Gift Ideas for Parkour Athletes
Welcome to cold days and long nights. For many of us, that signals a retreat to the training space of our local parkour gym. For
Welcome to cold days and long nights. For many of us, that signals a retreat to the training space of our local parkour gym. For
“You’re definitely going to hurt yourself.” That’s what my brain kept telling me as I contemplated the jump. Technically, the jump shouldn’t have been that
In a prior article, we talked about the climb-up as a useful tool for getting yourself on the top of a wall. But what happens
So, you’re now comfortable with precision jumps, striding, and basic balancing skills. Your rolls are looking solid and aren’t causing any pain. You can vault
At 5’9” with a weight of 168 lbs, I have an average adult male build. Without having formally measured it, let’s guesstimate that I have
Last year a well-known Russian freerunner, Pavel Kashin, performed a backflip while standing on the edge of a sixteen-storybuilding. The movement was well within his
Wish you had the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Superman sets the bar pretty high as the ultimate parkour athlete. Honestly,
In previous posts I’ve written about the development of specific parkour skills and conditioning techniques. For this article, I’d like to diverge from that format
The classic track and field long jump is pretty straightforward, right? Sprint as fast as you can down a manicured track. Launch yourself from the
Strict chest to bar pull-ups? You can crank those out without batting an eye. Dead-hang muscle-ups? You’ve got those, no problem. What comes next? What
Aside from push ups, sit ups, and get ups, it’s not often that our fitness pursuits have us spending time on the ground. It’s a
Any chance you saw the 2010 movie Cop Out, with Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis? Personally, I don’t recall it as too memorable, except that
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