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Wednesday, 27 February 2008
 

by Travis Noble - The "Cat Balance" or quadrupedal balance is a great drill for developing wrist strength and stability, core stability, and balance as well as overall body-awareness. It is important to note that you take as much time as needed between steps in this tutorial. It is much more beneficial to take it slow and be comfortable than rush things and risk injury. The video shows a progression for training.

 

 


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1. 05-18-2008 06:58

looks provacative lol

2. 05-28-2008 04:58

^rofl  
it almost looks like a striptease :eek

3. 06-04-2008 21:27

wow! :grin :cry

4. 06-22-2008 03:10

Interesting...I'll train today. :)

5. 07-04-2008 13:15

Looks like it would make for an interesting push up variation.

6. 07-12-2008 12:06

yea untill u slip and rack ur self :cry

7. 07-25-2008 21:51

lol kool :eek

8. 07-26-2008 07:30

dude i learned how to do this yesterday its really not as hard as i thought it is.. 
 
i have a question.  
could u maybe pm me a link to download the music u have on this vid? or maybe tell me how to get it or something?? 
i love it.

9. 08-03-2008 13:12

I suck at these=( I almost smacked my head on a bar next to the one I was using :cry I guess I have really crappy balance!

10. 10-08-2008 03:31

thats awsome

11. 10-22-2008 17:13

I think i was made for parkour, ive been doing stuff like this naturally and never known there was a sport for it. until now... :zzz :zzz :zzz

12. 10-30-2008 07:51

Awesome idea, i will have to try this. It looks like it will require a lot of ab strength... :zzz

13. 10-30-2008 14:41

Its like planks on a pole instead of the ground and with movement in the wrists and i think this helps reduce unnecessary and awkward movements but i have yet to try it. Nice Tutorial. Thank You.

14. 11-22-2008 18:14

lololololololololololololololo lololololololololololololololo lololololololololololololol

15. 11-29-2008 21:25

Gaah!!! I can't see the video!! :( :( :(

16. 12-01-2008 14:16

looks like it would really help :roll

17. 12-07-2008 11:10

:zzz looks like I could do that :? I guess

18. 01-22-2009 06:16

Hmmm, i stated out trying to do that on sideways 2x4's... maybe that wasn't the best idea. Thanks for the great vid! :grin

19. 02-04-2009 14:15

i love meth its fucking great :p :( :eek :) 8) :p

20. 02-19-2009 10:56

Lol im about to start learning to free run =) 
hope i can get used to this 
starting at the age of 14 hope i can learn alot before im 16

21. 02-26-2009 08:19

HEY IM 16 AND I KNOW PARKOUR AND FREE RUNNING :eek

22. 03-03-2009 08:34

im startin at 12 :zzz early start biyotch

23. 03-08-2009 18:55

lolololololol i used to do stuff like this when i was 5! 
cept i didnt use it to train more like getting up jungle gyms a stuff!! :grin

24. 03-16-2009 16:45

Well, i'll make sure I wear a cup, when doing this.

25. 03-23-2009 11:41

I cant watch the tut...!!! :cry :sigh

26. 04-10-2009 15:52

ive been doing parkour my intire life be for i knew it was a sport 
8)

27. 04-17-2009 17:49

nice 8) 8) 8)

28. 05-02-2009 02:38

I can't see the video! Where's the link?

29. 05-03-2009 20:21

yay i finally got this down two days ago

30. 05-08-2009 03:50

this is y i hate having nuts to fall on :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry

31. 05-23-2009 13:57

I CANT SEE THE VIDEO :cry

32. 07-04-2009 09:18

The thing is parkour isnt a sport its human nature we created it to hunt animals

33. 07-04-2009 09:45

I mASTER THIS...BUT UNFORTUNATELY ONLY THIS:( 
SO THIS kAT CAN ONLY ROLL& bALANCE...:p

34. 07-05-2009 16:34

I am about to start doing this, but i don't exactly have an ideal pole. Do you guys think a tree branch would be cool? Please give feedback, as I am new to all of this :)

35. 07-09-2009 16:06

i live out in the country no poles to balance on :cry

36. 07-14-2009 11:51

Isn't parkour not a sport at all?

37. 07-15-2009 06:00

nice vid i broke my ramp at home doing this my parents were not very happy....

38. 08-10-2009 10:20

parkour is noot a sport at all,

39. 08-13-2009 02:21

I love this and I have been doin it but did not know it was parkour

40. 08-17-2009 14:52

8) :roll 
:zzz 
;)

41. 08-20-2009 22:01

id didi this yesterday but the rail was high i almost landed on my balls :cry

42. 08-23-2009 11:57

Might come in handy

43. 08-31-2009 10:26

eh stop bragging about how perfect u are in parkour..this attitude will only result to losing yr teeth or breaking a bone :x ...tststss boys...

44. 09-04-2009 10:31

and it starts violence parkour isn't about violence or competition

45. 09-18-2009 15:06

i'm holding a group trainig session at pointer ridge elemetary in bowie maryland it's in south bowie in the p section

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