Yesterday:
I fooled around a bit on the tree in my backyard - did a few dips here & there and practiced moving through the tree. Overall, it was pretty good. My legs are still sore from the 5K, so I didn't work on my lower half much. Did a bit of campusing through the tree.
Today:
Today I woke up, and did a bit of shopping with my father. I also did a few burpees, and worked on my balance on a mini-rail that I've built. Just now I also did a mini-"Cindy" workout - 5 rounds in 4:50. I'll use this as a base time to try to improve. Cindy = 15 sit ups, 10 pushups, 5 pullups =)
That's pretty much it.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Five months later...
I'm sorry that I haven't been updating my blog as planned. My summer passed by well, first with five weeks of rock climbing - which reinforced my pull-ups and muscle ups, and helped with general fitness. Then, I went to France with my family, and drove close to Lisses, but my parent's wouldn't allow me to go there. We had originally settled on a day at the end of the journey, but I got sick somewhere in the middle, and then my father got sick too, so it didn't work out, unfortunately.
Today's workout was decent. I did the APK warm up (more of a "Mary" warm-up - the 15 sits + 10 push ups + 5 pull ups (3 times)). Then, the APK WOD (Workout of the day) was to run 5km, and I decided to do it anyways, even though I haven't been running for the whole summer (However, I have been walking a lot in France). My time was 24:50, which I think is good for my current condition - however, I almost collapsed when I arrived home after the run. It's definitely an improvement from last time though. I really want to get my time sub-20 some time. But that may be a long term goal, since it's really not easy.
That pretty much sums it up for now. I did some laches on a tree in my back yard, with some rolls. I've been looking into my rolls lately, which I thought were decent, but now I'm reconsidering that position. I think that my rolls need quite a bit of polishing to fit the bill. On the bright side, I got to work on my lazy vaults in France, so they've improved a bit. Also, I've been constantly drilling my precisions. I'll have to look into how that affects my future training.
I'm very excited for the start of school, which is on September 2nd. Maybe I can get people interested in Parkour, so that I won't have to practice alone, as I have done for the past half a year. We'll see. However, the prospects are there - so I'll keep hoping.
Today's workout was decent. I did the APK warm up (more of a "Mary" warm-up - the 15 sits + 10 push ups + 5 pull ups (3 times)). Then, the APK WOD (Workout of the day) was to run 5km, and I decided to do it anyways, even though I haven't been running for the whole summer (However, I have been walking a lot in France). My time was 24:50, which I think is good for my current condition - however, I almost collapsed when I arrived home after the run. It's definitely an improvement from last time though. I really want to get my time sub-20 some time. But that may be a long term goal, since it's really not easy.
That pretty much sums it up for now. I did some laches on a tree in my back yard, with some rolls. I've been looking into my rolls lately, which I thought were decent, but now I'm reconsidering that position. I think that my rolls need quite a bit of polishing to fit the bill. On the bright side, I got to work on my lazy vaults in France, so they've improved a bit. Also, I've been constantly drilling my precisions. I'll have to look into how that affects my future training.
I'm very excited for the start of school, which is on September 2nd. Maybe I can get people interested in Parkour, so that I won't have to practice alone, as I have done for the past half a year. We'll see. However, the prospects are there - so I'll keep hoping.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Parkour - Seventh Day (End of First Week)
Well, hi again, whoever is reading this blog. Today was a very eventful day in terms of training. Around midday, it was time to go to Crew Tryouts, once again. Upon arriving there, we were forced to do around 30 minutes of running (~4 km). After, we sat and rowed on the ergs, for another half an hour. As if that wasn't enough, I scheduled the next Parkour Club meeting right after that! Unfortunately, only three people came (including me). However, I'm not despairing. I honestly think that people will start coming to parkour club - just give them some time. Afterwards, the day went by smoothly. However, at around 21:30, I decided to do another quick exercise session, which ended up taking me half an hour. I did 75 squats (50, 25), 50 push ups (10 pseudo planche, 5 pseudo planche, 15 regular, 15 regular, 5 regular), around 20 pull-ups, 50 sit-ups, and I ran up and down the stairs about 20 times in total (one leg up/down, one leg skipping 1, skipping 2, switching legs, etc...)
That was my day. I'm looking forward to tomorrow with a lot of excitement!
That was my day. I'm looking forward to tomorrow with a lot of excitement!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Parkour - Sixth Day
It's only the start of the day, but I guess I'll record my experiences anyways - it won't hurt me =)
I woke up today at 10:30AM, and realized that I skipped my French class. That was a real bad event in the day, and I'm still worrying about it even now. After French came Gym, which I barely made. When I ran in to the gymnasium, the coach was about to say that I skipped class, but I convinced him not to do it. This is the first time since the beginning of the year that I "slept through" a whole class. Very Sad.
In the Gym, I worked out for about 40 minutes. I did ~15 pull-ups, and ran 5km on the treadmill (the equivalent of 3.1mile). I was happy about the fact that I could run 5km, since my longest run before this was only around 1.5 miles. However, I felt very tired after the workout, and that leads me to believe that I should do more running. Also, yesterday before sleep I tried doing push-ups with elevated feet, which caused stomach pain. I think that I also need to work on my abdominal muscles.
Workout summary for half of the day: 5km run, 15 pull ups, 5 PK rolls, 4 sauts de chat.
I woke up today at 10:30AM, and realized that I skipped my French class. That was a real bad event in the day, and I'm still worrying about it even now. After French came Gym, which I barely made. When I ran in to the gymnasium, the coach was about to say that I skipped class, but I convinced him not to do it. This is the first time since the beginning of the year that I "slept through" a whole class. Very Sad.
In the Gym, I worked out for about 40 minutes. I did ~15 pull-ups, and ran 5km on the treadmill (the equivalent of 3.1mile). I was happy about the fact that I could run 5km, since my longest run before this was only around 1.5 miles. However, I felt very tired after the workout, and that leads me to believe that I should do more running. Also, yesterday before sleep I tried doing push-ups with elevated feet, which caused stomach pain. I think that I also need to work on my abdominal muscles.
Workout summary for half of the day: 5km run, 15 pull ups, 5 PK rolls, 4 sauts de chat.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Parkour - Fifth Day
Well, I guess I'll start off my blog from the fifth day of my Parkour experience. Before I say more, I am a 15 year old boy. I used to rock climb, but my move to a boarding school unfortunately interrupted that experience. However, I found a part of that "missing spirit" in Parkour. Parkour is defined by many beginners as "The quickest way from A to B". However, to me - it is more than that. I have read around on many parkour forums, and I realize that Parkour is closer to a way of life, and a way of facing challenges head-on, rather than being a purely physical materialization of some precise movements developed by David Belle.
This is my fifth day practicing Parkour. Let me quickly re-cap my story. I first started Parkour last Sunday, after watching a lot of the videos on the internet. Also, at that time I thought that frontflips and backflips were part of Parkour, so I started a Parkour Club at my school to help me and others achieve mastery of the front/backflip. Our first meeting was yesterday (Wednesday). All of us are beginners, but we want to improve. For the past five days, I have kept up an average of 1-3 hours of Parkour training a day (more being impossible due to my school's workload). I am also trying out for Junior Varsity Crew, which I hope will help me with my Parkour practice.
I have practiced basic sauts de chat (catpasses), and obviously la roulade. My shoulder still hurts a bit when rolling on the concrete, but its improving. I used to do a little aikido (self-taught), however, it turned out that the aikido roll is not the same as the PK roll, so I had to re-teach myself. I had moderate success with the catpasses, and have hurt myself twice within a week (not an achievement). The first time was when I was just starting out, and I jumped from around 7 feet, my knees buckling, and ending up on a rock. The second time was today, but it wasn't as painful. I was doing a saut de chat over a railing and my foot got caught. I think I'll be fine by tomorrow though.
I also am trying to work out a bit in preparation for Parkour. I do about 50 pull-ups a day. However, I'm not at all good at push-ups or crunches/sit-ups, so I need to train those. Anyways, this will be it for today, and I hope that whoever reads this will post a comment.
P.S. Strelok is the nickname I use on most forums, so I'll use it here too.
Thank you for reading =)
Strelok
This is my fifth day practicing Parkour. Let me quickly re-cap my story. I first started Parkour last Sunday, after watching a lot of the videos on the internet. Also, at that time I thought that frontflips and backflips were part of Parkour, so I started a Parkour Club at my school to help me and others achieve mastery of the front/backflip. Our first meeting was yesterday (Wednesday). All of us are beginners, but we want to improve. For the past five days, I have kept up an average of 1-3 hours of Parkour training a day (more being impossible due to my school's workload). I am also trying out for Junior Varsity Crew, which I hope will help me with my Parkour practice.
I have practiced basic sauts de chat (catpasses), and obviously la roulade. My shoulder still hurts a bit when rolling on the concrete, but its improving. I used to do a little aikido (self-taught), however, it turned out that the aikido roll is not the same as the PK roll, so I had to re-teach myself. I had moderate success with the catpasses, and have hurt myself twice within a week (not an achievement). The first time was when I was just starting out, and I jumped from around 7 feet, my knees buckling, and ending up on a rock. The second time was today, but it wasn't as painful. I was doing a saut de chat over a railing and my foot got caught. I think I'll be fine by tomorrow though.
I also am trying to work out a bit in preparation for Parkour. I do about 50 pull-ups a day. However, I'm not at all good at push-ups or crunches/sit-ups, so I need to train those. Anyways, this will be it for today, and I hope that whoever reads this will post a comment.
P.S. Strelok is the nickname I use on most forums, so I'll use it here too.
Thank you for reading =)
Strelok
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