American Parkour - Parkour and Freerunning

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APK Warm-Up

Workout:

5 rounds of max handstand push-ups , 2:00 rest between rounds.

Post totals for each round to comments.

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Users' Comments

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1. 06-19-2009 08:09

So I can't balance myself in a handstand yet, is balancing against a wall a good way to do an assisted version??

screwdriver

2. 06-19-2009 08:47

yes, i'm pretty sure it only takes off a few pounds of the weight you are lifting.

sossy

3. 06-19-2009 10:23

Okay, progress, not perfection. I am getting a little closer to actually doing the APK warmup. Pullups are still a problem: I did 7 on the first set followed by three more struggling to make the ten. After that I did eccentrics.

The handstand pushups were not pushups at all, really just getting into handstand position over and over again. That's getting easier at least; I feel confident I'll be doing handstands eventually. The pushups will take longer, though. So, zero was my count.

TimothyChenAllen

4. 06-19-2009 13:36

20, 20, 18, 15, 15

Simmy

5. 06-20-2009 13:22

gahh, these are extremely difficult. I guess it's understandable... since this is the first day I started "training" for parkour and this is my first workout from this site, but I couldn't do much more than hold a five second handstand.
I'll need to work on the warm-up as well, but I'm sure I'll get it after I do it for a while. Anyway, I'm very excited to get this started and plan to follow this guide faithfully.

HeroneSilverton

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Friday, 19 June 2009