Parkour general thread. How's your training been lately?
Post your clips, get props. Post your questions, get tips.
There are some experienced parkour guys here on /asp/ who can help you out.
FAQ:
I'm X weight Y height, can I do parkour?
Do it! Yes you can! Anything is possible!
How to start?
Find people in your area who train. Facebook groups usually. Just go out with some people and try out some jumps.
Is parkour dangerous?
You choose all the risks you take. If you take care you will not get hurt. Most people only get the occasional scrape or bruise.
You're most prone to injuries as a beginner. It's a time in your life when you learn lots of new things quickly and it goes straight to your head. So keep it cool.
How to minimize risks?
Always check the environment before doing jumps. Might be a broken bottle or a nail sticking out somewhere. Check the structural integrity of the obstacles. That fence might not be strong enough to support your weight. Check everything, test everything.
Most important movements to train?
Check this gif collection to get started:
http://imgur.com/a/wvy4W Rolling hurts?
Yes is does, because you're doing it wrong. After 10,000 repetitions it doesn't hurt anymore. It's one of those techniques that you just have to grind out, there's no shortcuts.
How to get stronger for parkour?
Most common body weight or calisthenics exercises are tried and true. Squats, push ups, pull ups, plyometrics. There are lots of guides for these. You can also get stronger by simply repeating some parkour movements.
Good shoes?
Start with minimalist shoes. Thin sole, zero heel to toe drop, flexible materials. Feiyue and Merrell's barefoot models are popular. Thick soled running shoes can ruin your ground sensitivity and balance. But if you really desire more padding on your foot, try Adistar Racer, Puma Faas 300, Ollo.
Good pants?
Cheap XXXL sweats. Slazenger is popular. Etre Fort are great but IMO not as great as buying 10 pairs of a cheaper brand.
Anonymous
>>728912 What's actually the difference between wearing XXXL sweats and smaller ones?
I always wear the bigger ones because everyone does but is there any real point apart from it looking cool?
Anonymous
>>729231 No difference really. Wear what you think is best. Could be argued that the best pants performance-wise would be skin tight compression pants.
I prefer big pants because they hide my ass. Don't have to worry about my big round ass sticking out whenever I'm in some kind of a squat pose.
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>729258 Please tell me more about this "big round ass" of yours?
Anonymous
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>>729524 It's a result of 10 years squatting and plyos.
No homo.
Minn
Getting back into things and have a club meeting coming up this next sunday! Starting to feel really pumped up to teach some people the basics and get them interested in doing parkour.
Anonymous
>>729897 Open the session by demonstrating some high level stuff. Like before you start drilling rolls, show them some wicked dive roll through a flaming hoop, and tell them they'll be able to do the same thing after a while.
Minn
>>730155 anon pls, I have no flaming hoopz
Jinxy
>>730509 >Not having Flaming Hoops Come on Minn. You even train?
Also, Training while sick? Been sick all weekend and it sucks. Can hardly jump. Basic jumps and movement are painful. and its horrible. The gains are real today boys
Anonymous
>>730835 Don't train when you are sick.
Training after a break can be tough. After a 2 week trip to Japan, I came home to find I had totally lost my touch, especially in precision jumps. Maybe it was the long flights or just the lack of physical activity.
I found barefoot to be the answer to get the touch back quickly. Slow the movement down and scale it back, just doing tiny stuff barefoot. Somehow it got me in contact with my inner monkey again.
Jinxy
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>>730961 I'm going to actually spend a week finding sources to say that training while you are sick is beneficial.
This will include all arts.
Jinxy
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This also needs a bump
Anonymous
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Hard day of training today.
Anonymous
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>>728912 >How's your training been lately? I've been doing some hiking in the woods, not as exciting and fast paced, but it's not bad.
The woods are beautiful, full of plant and insect life (nice diversity), I occasionally see some mammals and avian life forms relatively up close, maybe hear some frogs.
The obstacles are usually just the occasional fallen tree(or)log(or)branch (depending on the obstacle, it can be stepped or hopped over, or vaulted), steep drops and raises in elevation, and uneven ground, but getting through paths with sticker bushes takes time and coordination.
Anonymous
Is anyone from Adelaide doing parkour?
Anonymous
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>>728912 >How's your training been lately? I've managed to roll without popping off pieces of back and spine on a wooden floor regularly enough.
Then I saw elementary school kids doing vault and flips on a commercial.
Then I quit this shit again.
Anonymous
I just cant lift my legs high enough to do a vault or kip up. How do I train to accomplish this?
Anonymous
>>733246 There are generally 3 main factors to performing these maneuvers:
>technique >flexibility >strength Identify which one(s) are contributing most to your inability to perform these movements, and then train accordingly.
Personally, my lack of upper body strength has been holding me back in a few places.
Anonymous
>>733282 I got the technique side down I think since I know what I'm supposed to be doing so it's just my flexibiliy and strength. I have no idea what progressions to do though
Minn
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>>733417 For getting your hips up, I suggest finding a wall you can comfortably place your hands on, then just practice jumping and raising your hips as much as you can.
Anonymous
Any parkour teachers / coaches / instructors in here?
Anonymous
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>>734455 I've taught some family and friends Parkour, nothing professional though.
Anonymous
>>734455 How many instructors are available, and how do you manage 200 students with that amount of instructors?
Also, what's your gym/club area like?
Anonymous
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>>734457 4 guys now teaching, 1-2 for a training session depending on it's size. We can manage it quite well. We have groups almost every day of the week.
We use school gymnasiums, same as other sports clubs that don't have their privately owned space. i.e. dance, volleyball, some martial arts... We ask city council to only book as to gyms that have ok gymnastics equipment, and usually they oblige.
ITT: Best training movies
Anonymous
Hi guys, General question:
Anonymous
>>737664 Shoulder to opposite glute.
Anonymous
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I have 10 years of parkour, now i am only doing some street workout, i am 26 and the people training are 14, 16... some times i go out to train alone.
Anonymous
>>737692 There's one vertebra sticking out exactly in that path that I always roll over
Any advice?
Jinxy
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God it's been a minute. Got distracted with life and never got around to proving that dude wrong. I'll get back to that eventually(Read Never)
>>734455 I "Instruct" and I've filled in. But I'm not a "teacher". I find it hard to accept payment to teach something I feel everyone should know, if they want to learn. I just tell people to come out with me, and then do as I do. Most days if it's someone new, I go over Ukemi, and then the basic movement. If they truly want to learn, They'll continue from that and join me as I go out. Considering, I've maybe only had one person out of that about 40ish some odd over the years keep training.
>>737511 You're gonna need to go deeper on your name
>>737976 I mean, Considering the type of roll, Which shoulder, and the material of which I'm rolling on, My rolls are all different. But refer to the OP. You have to grind it out. Also, make a video and post it here.
Anonymous
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>>737976 yes there is. Keep training and eventually it will not be a problem anymore. Your technique will improve, that part of your back will harden, and maybe you get more muscle in your back that acts as a cushion.
Anonymous
>be doing some off-trail hiking on hills/mountains >go up a small/dried out stream >slow movement stuff >bunch of boulders and fallen logs/trees >muh climbing and Parkour skills >be at top before just a climb that requires equipment or potentially face some serious safety issues >go back down >still walking-paced, but >muh drops >muh vaults >muh precision jumps >muh nature Parkour
Anonymous
>>738067 Reminds me of my best training day ever.
>Thailand, hot season >visiting island that's popular with rock climbers >by chance come across a jungle mountain trek route >decide to go without much preparation >only ones there, silence, only jungle sounds >route is steep, 70 degrees at times >sometimes just a rope with knots hanging off a ledge >lots of quadrupedal and climbing >no gear, nothing but sandals, decide to barefoot it mostly >primal senses kicking in hard >trek 2 hours in the most challenging terrain >end with a gutsy 8 meter drop to the ocean >can life get any better Jinxy
Went out and trained with some old faces today and had a small discussion on Squatting. And while it was agreed that your back is straight(Duh), but where you should bend at the hips. So either go straight down into squatting, or kind of go like a power lifter does his squats. What are your thoughts?
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>728912 There's no free run general so I will ask here
I have a background in weightlifting and rock climbing, so I am proficient at jumping.
Is a side flip or back flip easier to start with?
Anonymous
>>739675 Free Running and Tricking is welcome here.
I'd personally suggest starting with 360s and cartwheels (also, handsprings) before trying flips; maybe side rolls, too.
Anonymous
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>>739675 I think side flip is easier to learn because you can do cartwheels as a progression.
Once you get a hang of back flips, it's the easiest flip. But the initial hump can be quite big.
Anonymous
>>739675 >>739690 Speaking of parkour/freerunning/tricking.
If you're a parkour guy and don't train any acrobatics, then shame on you pretty much. It's one of the best supplemental trainings.
Alex
Anonymous
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>>740103 Gymnastics masterrace bruv
Minn
Anonymous
I've been sort of an indoors type for most of my life and have been wanting to get into parkour for a while now. I think it's a fun way to keep fit but I feel kind of stupid when I start running in public. Any advice that does not involve Shia?
Jinxy
>>742703 >Shia It took me a solid 3 minutes to figure out you ment the Actor and not a sect of Islam.
Get a buddy to go with you? Go out and jog at night? Start hiking if you have the trails. But you're always gonna look like a Fag going out by yourself. No matter how long you train for or how good you get.
Of which went training yesterday and Got kicked out of two places nd told I was gonna break something 3 times. Not a good day.
Anonymous
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>>742740 Point taken. I'll just suck it up and join one of the clubs around here so we can look like fags running around together.
Anonymous
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>>742740 >Shia >Islam Gud 1 m8.
Anonymous
tricking >>>>>>>>>>>> freerunning > parkour
Anonymous
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>>742965 Let's see how many times you use tricking to get yourself out of knife muggings instead of Parkour (and Olympic sprinting).
Anonymous
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>>742965 Better than?
Better than how?
More fun?
More cool?
Better exercise?
What?
That statement is just idiotic by itself.
Anonymous
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>>733050 On and off. You go to the meetups at elder park?
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anybody know any parkour trainers or groups in Dubai?
Anonymous
I did a speed vault today.
Anonymous
I thought about creating a Parkour training simulator where the player(s) must quickly view a small landscape, see point-A and point-B, then identify and select the most efficient moves and paths, then after doing so, they will be scored on speed of identifying, efficiency of energy, time, and distance, and given results and their stats.
Jinxy
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>>744119 >>744837 Congrats?
>>744824 https://www.google.com/search?q=Dubai+parkour&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS535US535&oq=Dubai+parkour&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.2697j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8 Literally the 3rd and 5th hits on Google
>>744864 What the fuck? Like a program? That's so fucking biased it would never work. I dont like it. Why not just go out and time yourself with different movements and find out what's quickest for you
Anonymous
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>>744864 You thought about a thing. Great job. Really.
Anonymous
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What have you guys been doing?
Jinxy
Mostly just Work and Training. I lurk this every couple days to see if someone posted anything.
Anonymous
When you're new to parkour and have nothing to talk about here but you still wanna talk about it
Anonymous
>>749030 I mean, what have you guys been training?
Anonymous
>can jump >can do multiple vaults >losing fat, getting faster, jumping higher, clearing more >can't roll in grass without fucking up
Jinxy
>>749558 Lol, That's the best time to talk! You make so many strides. Learning to roll, Learning all the vaults and performing them successfully. Feeling the slowly but surely change in confidence. God, I love talking to new people because it reminds me of when I started and forces me to be humble. Brings me back down from my Ego drive. Remaining Humble is the second hardest thing I've been learning.
>>749642 Everything. A lot of Rolling and Jump tech. Squats and soon I'll be hitting my upper body again.
>>749786 Roll. Every. Day. For. As. Long. As. Possible.
In my honest opinion, the roll is the hardest technique to learn because it covers so many vast movements. Learning to roll Forward, Backward, Side to side, On a small ledge. From a Kong/Pre/Speed. When you fuck up from any form of movement. It took me a long time to even begin rolling with the intent of failing. Increased my confident tenfold knowing I could eat shit and be fine with instincts.
Anonymous
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>>729258 What about mountain khakis? I have a pair and they're extremely flexible and I've yet to encounter any movement restrictions. They're also canvas, so more protection than sweats. Check them out, no joke.
Anonymous
>>749807 >Everything. Do you usually do a lot of traveling during your training? I think I Remember you mentioning something about you biking.
Do you have an ultimate spot? I forget, do you teach at a gym?
I don't even have a bike, so I usually have to split my training and focus on one thing on one day, then go to a different spot another day.
Anonymous
>>749786 I've probably rolled hundreds of times by now.
>>749807 >Increased my confident tenfold knowing I could eat shit and be fine with instincts. Since I've been out of dedicated practice for a while, I fell 2 days ago, and I did that slap-out, crawl-ish, turn thing, when it would've been much more efficient to just roll.
It's time for me to start rolling every day now.
Anonymous
>>749903 Roll 10,000 times.
And then roll 10,000 times over the other shoulder.
Anonymous
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>>749959 Probably worth it to alternate rather than focus on nothing but one side. That way you wouldn't get too reliant on one side.
Anonymous
Maybe backwards Parkour should be a thing.
Jinxy
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>>749901 All depends. I've been getting back into the community and some days we travel across town. others we stay in one spot. Same with my Solo. Sometimes I know exactly what I want to practice and have the perfect spot in mind. Others I just want to do an all body and move from park to park.
>>750893 >What is your normal days worth of Training? Anonymous
Dunno if this is the right thread but: anyone here have much experience with tricking and what have you?
Anonymous
>>754143 >not enough height If your technique is clean, you need to work on strength.
Jump squats, lifting, etcetera.
>can't generate enough spin Again, technique and strength.
Strength isn't usually too much of a factor for spin, but it's possible that your core is very weak.
A general rule of thumb for the spinning portion of the tornado kick is to rotate your upper body first, and let your lower portion follow, more of a guild line than a rule.
Anonymous
>>754148 Right so if I throw in some plyometrics and explosive movements in my lifting, that should help with the jumps. Do double and single leg stuff I guess, to help with jumping off one leg?
With the following the upper body thing, I think I put too much effort into bringing the non kicking leg up and in, and that messes with the rest of the movement and the spin. I guess I'll keep trying and do some more jump training. Thanks mate.
Jinxy
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>>754255 No chance you can get a video and post it here? That would help immensely
