American Parkour

no one uses the forums here in Aero (chicagoland parkour community.) We do have a very frequently used facebook page though. Here it is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChicagoParkour/

I made one of these a long ass time ago and never actually used it XD now i'm too lazy to go dig it up in old threads. I figured I'll actually stick to this one and use it for motivation because i'm tired of being weak as hell. So I've been doing parkour for roughly 3 years, when i started i learned some movements and never actually conditioned. The last few months I've gotten serious about my parkour and so I really have to get stronger. I'm not as weak as most women because of martial arts (can do 30 normal push ups, 3 pull ups) After just training seriously once/twice a week for a while i've noticed how i went from no pull ups to 3, and how i've actually gotten much stronger without conditioning. Right now I just want to advance and be as good as the guys, if not better.

Goals:
Be able to do a climb up
10 pull ups
50 push ups
get dashes (for some reason i just can't get them)
get kashes
Make my percisions go farther
do a proper cat and be able to actually pull my self out of it
improve my kong percisions to 3ish/4ish feet
get more air on my front flips (and be able to take them out of the gym)
learn side flips
get my 540 kicks down

I want to get all of these by the end of the winter so that when spring starts, I won't be as much of a shitty traceuse as I am now.

Last August I messed up both my knees and my wrist (in an unfortunate incident with Canadian geese...) And in the winter where I live we had allot of snow when my knees finally healed. I did some cross country skiing but then people started shoveling everywhere so I couldn't do that either. Simply put:
I gained weight and lost my muscle. I can't even run a mile. What the hell do I do?
And the fact that I can't even run a mile is really getting me frustrated... Thanks for your help. I'm trying to run and work out but my schedule has been hectic . I guess I just need motivation and some advice. Thanks. And how do I build up to a mile. When I fist started running a few years back I could run a mile but now I can't.

Ya... I was at colossal last year. I'm the girl that got kicked in the face and got a concussion...

Today I did:
15 girly push ups
10 crutches
10 twisty crutches (each side)
And attempted to do door pull ups. I couldn't even do one... Looks like my wrist is still messed up from when I got (nearly) mauled by canadian geese...

I'll do better on thursday... Today I was REALLY short on time...

Today has been a very tiring day for me... Well not really. I walked 4 miles and cross country skied 5 miles. I honestly never expected to ski more than 1... Well that just proves if you are determined to so something you'll do it. And I actually felt really refreshed after skiing, not tired like I should have been.

Yesterday I walked 2 miles (to the library and back)

Thanks for your support Natalie!
Finally Exams are over and I have tons of time for a normal schedule.

Stretching
15 push ups (girly T_T)
10 crutches
10 squats
5 hanging leg raises (curently on hiatus because I can't find the pull up bar...)
5 pull ups (on hiatus too...)
10 twisty crutches
2 minute plank *or as long as I can hold one...
Stretch


Water break 

Repeat twice.


And tomorrows a snow day!!! Yay!!! That means jogging! And some snow parkour!

Hi. I'm going to start a traing log to help keep track of my training and for motivation.

Goals:
60 second frog stance
50 push ups, front/side/back lunges
To get into better condition for parkour (of course)
Be able to do all the basic vaults, do a 2 step wall run, perfect rolls, and a wall flip/ back flip/ front flip/ handsprings wouldn't hurt

Thursday, December 23, 2010

5 push ups (regular)
10 prone back raises
10 crutches
10 squats
10 front lunges

repeat 3x

I'm starting out small right now ( but hope to advance quickly.)

Well I'm jogging to stay fit for parkour. After about one minute of jogging (with warm up and walking to warm up) My right knee starts hurting so much that I can't run. I have not done parkour in a while (i'm currently just conditioning and on break) But maybe quadrupedal movement is causing this? I tried qm two days ago for the first time. Maybe thats it?

September 14,2010:
Jog around the block once
Walk around the block once
Repeat 5 times
Sprint down the block 5 times

Warm up:
Stretches
Walk

Played Soccer at school today and ran the mile.

Website or something else please? Oh and is Quadrupedal movement good? Thanks!