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« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2008, 12:46:13 PM » |
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People, we are getting a little off topic but I still appreciate the help and am not turned off to parkour at all. I did check out those workouts on urbanfreeflow and found them very helpful in breaking down every aspect of fitness, however im still a little fuzy on how often to workout certain muscles and what workouts would work best for them, or what muscles are more important to work for this sport. Any feedback would be great.
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« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2008, 01:08:20 PM » |
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What are your objectives?
That's a very important question because it will define what you need to do to accomplish them.
Also, as your training progresses, your objectives will become more clear, more defined, and you will add even more objectives.
Check out my training log. My training is geared towards a bit of Strength, a bit of Cardio, and a LOT of endurance. I also have very specific objectives, such as
- Jump 8 feet in a standing long jump
- Get my first muslce-up
- Bench 225 lbs 10 times
- Run 8 miles
- Do a 400 m sprint in under 1 minute
In my log you will see that I address all these objectives accordingly.
If you know your objectives already, point them out. You'll find everyone here will be more than happy to help
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« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2008, 10:13:22 PM » |
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Ok, ive thought about your advice, and I think ive thought of some objectives for me to try:
-Do 20 Pull-ups
-Do 50 Dips
-Run 6 miles at 7mph
-Do 100 m dashes in 1 min
-Bench 250 lbs at 8 reps
-Eat only 1500 calories a day
Let me know if these are good goals to have, and any suggestions on others that would be beneficial for Parkour
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« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2008, 09:44:38 AM » |
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1. How tall and how heavy are you?
1500 calories for a growing teenager (if that's what you are) is probably too few. You won't gain much strength or endurance and you'll be tired all the time and feel like crap.
2. Benching 250 is pretty ambitious although not related at all to your other upper body goals like 20 pullups and 50 dips. The former is more or less strength compared to the latter as conditioning... just so you know that. And benching doesn't really help you do anything else either so.. yeah.. not very useful.
3. Any particular reason it's 6 miles and at 7 mph? An ~8:30 mile isn't that hard to do if you wanted to decrease that.. it just seems pretty arbitrary.
4. And the 100m sprints aren't clear at all. In one minute? Maybe 400m?
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« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2008, 11:46:32 AM » |
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Adding to Steve's advice
Where are you now with respect to these goals? And, in what timeframe to you expect to accomplish them?
Based on that, you will know whether they are good goals. If you want to do 20 pull ups in 1 set in a couple of weeks, it is only realistic if you are currently at 15 or so. So timelines are important in goal setting.
Steve, I think it was in one of your articles I read good goals should be
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Time based
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« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2008, 06:15:54 AM » |
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SMART goals are exactly what everyone should be making...anything out of that spectrum is surely a "failure" waiting to happen. When we get out of those five we set ourselves up for defeat more often than not. Don't get me wrong some people are exceptional when they believe strongly enough in the goals they've set and accomplish even the most extreme of expectations. I believe that most, if not all, of us should try not to get ahead of ourselves and stick within our goals but work to overcome our limitations.
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« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2008, 06:03:06 PM » |
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Well im about 5'-9" and 180 lbs, I like long walks, pizza, and the color orange lol. But here are some more refined goals:
- 2000 calorie diet
- Bench 180 and move my way up from there (I bench 150 at the moment)
- Run a 7 min mile
- 400m dashes in 1 min
Benching is related to dips because they both work the triceps which ive discovered is an important muscle for parkour, pull-ups i just figured would be helpful for pulling myself up walls and ledges. I took your advice on the dashes and the calories and realized that prob would go nutz on only 1500 calories in a day. But thank you for the help, really appreciate it. Let me know if these new goals work better.
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« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2008, 08:03:23 PM » |
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Well, you'll find benching doesn't transfer well to bodyweight movements like dips so... do what you will though. Much better overall.
Use everything you do in your workouts to work towards goals. If it's not going to relate, don't bother doing it because otherwise it's more or less a waste of time.
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« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2008, 08:34:58 PM » |
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careful with the calorie counting with your diet buddy. not trying to be a jerk, its hard to get a person's true tone on the net, but i read your goals. then i see that you want to eat 1500- 2000 calories. that makes me believe you are not to educated on nutrition and im worried you could be hurting your growth by counting calories. esp. if you want to up your bench press and other strength based goals. try to focus more on eating right. leafy veggies, nuts + seeds, fruits, and lean proteins. if its healthy, then eat till your full. find out what works for you, learn more, then maybe count calories and stuff. i am 5'9'' 170 and used to be 180-185. i lost that weight by eating MORE food calories-wise, but healthier food. something to think about. best of luck.
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« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2008, 04:02:07 AM » |
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Lol, I did the same ting but I went from 160 down to 140 :O It is nice to lose weight eating.  |
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« Reply #25 on: June 06, 2008, 02:27:20 AM » |
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All i do at the moment is an easy as pie routine which i do every night 40 sit ups 40 push ups 40 seconds of 'prone hold' 40 burpys 5 pull ups  and 40 star jumps at the moment im not running but i should start  hope i help |
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