handed DB snatches with a bag with 20 lbs in it. Warmup: 2 rounds of 10 squats and 5 pushups Workout: 2 rounds of 5 Turkish Gets ups with each hand 10 DB snatches with each hand Cool down: Lots of streching. Very sore from sprints today and yesterday.
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« Reply #29 on: February 27, 2008, 02:23:56 PM » |
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Keep it up Tacoman, I've been looking over your post here,a nd I'm liking what I'm seeing, keep up the good work, and enjoy yourself along the way.! +1 for being awesome
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