Author Topic: Motivation (Read 3023 times)

Eric Tracy · « **on:** December 20, 2008, 06:26:16 PM »

I knoiw this sounds kind of cheesey but a huge part of training and PK/FR is motivation.
Motivation ~~helps~~ drives us in what we attempt and do. Motivation is what makes us want to go on, what makes us ,umm..., strive.. for what we do, whatever that may be, and drives us to ....... create, have fun and learn.

My motivaton is the aspect of bettering myself. I have always been incompetant or unwilling. Since I started practicing PK i hve seen that turn around. I have become a more competant person in living and in moving through my environment and my life.
- I also enjoy just going out and screwing around with friends, but this is also part of my motivation, I srtive to learn new skill to share with my friens and t help them learn.

Plz share your motivations and feelings on this topic here as you will.

BelatuCadros · « **Reply #1 on:** December 20, 2008, 08:53:33 PM »

I just hate being static. I'm a young dude that spends most of his time reading and writing, I need something to act as a counter-balance. Every single movement in parkour, on its own, destroys that static state. Just talking about it makes me want to run outside and overcome some obstacles. I need to pay another visit to the gymnastics joint, ha!

Kiernan · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2008, 09:55:43 AM »

well....I'm ridiculously lazy when it comes to training to the point where I don't prefer to call myself a traceur due to insulting the name and not really earning it

but when I have those days where I want to train REALLY bad I do what I believe Muse told me "set little goals" my motivation tends to start with putting on my shoes then going out the front door....

but for general motivation for parkour? I can honestly say it has to be the community around me, I'll be feeling lazy then I'll notice an accomplishment that Tyson did and think "wow I should get out there and train so I can do that!" so yeah, my motivation is the people around me and seeing how "good" alot of them are and thinking I should step it up if I ever want to get anywhere...when I say "the people in my community" I'm more or less talking about the teachers I guess you could call it a mild case of "hero worship"

but not in a weird way y'know? like "damn he's good maybe I could do that some day!"

I know this sounds like motivation through being kinda competitive but I don't really like thinking of it as competition I'd prefer to think of it as learning through watching other peoples accomplishments then trying my best to get that far too.....

of course if anyone from WAPK read this they'd be like "dude her? that lazy woman?!" but w/e I might be lazy but when I get my legs under me and the right mindset going I'm slightly scary

Dylan Baker · « **Reply #3 on:** December 23, 2008, 12:58:48 PM »

my motivation comes from that feeling i get when i'm completely in sync with my environment and from the desire to better myself. but my god, i find it so hard to get the motivation to train when there's snow on the ground and it's 20 degrees out! i usually find myself working on handstands and such or finding an open gym somewhere. it's just so gd gloomy outside

apktroy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2009, 05:55:28 PM »

What should be my motivation? Me and my cousin are both beginners and we were practicing on getting onto the roof of gis house (kind of low) He has great upper body strength since he been working out since he was 12 and now 16 you can see how easy for him to get up there. But whenever i try he always rushing me by saying hurry up, or i'm going to leave you. What type of motivation is that?!!?!?!? But anyway my main focus and motivation wil all come from the Miroor's edge game. It a great game and it bascially how i got started.

andrew aguilo · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2009, 05:31:02 AM »

Quote from: apktroy on January 14, 2009, 05:55:28 PM

What should be my motivation? Me and my cousin are both beginners and we were practicing on getting onto the roof of gis house (kind of low) He has great upper body strength since he been working out since he was 12 and now 16 you can see how easy for him to get up there. But whenever i try he always rushing me by saying hurry up, or i'm going to leave you. What type of motivation is that?!!?!?!? But anyway my main focus and motivation wil all come from the Miroor's edge game. It a great game and it bascially how i got started.

Ooh, Mirror's Edge.. good game. But, in my opinion, I don't think that it's a good idea to get your motivation from a game. Especially Mirror's Edge. First off, it involves running away from tha PO PO (not a good message to others about parkour). Second, it's just a game. Once you warm up to the idea then you'll lose your motivation. And third... yeah, nevermind I kinda forgot my third point. This all is just my opinion though: not a good idea to get motivation from a game.

apktroy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2009, 05:56:05 PM »

Quote from: andrew 'highrunner' aguilo on January 16, 2009, 05:31:02 AM

Quote from: apktroy on January 14, 2009, 05:55:28 PM
What should be my motivation? Me and my cousin are both beginners and we were practicing on getting onto the roof of gis house (kind of low) He has great upper body strength since he been working out since he was 12 and now 16 you can see how easy for him to get up there. But whenever i try he always rushing me by saying hurry up, or i'm going to leave you. What type of motivation is that?!!?!?!? But anyway my main focus and motivation wil all come from the Miroor's edge game. It a great game and it bascially how i got started.

Ooh, Mirror's Edge.. good game. But, in my opinion, I don't think that it's a good idea to get your motivation from a game. Especially Mirror's Edge. First off, it involves running away from tha PO PO (not a good message to others about parkour). Second, it's just a game. Once you warm up to the idea then you'll lose your motivation. And third... yeah, nevermind I kinda forgot my third point. This all is just my opinion though: not a good idea to get motivation from a game.

Hmm. yeah i understand but what should be my motivation? All i really want to do is just explore the world of parkour. That all.

Holland Wilson · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2009, 08:01:36 PM »

Look at the videos posted on the forum. Look at the Must-See TV thread. Can you honestly tell me that that isn't enough motivation? Looking at the people and the places all around the world makes me want to get out there and train so that one day I can be good enough to go there and train with those people. Hell, a number of American traceurs have gotten to go to other parts of the world just because of parkour. Look at Levi. Getting as good as he is would be its own reward, I have to say. But if being as good as he is means I get to do awesome stuff like he has gotten to do, the deal's closed. And I might never get to do quite as many awesome things as Levi, but the possibility of such reward for a little hard work at an inherently awesome discipline is sufficient for me.

JC* · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2009, 01:05:27 PM »

Quote from: apktroy on January 14, 2009, 05:55:28 PM

What should be my motivation? Me and my cousin are both beginners and we were practicing on getting onto the roof of gis house (kind of low) He has great upper body strength since he been working out since he was 12 and now 16 you can see how easy for him to get up there. But whenever i try he always rushing me by saying hurry up, or i'm going to leave you. What type of motivation is that?!!?!?!? But anyway my main focus and motivation wil all come from the Miroor's edge game. It a great game and it bascially how i got started.

Wow bro all I can say is stay off of the roofs regardless of how low or if its his roof. A lot of terrible tragedies have come from "beginners" climbing and jumping off of roofs. If anything its alot more simple drilling the basics on ground level and at a comfortable training ground then atop a roof. In my opinion roofs = stunts $:-\$

Dan Elric · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2009, 02:37:48 PM »

I do it because I love doing it. Do I need any other reason?

andrew aguilo · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:24:01 PM »

Quote from: Daniel Kelley on January 17, 2009, 02:37:48 PM

I do it because I love doing it. Do I need any other reason?

You don't need a reason to practice parkour. Do it if you want. It seems like you're good to go with motivation!

I do it for the rush. And that feeling of accomplishment after you complete something you've wanted to do

NathanO · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2009, 08:57:20 PM »

So I'm a beginner... and I was training on a rooftop today. Tsk tsk, I know, but I just couldn't help myself. It was at a middle school whose roofs are perfect for simple vaults and rolls. But I came across a gap (~6 feet) that I just couldn't get myself to leap over. What should I do to condition my mind and body to be able to overcome things like this?

Eric Tracy · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2009, 09:03:51 PM »

train for about a year or more depending on the resulting fall from a failed attempt, remember the idea of training parkour is not to rush yourself, but ease yourway into it

andrew aguilo · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2009, 10:16:10 PM »

Precisions, precisions, precisions... they help ALOT. Or helped me, anyways.
Also work on getting your jump higher. Uhh, plyometrics I believe.

As for, of course, the mind. Just keep on practicing. As what Eric said. Repetition will help you get over your fear.. usually.

Eric Tracy · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2009, 10:19:22 PM »

Quote from: andrew 'highrunner' aguilo on January 31, 2009, 10:16:10 PM

As what Eric said. Repetition will help you get over your fear.. usually.

lol that USUALLY is a deffinate, the point is is work your way up to it, but if you just can't bring yourself to do it then leave it alone for the time being, that can even be your motivation, to one day make that gap

John VO · « **Reply #15 on:** February 01, 2009, 05:31:27 AM »

My motivation for doing parkour is just to break a boundary. I'm that one guy who doesn't want to do anything because he's terrified. Parkour happens to be a good way to manage my fear between reasonable and unreasonable.

It's also because parkour is really awesomecakes.

Jason L. · « **Reply #16 on:** February 01, 2009, 08:00:19 AM »

when i was a kid, i once took my lego army out into the front yard. i marched that army through the tall grass for hours and pretended that it was a huge forest. fighting the insects
my motivation is to get that perspective back (minus the lego army). i want to get back to putting my head along the ground and seeing the world from under 2 feet. its bigger that way (lol)
ultimately, i want to have the strength to run just as well quadrupedally as i do bipedally (5 - 20km runs). currently, i can't even make it down the driveway, but i'm still hopeful. i'm not into the jumping and such of parkour, just training qm. but i hear that the kind of strength i'm building transfers to the rest of parkour well... if i ever develop an interest in it

kind of excited just thinking about all the cool things i'll be able to do. racing small bipeds and easily out pacing them. leaping up at bipeds or plowing through their legs and knocking them down with their foolishly high center of gravity. running through an actual forest, especially off path. arguing with mall security bipeds about hands on the floor and fanatically crying "i don't want to be a biped! you can't make me!" messing with cashier and customer service bipeds. making a small biped cry because THIS horsy is going way too fast! LMFAO. its gonna be too much fun, way too much fun

ryan grice · « **Reply #17 on:** February 01, 2009, 07:23:33 PM »

Just watch some videos. It's always cool to see some awesomeness like Levi, but I think I get more motivation out of training/jam vids. Been using the set on urban current's youtube page lately.

NathanO · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2009, 07:45:58 PM »

Thanks guys. I'm pretty sure I can make it, but I think I'll play it safe and go with at least another month of precision training before attempting it. I was also wearing crappy soccer shoes at the time. Maybe a shoe with a little support will put some spring in my leap to get me there...

brewer.kyle · « **Reply #19 on:** February 02, 2009, 01:46:10 PM »

Well, let's see... I'd say my motivation is that when I was a young kid living in a poor neighborhood, I always wanted to be really strong. I'd work out in my own ways and I was always really agile, not to mention in that neighborhood you were subject to violence. I guess that's where it all started and although I moved out of that environment long ago, I carried that longing for strength with me. I still have it these days. Parkour always makes me feel like I am training for a reason, not to mention the feeling it gives you when you conquer obstacles and obtain victory over yourself really. Everything about parkour makes me feel like I'm really capable of something that most aren't, which helps me feel separate from the crowd I guess. Parkour makes me feel like I am on a different level then most, despite everyone having their own strengths and weaknesses, I feel like I actually work on mine. This is a pretty insufficient way to describe my motivation for parkour, but that's about as close as it gets. There's something spiritual about it all, I guess you could say that parkour makes me feel.

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Author Topic: Motivation (Read 3023 times)

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