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APK WOD 2-9-12

After yesterday's long conditioning workout, we'll go to the archives for something a little easier.

This WOD will center around an article I wrote a while back about training alone, and I encourage you to do these workouts alone,

Parkour Mindsets Day 3 of 4

Mindset 3: Creative, Interactive Movement.

Typical of the freerunner, this mindset is important for everyone wishing to improve themselves in physical movement. Similar to the efficient mindset, a minimum time should be established as well as a reasonably sized area. The goal is to find as many ways as possible to interact with the given environment, utilizing all forms of movement and linking them together. The practitioner should be focusing on moving with fluidity, grace, agility, power, precision and fluency. Some disregard this style of movement as useless to practical training. This view of things is thankfully becoming less and less prevalent, but for those who still hold it consider this- one will almost never jump from rail to rail in a true “parkour situation” but this is trained in order to develop balance and control. The same can be said for flips and other extraneous movement. The trick is treating these movements the same as any other training mode; that is drilling and perfecting them in order to build strength, power, agility, control, balance and a host of other positive attributes.

After the APK Warm-Up

Find an obstacle-dense area and spend 45 minutes moving creatively. Spend 30 seconds in constant motion, trying not to think too much about the movement being performed, but rather allowing it to happen. A good way to facilitate this is to spend the time counting out 30 seconds in your head. After the time is up, review the previous half-minute of movement, thinking about what happened. If there were any sticking points, go back and try to find 3 different ways to overcome the obatacle that fits well with the momentum of the run. Repeat this cycle.

Conclude with a stretch.