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Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« on: January 11, 2006, 04:04:22 PM »
I am curious to know other traceur's capabilities in some of the most relevant fitness exercises to parkour. So if you want to know how you stack up to others, post up your info. I hope everyone who uses this will post honest and accurate info. Otherwise, you aren't helping anyone else and you definately aren't helping yourself! I hope this will become a good archive of people's abilities, progression, and also a good tool to assess your weaknesses and motivate you to improve.

Age - 18
Height - 5 ft. 9 in.
Weight - 145 lbs.
Max Pull Up reps (lowering down to straight arms, pull up to chin over bar, including kipping) - 27
Max Handstand Push up reps (against wall, full extension, touch forehead to ground) - 15
Broad Jump (measure from tip of toes at starting to the farthest back point of contact upon landing) - 8 ft. 8 in.

Some other good exercises to measure could include (I have no current or recent personal data for these):

Max Pistol reps, Mile Run, 40 yd. dash, Square agility drill
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2006, 04:22:59 PM »
Good idea Demon  :)

Age - 16
Height - 5 ft. 10 in.
Weight - 154
Max Pull Up reps (down to straight arms, up over chin) - 14
Max Handstand Pushups (against wall, full ext, forehead to ground) - 11
Broad Jump (measure from tip of toes at starting to the farthest back point of contact upon landing) 8 ft. 5 in.
40 yd. dash - 4.8 Seconds
100 m dash - 11.4 seconds
200 m dash - 24.1 seconds
400 m dash - 52.4 seconds

(I'm a sprinter)  :)
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2006, 04:57:41 PM »
age-16
height-5'9''
weight-131 3/4lbs
Max Pull Up reps (down to straight arms, up over chin) -??? (havent done those in a while)
Max Handstand Pushups (against wall, full ext, forehead to ground- 1 (my eyes felt like they were gonna explode)
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2006, 05:55:04 PM »
is this done by itself or after a workout? because they will greatly differ in either direction depending when you do them.
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2006, 06:34:35 PM »
these are like your current personal records. doing it at the end of a workout isnt going to be the best you are capable of.
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2006, 08:47:49 PM »
Age - 27
Height - 6 ft. 3 in.
Weight - 180 lbs.
Max Pull Up reps - 9
Max Handstand Push up reps - 1
Broad Jump - 8 ft. 6 in.

I'll measure some of the other stuff another day.
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2006, 10:06:08 PM »
Age - 21
Height - 5 ft. 10 in.
Weight - 155 lbs.
Max Pull Up reps - 10 staight arm hangs to chin (kipping 32)
Max Handstand Push up reps - 7
Broad Jump - measureing toe to landing heel 8 ft. 6 in. Measureing toe to landing toe 9 ft. 7 in.

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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2006, 08:32:31 AM »
Age - 18
Height - 6 ft. 00 in.
Weight - 184 lbs.
Max Pull Up reps - 10 Straight arm and 4 around the world
Max Handstand Push up reps - Never tried any
Broad Jump - measureing toe to landing heel 7 ft. 1 in.

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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2006, 11:06:35 PM »
just set a new PR for pullups at 27.

matthew - i dont see how kipping could make a difference of 22 reps? kipping will get me more reps but not THAT much more.
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2006, 10:15:23 PM »
dude. staight out just long hang pull ups...those are hard.  You know where you lower all the way down wait like a sec and then go again.  I went back and check though...I can do 15 of those my bad.

If I cam just plopping down and kipping all over the place its so much easier.  My legs or arched back and all that do most of the work. So yea.  32 and I almost died.
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« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2006, 09:03:54 AM »
That is a huge discrepency...straight, dead-hang pullups I can hit around 22-25 depending on the day. Kipping, I top out around 31-33 before my grip gives out...
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2006, 09:57:42 AM »
I dont know what to tell you besides that the deal.  I do use the mens High Bar when doing that Kipping acting.  It has lots of spring to it if you kip right.
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2006, 10:12:42 AM »
I was just wondering what kipping is? Is it when you lift your legs up or something?
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2006, 10:23:45 AM »
yea it like when you do a little jerk so that you can get over the enitial pull from way down low.  You can use your legs...in like a ARCH then hallow action then you pull your Toes up a little to get lift.
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« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2006, 01:07:16 PM »
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2006, 08:37:30 PM »
Ya know, the thing that people do with their legs when they start to get tired, it's kinda like they are trying to swim through the air, and it's quite funny to watch :)
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2006, 12:15:07 AM »
dude..those chicks are strong.  But you can see the difference in speed...when kippin and when just hanging.
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2006, 05:35:53 AM »
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Ya know, he thing that people do with their legs when they start to get tired, it's kinda like they are trying to swim through the air, and it's quite funny to watch

Actually, it's a little different, which you would be able to tell from the video ;) Kipping is the application of full-body coordination to create a pullup that is a more functional movement. Check out the FAQ post that I made earlier, then watch the Eva teaches kipping video. It's actually not as easy as it looks to get it to flow so that each rep leads into the next.
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2006, 10:59:26 PM »
Man...I would rather just go out there and do them right
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Re: Parkour Physical Fitness Aptitude
« Reply #19 on: January 18, 2006, 09:36:33 AM »
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35 pullups 4 one arms (kipping is for losers)
25 handstand pushups before bloodlust takes over
broad jump 8.5-9 ft

1 mile run 645
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