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« on: March 27, 2008, 11:16:43 PM » |
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Just wanted to share some thoughts....
I've been doing Parkour for around two and a half years. I've had to take two rather large breaks (one for around 5-6 months due to an ankle injury and another for around 3 months due to sickness) but it has never stopped being my passion. Until last September, I trained regularly with friends who were also in love with the discipline like me. We trained several times per week and we always had amazingly fun times. In September I moved away to go to school. Since I've been here my love for the art hasn't died. It's still my passion and a huge part of my life. I train on average probably 4 to 5 times per week and I'm extremely serious about my training. I'm usually out for at least three hours when I'm training. Training in public has never been a problem for me, I'm not shy and I really don't care if people look at me while I'm training. But over the past seven months, I've become... lonely! It's not that I hate training on my own, I love it. It just occurs to me sometimes that I really miss having the friendly competitive aspects of training, along with just plain companionship! I've been trying to find people to train with since I moved here, but thus far I've been completely unsuccessful...
Training on my own for so long has also changed me and my view of Parkour though. I have a greater focus and determination than I ever had before and I find myself growing more and more serious about the discipline every day. My friends I used to train with have mostly stopped training so now when I do get the rare chance to train with them it's like we are engaging in two completely different activities. We still have fun, but they are dying to get jumping while I'm not even half-way through my conditioning and warm-ups.
I don't really know where I'm going with this, but I just had some thoughts that I wanted to get off my chest! Have any of you experienced similar things in your training?
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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2008, 08:42:25 AM » |
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No i haven't ever had the loneliness problem because I've always trained solo (Which i find helps me concentrate on my goals/priorities more even tho I've never trained with another person i sorta feel like your not as focused in some ways when your training with another person or group don't get me wrong I'd love to train with someone but i adapted to what i had..) because i could never find anyone to train with I've just recently found out there was people in my county and a couple county's over from mine so I'm hoping to meet-up with someone from the area.So your saying you feel behind your friends because of the lack of training you've had,correct?Then i think it would be good for you to practice more on your own because you'll be gaining skill and then when you feel your ready train with your friends and you won't have the feeling your holding them back.Actually forget what i said before i don't feel that was good advice anymore, just practice a lot,have fun,condition your body better then it was before you got the ankle injury and the sickness,eat right, and always remember who your training for (I hope that's you.) and what's your inspiration or drive to do parkour or anything else in life.I hope this helps you, and good luck with your training and keep at it. - Joe
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2008, 10:50:27 AM » |
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Haha well actually I've surpassed my friends I used to train regularly with by a good amount! I'm still training very seriously and regularly and they've basically stopped. I feel like to me it's a discipline and to them it's a hobby. It would just be nice to find some people who take Parkour seriously (not that I don't have fun!).
I guess 7 months of training solo has really made me reevaluate myself and why I do Parkour.
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2008, 11:57:06 AM » |
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Oh sorry for the mix up lol.That's why i love to do parkour solo but now i know there's people in my area so now i'm trying to meet-up with a couple people.But good luck.BTW Where do you live like your state.
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2008, 10:27:30 PM » |
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I live in CA and attend Cal State Long Beach.
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2008, 09:33:52 AM » |
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i'de say 95% of my training is solo, and i do get what your saying because i feel the same way. but i see the two different types of training have up's and down's. in solo training personally i actually train better beacuse i have no people to make me goof around and i can really focus on a jump a hundred times. But with others the ADD kicks in and i find myself running to and fro: jump here, vault this, ohh look a butterfly, hey look at me! One thing i have found about training with others is that you seem to push harder with conditioning and the people can help push you for that jump you've just been a little scared to do. So just keep on treking, and you'll find some deticated traceurs to train with.
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« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2008, 11:46:05 AM » |
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This thread reminds me of a little something I remember Sébastian Foucan saying in Jump Britain... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5901806041431700202&q=jump+britain&total=2223&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0At 9:18 he talks about how important it is to train by yourself because: - You need to focus on yourself.
- You are a little bit afraid...and you need to find why. And you need to find the solution.
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« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2008, 05:19:28 PM » |
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Yeah I agree with Seb in that finding your own way is very very important, but it's nice to have some synergy as well!  |
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« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2008, 12:42:24 AM » |
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i too train solo most of the time, but at the same time occasionally i go around with my brother. he see's things differently than i do and vice versa, it's how it goes. for instance i brought him with me one day to go climb some trees and i said go ahead you climb this tree first and so he did, but he climbed it completely different than how i did. there are many varying factors like height that make people see/do things differently. so i think while solo training is very important, training with other people can also be helpful.
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« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2008, 12:30:13 AM » |
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Hey. I feel almost completely the same way except I haven't been able to get as much training in due to my schedule. But I constantly hound my friends to come train with me. I will call them all up or tell them weeks in advance when we are going to have a group training session and then only one or two people come and they are half an hour late  I'm kinda sick of being so active in trying to recruit people. But anyways, I hope LB works out for me because It would be amazing to actually have someone to train with! I would definitely train with you several times a week. i can't believe that there is not already a pk community there though. At a school with 30,000 students! One of the main reasons I have been looking forward to college was that I thought there would be a bunch of people who shared this passion. I guess not. But we should try to start a group there... that is, if I end up at LB  |
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« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2008, 07:45:11 PM » |
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There are several schools with pretty large, avid PK communities... My girlfriend goes to Arizona State and she sees people training around once a week.
For some reason I just haven't been able to find ANYBODY to train with at CSULB!
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