Since when is conditioning a punishment?
Agreed. Holding the squat until all joined in was not meant to be a punishment. It was meant as a way to get us all started on our warm-up while waiting for everyone to participate. Most of the people who train with us are adults and those who aren't, are neither my children nor my students. I have no interest in "punishing" anyone.
Not sure how things are in other communities but in Madison when we train together we always warm up together, no exceptions. You don't warm up, you don't train, simple as that. It's a safety/injury prevention policy. We do that "hold a squat position" thing regularly with our own group, when people are pokey to join the warm up. It's a way to indicate that things are "officially" starting and to get people to join the warm-up. I expect, when people come to jam with us from other places, that they will respect our way of doing things and will participate since they are in our city--it's simple courtesy when one is a guest in a different community and is basic traceur etiquette. No traceur on earth is so good that he/she is "above" warming up before training/jamming. It was disappointing to see that not everyone feels the same way, but I'm glad everyone finally participated in the end.
I wish I could take credit for the monkey push-up, it is so great for so many things in parkour; but it's not mine at all. It's something we learned from Parkour Generations when we went to the Ohio seminar. Glad so many people enjoyed it. I'm also glad you guys did some good conditioning and warm-up on Sunday. I'd be interested in learning more about how that went. We're always looking for ways to add to our "bag of tricks."
