Topic: Downtown DC Weekly Training Sessions! Coming to your local Metro Stop!

[Nik [deCon_SLCPK] Sartain]

I just wanted to have a post where we could set up day to day light training jams around town. My goal in doing so is to get a light workout via Parkour/ Free Running and gather wherever was most convenient for the majority of that day.

So here's the deal: Everyday someone (if not myself) will make a post. Your deadline is 4pm. This post shall include a subject title with the day/date, a proposed location, an explanation of the terrain, and a thorough description of where to meet. You can set your own meeting times, but I would suggest 6pm or later for those of us who work M-F 9-6.

Goals: To have a small group of individuals consistently training together for fun, and if the group decides they want to workout, we can do so on-site and put together an agreeable and intermediate workout regiment using body weight and our environment. Both Free Runners and Purist Traceurs are welcome to join us; I do both depending on the crowd and day and will be willing to teach introductory tricks to those willing to push themselves.

As always, message me for my phone number for more immediate responses: nik.the at gmail dot com.


Cheers!

[Pilou]

Great idea

I vote for a 'regular' time of 6:30pm, so that leaves enough time for people to get there but
doesn't necessarily take the whole evening. I was also wondering if we could set that up somewhere
else, rather than crowding this forum (I can offer the DC metro parkour site I rebuilt, as a possibility).
Or maybe we do want to crowd the forum with these, so more people get the incentive to go ?

[KBZed]

Very cool idea, especially for us newbies who need to get out of the gym! kz

[syed8rahman]

Hmmm, sounds great, I guess even for us noobs who have rarely even been in a gym xD. Is Bethesda/Rockville Maryland out of this zone though? It would be cool if we could get some experienced people to help us out down here once in a while.

[Nik [deCon_SLCPK] Sartain]

Very cool idea, especially for us newbies who need to get out of the gym! kz

What gym? Like gymnastics or weight lifting? (I'm extremely interested in finding a cheap open gym)

Secondly, I haven't had time to train, but again, I'm free after 6pm around Capitol Hill if you know any good spots (I see them everywhere on the Hill, but I'm guessing its not okay to train on federal property.) I really need to jam, I'm craving it and I would like to get some people together, so email me asap at the following address if you're interested in some partner or small group training.

nik dot the @ gmail dot com (keeps the bots away)

[Aaron Neale]

whens the first one?

[johnny04]

I keep waiting for someone to start but no one did so I guess I start :-)

How's about Monday October 20th at 6:30pm?  Let's meet at the Kennedy Center, north side, next to the Watergate complex (F St & New Hampshire Ave NW).  Our workout location is actually the Watergate steps behind the Lincoln Memorial.  It is simply stairs with 40 steps. So this is a lower body conditioning session and we need to be a little bit creative to pull it off.  There is a lot of grass in the park for rolling practice though.

The stuff I am planning to do are QMing forward and backward up the steps, precision jumps, calf raises, hopping up and down the steps, squats, plank, pushups, inclined handstand walking along a wall, and other stuff you guys can think of.

There are actually a lot of stuff that you can do at the Kennedy center.  I did it before and the security guard said to me "you know that would be easier if you walk up right" so he was cool about it. However, I don't think they would let us do wall hangs and stuff because that would dirty their walls, but we could explore the Kennedy center first before heading to the Watergate steps.

The nearest metro station is Foggy Bottom.  I think you can take the Kennedy Center shuttle down for the Millennium stage free performance at 6pm.  The shuttle runs every 15 minutes.  Of course you can always run down :-) There is also bus 80.  More info on how to get there:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/visitor/directions.html

If you are going to drive, there are plenty of free parkings along the Potomac river, in front of the Volleyball sand court which is next to our Watergate steps.

Note that this is a public place so it is a bit dirty.  You may want to wear your workout gloves.  I expect us to finish about an hour.  It would give me enough time to run home and watch Heroes :-)

If you are planning to attend, please respond here so I know who to expect.  Thanks.

[triphopx]

I'll try to make it -- its so close to my work!