Just did some more muscle up training.
25 dips
25 pull up negatives
25 muscle up negatives
25 rope reverse pushups
Tonights session had an extra bonus, RAIN! Man it was intense. It was pretty much raining the whole time I trained. Building up and slowing down. Huge gusts of wind would also come through every now and then. It felt good to be out there, as I knew that it was really showing my dedication to my training.
Started off with trying a muscle up. Only got one elbow part of the way up. I also had to use a bit of a kip. The bar I'm using to train on isn't the best for muscle ups though, its actually a wooden plank held up on its side.
I couldn't really get the pull ups, so I instead did pull up negatives. I found that it really worked my biceps, which I'm pretty sure play a major role in pulling strength.
I've found that my muscle up negatives are getting better. Eliot gave me the advice of switching the hands, not the whole arm. This helped in reducing the speed of my drop. Hopefully I will be able to build up to getting them more controlled.
Anyway, the training was good. And I'm still sticking to it, training every day!
Any comments are welcome.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Muscle Up Training
Did more muscle up training tonight.
25 dips
10 pullups
25 negatives
25 reverse push ups
I'm finding that my dips and reverse push ups are improving, but my pull ups aren't improving. All i can really do is keep on training, hopefully my pull ups will improve over time.
25 dips
10 pullups
25 negatives
25 reverse push ups
I'm finding that my dips and reverse push ups are improving, but my pull ups aren't improving. All i can really do is keep on training, hopefully my pull ups will improve over time.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Stretch Session
Just did a light stretching session today. Only lasting for about 20 minutes.
I've been feeling pretty sore and stiff from training last thursday and friday. So I thought that i'd just do something easy today.
I won't be going to class or trainings tomorrow, as I have a uni exam on monday that I have to really study for.
To make up for this, I plan on doing some more muscle up training. I can do these sessions close to home, so they only take about an hour out of my day. Which is all I can really afford.
I've been feeling pretty sore and stiff from training last thursday and friday. So I thought that i'd just do something easy today.
I won't be going to class or trainings tomorrow, as I have a uni exam on monday that I have to really study for.
To make up for this, I plan on doing some more muscle up training. I can do these sessions close to home, so they only take about an hour out of my day. Which is all I can really afford.
Friday, June 27, 2008
FNC
Had FNC again tonight.
This time it was me and Larkin. He's still new to parkour, but its good that he's showing up. he's definately showing an interest in training properly and seriously. He also stuck with me through most of the session!
Did most of the program. I still have found the one program that i can get all the way through.
Started at noise wall. Did the normal lazys, speed vaults and cat passes. Also added cat pass pulls. I felt it working a bit in my arms. I guess only time will tell if it's actually benefiting in the arm push from cat passes.
Skipped the rolls, as Larkin had a sore back from a past training session.
Went to toast. Did the full 100 precisions this time! Main it was hard to keep going. Added in upper body exercises every 10 precisions. Something to vary the training, keep up the interest. So that it wasn't just precision after precision after precision.
From there we moved to the underneath toast. On the way we stopped in a small grocery store to buy drinks (Traceurade). The store owner was so cool. He gave us free sausage rolls. I'm going to go there every FNC, to get a drink at the half-way point of the session.
Once underneath toast, the plan was to practice wall runs to climb ups, on a flat wall, with no rail or overgrip. The wall i was planning on using ended up being a failuer. It was far to slippery to grab on to, and the wall itself was pretty slippery.
I was then planning on moving to the stairs, to do strength conditioning, but Larkin was keen to check out customs. he'd heard about it but had never been there.
So I took him there, thinking that we'd probably get booted straight away, but we didn't. We were probably there for about 15 minutes. I showed larkin the tic tac precision that he'd heard about. i also got to get in 20 sets of my arm jump to climb up to turn vault. My climb ups using rails is definately improving. i can now do them on both sides, as opposed to my once dominant left side.
We eventually got booted, so we moved on to the Canberra Theatre stairs. Did the quadrapedal and hopping work, as well as the various mini exercises. Then we warmed down.
The session lasted for about three hours, which seems to be the average time for FNC. This is good, it's three hours of intense training.
At the end of the session, we were both exhausted. I'm finding that my endurance through FNC is definately improving. I'm starting to get less tired after each week. I've written up another revised program. Hopefully we will be able to get through it next week.
I'm really happy with where my training is going. Training everyday has definately helped me progress. FNC has definately been a major contributer. Not only does it condition my techniques and strength, but it also conditions my mental. I'm a lot more confident with myself. I feel like I'm doing more physical training than mental training. This is something I got from Rhys. Physical is what progresses you. You see the obstacle, know you can do it, then do it. Where mental training is seeing the obstalce, knowing you can do it, but thinking about the consequences of failure. This then leads to you not attempting the obstalce, restricting your progression. I used to train with a mental mindset, always thinking about the consequences of failure, but I now think that I've started to train in a more physical mindset. Knowing that i can do something, then doing it, committing to it. Committment is the most important thing when training parkour. Not commiting can lead to injury.
I've learnt a lot from this continuous training period, progressed really far. And I'm only two weeks into the five week session. I can't wait to see what I'm like at the end of the five weeks.
This time it was me and Larkin. He's still new to parkour, but its good that he's showing up. he's definately showing an interest in training properly and seriously. He also stuck with me through most of the session!
Did most of the program. I still have found the one program that i can get all the way through.
Started at noise wall. Did the normal lazys, speed vaults and cat passes. Also added cat pass pulls. I felt it working a bit in my arms. I guess only time will tell if it's actually benefiting in the arm push from cat passes.
Skipped the rolls, as Larkin had a sore back from a past training session.
Went to toast. Did the full 100 precisions this time! Main it was hard to keep going. Added in upper body exercises every 10 precisions. Something to vary the training, keep up the interest. So that it wasn't just precision after precision after precision.
From there we moved to the underneath toast. On the way we stopped in a small grocery store to buy drinks (Traceurade). The store owner was so cool. He gave us free sausage rolls. I'm going to go there every FNC, to get a drink at the half-way point of the session.
Once underneath toast, the plan was to practice wall runs to climb ups, on a flat wall, with no rail or overgrip. The wall i was planning on using ended up being a failuer. It was far to slippery to grab on to, and the wall itself was pretty slippery.
I was then planning on moving to the stairs, to do strength conditioning, but Larkin was keen to check out customs. he'd heard about it but had never been there.
So I took him there, thinking that we'd probably get booted straight away, but we didn't. We were probably there for about 15 minutes. I showed larkin the tic tac precision that he'd heard about. i also got to get in 20 sets of my arm jump to climb up to turn vault. My climb ups using rails is definately improving. i can now do them on both sides, as opposed to my once dominant left side.
We eventually got booted, so we moved on to the Canberra Theatre stairs. Did the quadrapedal and hopping work, as well as the various mini exercises. Then we warmed down.
The session lasted for about three hours, which seems to be the average time for FNC. This is good, it's three hours of intense training.
At the end of the session, we were both exhausted. I'm finding that my endurance through FNC is definately improving. I'm starting to get less tired after each week. I've written up another revised program. Hopefully we will be able to get through it next week.
I'm really happy with where my training is going. Training everyday has definately helped me progress. FNC has definately been a major contributer. Not only does it condition my techniques and strength, but it also conditions my mental. I'm a lot more confident with myself. I feel like I'm doing more physical training than mental training. This is something I got from Rhys. Physical is what progresses you. You see the obstacle, know you can do it, then do it. Where mental training is seeing the obstalce, knowing you can do it, but thinking about the consequences of failure. This then leads to you not attempting the obstalce, restricting your progression. I used to train with a mental mindset, always thinking about the consequences of failure, but I now think that I've started to train in a more physical mindset. Knowing that i can do something, then doing it, committing to it. Committment is the most important thing when training parkour. Not commiting can lead to injury.
I've learnt a lot from this continuous training period, progressed really far. And I'm only two weeks into the five week session. I can't wait to see what I'm like at the end of the five weeks.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
EPIC Civic Training
Tonight was a night of EPIC TRAINING.
I made so much progression, SO MUCH!
Met Conan, ruoF and Ruz at noise wall. We chatted for a bit then made our way to toast. In toast was where the magic began.
Did a small warmup of dynamic stretches, then got into. Started with a few small precisions. Then played around with Rhys' arm jump. Ruz and I were sizing it up for a while, doing a few practice jumps, but neither of us could make ourselves actually commit to the jump. I hope to get it before NatSoc.
Eliot then arrived at toast.
From there we did a few precisions. I finally got that ground level precision that has been bugging me for so long. The one that I could just reach, but could never commit to. I was able to land on it, sticking it half the time. But at least I'm making the distance, if only just.
From there we started doing precision onto the stair set. This then escalated to massive running precisions onto the stair. They're actually pretty big.
After we got too exhausted with them, we decided to move on to more stuff. I showed Ruz my cat pass over a chest high block, that has a big clear to a ledge. Played around with that a bit.
Then the EPICness really began.
Conan was saying that the ground level precision was about the same distance as the precisions off the rail to the tree planter or other hexagon. So i hopped up on the rail and tried them out. Started out with jumping to the side, checking that I could make the distance and height. To my surprise, I could! So I did them. Both the precision to the hexagon (5 times), and the precision to the tree planter (3 times). I could do them with ease, it was as if the drop didn't affect me at all. It was so good!
From there we moved down to customs. Played around with the tic tac arms. Ruz was remarking about how back in the day it used to be so hard for us to do, and now we were getting it with ease. It really shows how far we have progressed over time.
After we got bored with customs, we made our way to DEWR, for the massive arm jump.
Once at DEWR, we sized up the jump. Josh had actually gotten it earlier that afternoon! It's so big! Ruz looked at it first, but it just tripped him out too much.
So then I stood up to the plate. i got Ruz and Conan to spot me at the bottom of the wall. I know that they wouldn't really be able to do much, but it was still a reassurance to have them there. After psyching myself up for a few minutes, I went for it. I actually fully committed to the jump! I didn't make it though. I hit with my hands, then my feet hit the wall but slipped completely down it. i banged my chest pretty hard into the wall, and fell down. It wasn't a hard fall, just a big smack into the wall.
After seeing me actually try it, commit to it, Ruz found the mental to give it a try. And he made it! He did the classic Shaun Wood thing, tearing his shirt off to psych himself up, then he did it. It properly made it. It's so big! Then he did it again, and again, and again. Four times in total.
Larkin then showed up.
From there Ruz found a good cat to arm, across the ramp. He got it after a few attempts. I gave it a try, got really close, but wasn't able to fully commit. Mainly banging my foot into the wall. It seems like a bit of a hard landing.
After DEWR we all split off. I went and got some dinner with Conan, then left him to catch a bus home.
Overall it was an awesome session. Only lasting a few hours, yet really intense. It's feels so good to be able to do the big stuff, and come out fine. I was doing things that I had never done before, some that I was not capable of doing before. It really shows how far I have progressed. And these are definately the results of training everyday.
Earlier that afternoon, Harley gave me a call. He's in Canberra. I can't wait to get out and train with him. I don't think he's actually properly trained in Canberra, even though he went to school here. Hopefully he comes to FNC.
I made so much progression, SO MUCH!
Met Conan, ruoF and Ruz at noise wall. We chatted for a bit then made our way to toast. In toast was where the magic began.
Did a small warmup of dynamic stretches, then got into. Started with a few small precisions. Then played around with Rhys' arm jump. Ruz and I were sizing it up for a while, doing a few practice jumps, but neither of us could make ourselves actually commit to the jump. I hope to get it before NatSoc.
Eliot then arrived at toast.
From there we did a few precisions. I finally got that ground level precision that has been bugging me for so long. The one that I could just reach, but could never commit to. I was able to land on it, sticking it half the time. But at least I'm making the distance, if only just.
From there we started doing precision onto the stair set. This then escalated to massive running precisions onto the stair. They're actually pretty big.
After we got too exhausted with them, we decided to move on to more stuff. I showed Ruz my cat pass over a chest high block, that has a big clear to a ledge. Played around with that a bit.
Then the EPICness really began.
Conan was saying that the ground level precision was about the same distance as the precisions off the rail to the tree planter or other hexagon. So i hopped up on the rail and tried them out. Started out with jumping to the side, checking that I could make the distance and height. To my surprise, I could! So I did them. Both the precision to the hexagon (5 times), and the precision to the tree planter (3 times). I could do them with ease, it was as if the drop didn't affect me at all. It was so good!
From there we moved down to customs. Played around with the tic tac arms. Ruz was remarking about how back in the day it used to be so hard for us to do, and now we were getting it with ease. It really shows how far we have progressed over time.
After we got bored with customs, we made our way to DEWR, for the massive arm jump.
Once at DEWR, we sized up the jump. Josh had actually gotten it earlier that afternoon! It's so big! Ruz looked at it first, but it just tripped him out too much.
So then I stood up to the plate. i got Ruz and Conan to spot me at the bottom of the wall. I know that they wouldn't really be able to do much, but it was still a reassurance to have them there. After psyching myself up for a few minutes, I went for it. I actually fully committed to the jump! I didn't make it though. I hit with my hands, then my feet hit the wall but slipped completely down it. i banged my chest pretty hard into the wall, and fell down. It wasn't a hard fall, just a big smack into the wall.
After seeing me actually try it, commit to it, Ruz found the mental to give it a try. And he made it! He did the classic Shaun Wood thing, tearing his shirt off to psych himself up, then he did it. It properly made it. It's so big! Then he did it again, and again, and again. Four times in total.
Larkin then showed up.
From there Ruz found a good cat to arm, across the ramp. He got it after a few attempts. I gave it a try, got really close, but wasn't able to fully commit. Mainly banging my foot into the wall. It seems like a bit of a hard landing.
After DEWR we all split off. I went and got some dinner with Conan, then left him to catch a bus home.
Overall it was an awesome session. Only lasting a few hours, yet really intense. It's feels so good to be able to do the big stuff, and come out fine. I was doing things that I had never done before, some that I was not capable of doing before. It really shows how far I have progressed. And these are definately the results of training everyday.
Earlier that afternoon, Harley gave me a call. He's in Canberra. I can't wait to get out and train with him. I don't think he's actually properly trained in Canberra, even though he went to school here. Hopefully he comes to FNC.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Woden Training
Trained in woden tonight with ruoF. Just walked around hitting up a few spots. It was only a light session, lasting for a bit over an hour.
I've found that I have pretty big cat-passes. I've found a new cat to precision near the blacks to work up to. I was getting close tonight, but couldn't stick it.
I also did the precision that I found last time i was in woden, but was too sore from FNC to do. It was mentally challenging, as there was about a two metre drop. Its good though because I could practice the in the exact same conditions, but with only a 10cm drop.
I've stuck to my plan to train every day, and I plan on seeing it through.
I've found that I have pretty big cat-passes. I've found a new cat to precision near the blacks to work up to. I was getting close tonight, but couldn't stick it.
I also did the precision that I found last time i was in woden, but was too sore from FNC to do. It was mentally challenging, as there was about a two metre drop. Its good though because I could practice the in the exact same conditions, but with only a 10cm drop.
I've stuck to my plan to train every day, and I plan on seeing it through.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Muscle Up Training
Did more muscle up training tonight.
5 dips
2 pull up
5 negatives
5 reverse pushups
- 5 sets
i found that my dips are slowly improving, as well as my negatives. my pull ups are still pretty bad, just like they always are. i guess its something that takes time to develop. so i just have to keep on training them.
i've hit a bit of a wall with my negatives. i can dip down to about chest height, but when i try to move my elbows below the bar level, i seem to just drop through, uncontrolled.
i'm not sure how I can fix this, maybe i just need to keep on practicing. i've asked Chippa for some advice on this, hopefully it helps out.
anyway, ive still stuck to my plan of training everyday for 5 weeks straight. so far its nearly been a week and half. i can already see the improvement in ym strength and skill. it will be interesting to see how i come out after the full five weeks.
5 dips
2 pull up
5 negatives
5 reverse pushups
- 5 sets
i found that my dips are slowly improving, as well as my negatives. my pull ups are still pretty bad, just like they always are. i guess its something that takes time to develop. so i just have to keep on training them.
i've hit a bit of a wall with my negatives. i can dip down to about chest height, but when i try to move my elbows below the bar level, i seem to just drop through, uncontrolled.
i'm not sure how I can fix this, maybe i just need to keep on practicing. i've asked Chippa for some advice on this, hopefully it helps out.
anyway, ive still stuck to my plan of training everyday for 5 weeks straight. so far its nearly been a week and half. i can already see the improvement in ym strength and skill. it will be interesting to see how i come out after the full five weeks.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
APA Class - Civic
Class today.
We've started to apply the "organiser" preparation that I thought of last week.
It was successful in that Eliot, who was the organiser, had a set plan for the class. That we weren't standing around just before the class, trying to think of what to do.
There was a bit of a mix up as Josh arrived a bit later with the forms, so we had people filling out forms and wristbands while they were doing rolls and landings. This messed up the timings for the activity.
I got a really good surprise at the beginning of class. Ruz was there! He's here in Canberra for the week, seeing his parents and training with us.
With my group, we had them doing cat-passes and precisions. There are a few things that need to be sorted out with this new "organiser" system, but hopefully it will work.
There was also talk about plans for NatSoc. If everything gets sorted out, it is going to be an awesome event.
We've started to apply the "organiser" preparation that I thought of last week.
It was successful in that Eliot, who was the organiser, had a set plan for the class. That we weren't standing around just before the class, trying to think of what to do.
There was a bit of a mix up as Josh arrived a bit later with the forms, so we had people filling out forms and wristbands while they were doing rolls and landings. This messed up the timings for the activity.
I got a really good surprise at the beginning of class. Ruz was there! He's here in Canberra for the week, seeing his parents and training with us.
With my group, we had them doing cat-passes and precisions. There are a few things that need to be sorted out with this new "organiser" system, but hopefully it will work.
There was also talk about plans for NatSoc. If everything gets sorted out, it is going to be an awesome event.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Balance
Did a light session of training today. Just worked on my balance.
I headed down to the civic bus depot, where there's that massive rail.
I was originally planning on doing 10 laps, that would have been a total of 750m approximately. But I stopped at 6.5 laps, as I was running out of time.
So, in total I did about 450m of balance. Just normal balance, but I also added in holding a full squat on the rail at the end of each lap. I found that it was pretty hard to go from a standing to a squating position on the rail, then go back up into a standing position facing the opposite direction.
I know that my balance has definately improved over the years.
Balance is something that slowly gets better, without you even realising. You only come to notice the progression when there has been a massive improvement in your balance.
I've continued to stick to my plan of training every day for 5 weeks straight. I've just gotten past my first week.
We'll just have to see if I can stick to it.
I headed down to the civic bus depot, where there's that massive rail.
I was originally planning on doing 10 laps, that would have been a total of 750m approximately. But I stopped at 6.5 laps, as I was running out of time.
So, in total I did about 450m of balance. Just normal balance, but I also added in holding a full squat on the rail at the end of each lap. I found that it was pretty hard to go from a standing to a squating position on the rail, then go back up into a standing position facing the opposite direction.
I know that my balance has definately improved over the years.
Balance is something that slowly gets better, without you even realising. You only come to notice the progression when there has been a massive improvement in your balance.
I've continued to stick to my plan of training every day for 5 weeks straight. I've just gotten past my first week.
We'll just have to see if I can stick to it.
Friday, June 20, 2008
FNC
I'm sitting in my chair, typing away on my computer, and I'm exhausted, completely and utterly destroyed. But I love it!
This new FNC is great. It's constantly changing, as I still haven't found that one perfect program to start as a basis.
The best part of FNC tonight, was that I had people to train with. Conan and ruoF joined me. It was so much easier to push myself, as there was someone there to always provide encouragement whenever i felt like stopping, giving me that extra bit of motivation to make it to the end.
Did the lazys, speed vaults and cat passes. Decided on something extra to add to the cat passes, to help with power through the arms.
Only did 60 rolls, with the pullups and dips for every ten. Coming to the end of the rolls, I tried a different technique, kind of like diving forwards and throwing a lot of speed into it. I surprisingly found that this really helped. It made my rolls on both sides really smooth. Both sides! I was also not rolling on my hip, but rolling on the meaty areas of the back, the ones that I've been trying to work towards. The next test will be to try them on concrete.
From there we moved to toast, working on precisions. Only did 50, yet the that was really tiring. Every ten we paused to throw in some upper body work, like pushups, reverse pushups and dips. I think I'll try to go for the full 100 next week.
From there we moved on to customs. Started doing the arm jump to climb up to turn vault
t sets. I've found that my climb ups have had a dramatic improvement. I worked on the idea I learnt from J last night, keeping my arms straight through the whole climb up. Keeping my arms straight forces my legs to push in the pendulum motion that Chippa was trying to teach me in Melbourne. I think that would have to be the best advice for climb ups, keep your arms straight for as long as possible. I showed ruoF this, and he got them practically straight away! Only got to do about 15 sets, before we got moved on. I think that we'll have to find a new place. I was actually thinking of the wall underneath toast. We can practice wall runs off both feet, then go into proper climb ups. I say proper in that there is no bar or over grip to assist you.
We decided to cut away the balancing. It was just so far away and we were so tired. The sets at customs really took it out of us.
So we moved on to the stairs at the canberra theatre. Did the quadrapedal. Then moved on the the upper body and hops work. It really took it out of us, to the point of being barely able to move. It was so good! ruoF even got to the point of throwing up. It shows that he really pushed himself.
So the session lasted for only about 3 hours, but man I'm exhausted. I now realise that FNC is not just technique and strength conditioning, but also mental conditioning. Building your mental strength to just keep on going, keep pushing yourself to the very edge.
I'm probably going to be really sore tomorrow. It's great!
This new FNC is great. It's constantly changing, as I still haven't found that one perfect program to start as a basis.
The best part of FNC tonight, was that I had people to train with. Conan and ruoF joined me. It was so much easier to push myself, as there was someone there to always provide encouragement whenever i felt like stopping, giving me that extra bit of motivation to make it to the end.
Did the lazys, speed vaults and cat passes. Decided on something extra to add to the cat passes, to help with power through the arms.
Only did 60 rolls, with the pullups and dips for every ten. Coming to the end of the rolls, I tried a different technique, kind of like diving forwards and throwing a lot of speed into it. I surprisingly found that this really helped. It made my rolls on both sides really smooth. Both sides! I was also not rolling on my hip, but rolling on the meaty areas of the back, the ones that I've been trying to work towards. The next test will be to try them on concrete.
From there we moved to toast, working on precisions. Only did 50, yet the that was really tiring. Every ten we paused to throw in some upper body work, like pushups, reverse pushups and dips. I think I'll try to go for the full 100 next week.
From there we moved on to customs. Started doing the arm jump to climb up to turn vault
t sets. I've found that my climb ups have had a dramatic improvement. I worked on the idea I learnt from J last night, keeping my arms straight through the whole climb up. Keeping my arms straight forces my legs to push in the pendulum motion that Chippa was trying to teach me in Melbourne. I think that would have to be the best advice for climb ups, keep your arms straight for as long as possible. I showed ruoF this, and he got them practically straight away! Only got to do about 15 sets, before we got moved on. I think that we'll have to find a new place. I was actually thinking of the wall underneath toast. We can practice wall runs off both feet, then go into proper climb ups. I say proper in that there is no bar or over grip to assist you.
We decided to cut away the balancing. It was just so far away and we were so tired. The sets at customs really took it out of us.
So we moved on to the stairs at the canberra theatre. Did the quadrapedal. Then moved on the the upper body and hops work. It really took it out of us, to the point of being barely able to move. It was so good! ruoF even got to the point of throwing up. It shows that he really pushed himself.
So the session lasted for only about 3 hours, but man I'm exhausted. I now realise that FNC is not just technique and strength conditioning, but also mental conditioning. Building your mental strength to just keep on going, keep pushing yourself to the very edge.
I'm probably going to be really sore tomorrow. It's great!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Civic Training
Did some training in civic tonight. Met up with ruoF and Trav to start with.
We hit up toast a bit, where J soon found us. Did a couple of precision, vaults, the usual. Nothing too big.
From there we made our way to customs to try our luck. We were there for ages. I got a really good sesh of just moving around. Lots of tics tacs, arm jump and turn vaults. From there I focussed on tic tac arms on the side area. I'm getting them pretty good. Did a few climb ups as well. Im finding that my climbups are improving. I seem to be getting more power into them as well as better technique. Did a couple of arm to arms in the stair. Also found a good cat to precision, where the cat to arm is, that I want to work towards later on. Eventually we got moved on. Got to meet that awesome security guard again, the one I met at FNC last week. Had another chat with him, then we headed off.
Thats when Trav headed off.
Made our way to CIT. Hung around a bit in the stairs area where the big arm jump is. It was starting to get pretty wet, os we were a bit restricted. J helped me out in improving my climbups on slippery walls. The one thing is to try and keep my arms straight, which forces me to proeprly use my feet, pushing them into the wall and not down it. Hopefully if I keep practicing this, I will eventually get more power into it and be able to incorporate my arms to get it even better. Another thing for me to work towards.
From there we did a couple of precisions on the rocks, and player around the stairwell where the big foot trial is. I've found that my pop vaults have gotten better, mainly because my climb ups have gotten better. Is good to see how different techniques assist each other.
From there J left, then me and ruoF did a bit of silence training. Just trying to move aroudn staying as quiet as possible.
Got bored of that so we met up with James at customs again. Hoping to not get kicked out. We were there for about 15 minutes, then got moved on. Got to do a few more tic tac arms before security came. I just can't get enough of them!
From there we headed to toast, but all I really did was stretch and warm down. It was starting to rain a bit, and we'd already done a lot of training.
Went and grabbed some dinner, then we all went our separate ways.
Overall it was a good session. Did about 2 hours of decent training. I only did light training, to save my energy for FNC tomorrow. I may not be training by myself this time! Conan said that he'd be coming. ruoF asid that he'd come too. it will be good to have people to train with, as solo training can get depressing at times, especially during the tough moments that I talked about before. Having people training with you gives you that motivation to keep on going, pushing yourself that one bit further. I'll also be able to do the partnered work during the strength conditioning. I can't wait!
We hit up toast a bit, where J soon found us. Did a couple of precision, vaults, the usual. Nothing too big.
From there we made our way to customs to try our luck. We were there for ages. I got a really good sesh of just moving around. Lots of tics tacs, arm jump and turn vaults. From there I focussed on tic tac arms on the side area. I'm getting them pretty good. Did a few climb ups as well. Im finding that my climbups are improving. I seem to be getting more power into them as well as better technique. Did a couple of arm to arms in the stair. Also found a good cat to precision, where the cat to arm is, that I want to work towards later on. Eventually we got moved on. Got to meet that awesome security guard again, the one I met at FNC last week. Had another chat with him, then we headed off.
Thats when Trav headed off.
Made our way to CIT. Hung around a bit in the stairs area where the big arm jump is. It was starting to get pretty wet, os we were a bit restricted. J helped me out in improving my climbups on slippery walls. The one thing is to try and keep my arms straight, which forces me to proeprly use my feet, pushing them into the wall and not down it. Hopefully if I keep practicing this, I will eventually get more power into it and be able to incorporate my arms to get it even better. Another thing for me to work towards.
From there we did a couple of precisions on the rocks, and player around the stairwell where the big foot trial is. I've found that my pop vaults have gotten better, mainly because my climb ups have gotten better. Is good to see how different techniques assist each other.
From there J left, then me and ruoF did a bit of silence training. Just trying to move aroudn staying as quiet as possible.
Got bored of that so we met up with James at customs again. Hoping to not get kicked out. We were there for about 15 minutes, then got moved on. Got to do a few more tic tac arms before security came. I just can't get enough of them!
From there we headed to toast, but all I really did was stretch and warm down. It was starting to rain a bit, and we'd already done a lot of training.
Went and grabbed some dinner, then we all went our separate ways.
Overall it was a good session. Did about 2 hours of decent training. I only did light training, to save my energy for FNC tomorrow. I may not be training by myself this time! Conan said that he'd be coming. ruoF asid that he'd come too. it will be good to have people to train with, as solo training can get depressing at times, especially during the tough moments that I talked about before. Having people training with you gives you that motivation to keep on going, pushing yourself that one bit further. I'll also be able to do the partnered work during the strength conditioning. I can't wait!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
5.10 Freerunner shoes (over time)
So I've had my 5.10s for a few months now. So I thought I'd write up another review on them. How they've held up to my training.
The 5.10s are still just as grippy as they were when I first got them. The sole has worn down considerably at the front where I land from arm-jumps, but I guess that can be expected with this sort of training.
The 5.10s are still comfy and have moulded well to my foot. I've actually found that the inside sole has moulded to shape of my foot and toes.
One thing I was worried about with the 5.10s when I first got them was that my toes rubbed against the inside top of the shoe. I've now found that this had gone away, as I got more comfortable with them.
In regards to the durability, the 5.10s have stoof up to everything that I've thrown at them so far. The sole has a few minor cracks in the worn areas, but nothing serious. The support is still there, as well as the grip.
I'm definately happy with them and highly recommend them for any experienced traceur. The reason I say experienced is because the huge amount of grip can give people the false belief that they have good climbups, when they really don't. The will have them doing things that they wouldn't be able to do in other shoes, which can lead to bad technique. An experienced traceur should already know the technique, so the 5.10s are good in that they can take the experienced traceurs capabilities that one bit further.
The 5.10s are still just as grippy as they were when I first got them. The sole has worn down considerably at the front where I land from arm-jumps, but I guess that can be expected with this sort of training.
The 5.10s are still comfy and have moulded well to my foot. I've actually found that the inside sole has moulded to shape of my foot and toes.
One thing I was worried about with the 5.10s when I first got them was that my toes rubbed against the inside top of the shoe. I've now found that this had gone away, as I got more comfortable with them.
In regards to the durability, the 5.10s have stoof up to everything that I've thrown at them so far. The sole has a few minor cracks in the worn areas, but nothing serious. The support is still there, as well as the grip.
I'm definately happy with them and highly recommend them for any experienced traceur. The reason I say experienced is because the huge amount of grip can give people the false belief that they have good climbups, when they really don't. The will have them doing things that they wouldn't be able to do in other shoes, which can lead to bad technique. An experienced traceur should already know the technique, so the 5.10s are good in that they can take the experienced traceurs capabilities that one bit further.
Muscle Up Training
Did a short 45 minute session today, focussing on muscle up training and running training.
Ran down to an outdoor training area. Was about a 1 to 2 km run. Downhill though.
Here is the program:
5 dips
2 pull ups
5 negatives
300m sprint
I did 5 sets of that program. I was pretty tired by the end of it. I found that my negatives need work. I'm not controlling them enough, ending up dropping out of them too quickly. My pullups need work like always. My sprints are getting better though. I felt like I was getting a lot of push out of it.
After that I ran back home, this time it was uphill. It was a pretty slow run, as I was already tired from the training.
Before training, I was having second thoughts, but I'm glad I went out. So far I'm sticking to my plan of doing some sort of training everyday.
Ran down to an outdoor training area. Was about a 1 to 2 km run. Downhill though.
Here is the program:
5 dips
2 pull ups
5 negatives
300m sprint
I did 5 sets of that program. I was pretty tired by the end of it. I found that my negatives need work. I'm not controlling them enough, ending up dropping out of them too quickly. My pullups need work like always. My sprints are getting better though. I felt like I was getting a lot of push out of it.
After that I ran back home, this time it was uphill. It was a pretty slow run, as I was already tired from the training.
Before training, I was having second thoughts, but I'm glad I went out. So far I'm sticking to my plan of doing some sort of training everyday.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Extreme Training Weekend Day 3
DAY 3 - Sun 15 Jun 08
PARTICIPANTS:
Myself
Eliot
Larkin
Connor
Civic Training
1200 - 1530
The session started at 10am, but I arrived late as there was a chruch service I had to go to in the morning.
I met the guys near the block run.
We moved up to the trees where i did a bit of a warmup, then for some reason did a few wall spins with Eliot. I was still feeling sore from FNC tha was two days ago. It really shows how hard Ive made the new FNC, which is good as I know that my body will slowly adapt to recovery and that it will help my progression dramatically.
From there we decided to make our way to the Fisheries, but it took us about 2 hours to get there.
I found a fountain at the Hall of Justice. The fountain had small pillars, about 1 ft high and 7cms in diameter. They were spread about 1 metre apart in a five meter square area. They really helped in balance training. I know that Eliot and myself had an awesome time on there. Larkin and Connor did look like they were having as much fun though, I think they got bored of it pretty quickly. With experience they will soon come to learn about the simpler things, and how much they can help inprogression.
From there we moved down to the ramp where Ruz did the cat to arm for Stateline. Eliot decided to give it a go. At first I wasn't that keen, but after watching Eliot try it, I decided to join in. As soon as i started training, I found that my stiffness was starting to go away. I got the cat to arm on my second attempt. I foudn that the more speed I had coming into the cat, the more distance and force I could get into the wall, which I found greatly assisted making the arm. My plan is to work towards getting the cat to precision in the same spot. I'll have to work really hard in getting a lot of power into the height and distance out of the cat pass.
From there we moved to put our stuff in my car, but found another spot, which was really good for practicing arm jumps off a small ledge onto a pretty grippy wall. i was able to make it standing, which then lead me to finding out that I have pretty good climbups when I have good grip with my feet. When the wall is slippery I tend to slip down it, losing a lot of my momentum. I ahve to practice the pendulum movement that Chippa taught me to help with climbups. I also got a good running arm jump, where I got a lot of height out of to greatly assist in the smooth transition into the climbup, landing straight into the dip position as opposed to the pull up position.
From there we put the stuff in the car, then found a sloped wall that we practiced running up. Trying to use as little steps as possible.
Form there I foudn another arm jump, that involved climbing up onto a wall with a pretty big drop behind it. I used Connor to keep my balance. The wall that i was arm jumping to was made of smooth polished marble, so I of course slipped straight down it when I feet made contact.
From there we found a tree that we thought had potential, but in the end it bark was too crumbly and the branches were too thick.
We finally made it to the fisheries. Walked around a bit. Eliot showed me a good cat to arm, but I wasn't too keen on it as the wall that you had to cat off was really dusty and slippery. Eliot then showed me a good cat to precision, that you could slowly progress in distance. From there we found an alley type thing, that had a really good arm to arm area. It had potential for a cat to arm, but I found the wall was too low for me to properly cat off. I thing that I may be able to reverse to arm it though, so I'll have to go back later on and check it out. I could do a reverse to arm to arm to climb up to precision for my video. Have some solid movement type footage, which should look good.
From there we finished up, heading into the city to grab some late lunch. After that we all went our separate ways.
In the end I had a really good session. I DOMS aren't feeling that bad anymore, and I feel like I've done some really good training.
This intense training weekend has been great. There wasn't as much interest as I thought there would be, but I know that I had fun. I finally got to properly test out my program for FNC, and have settled on something that I am happy with. I plan on doing it every friday night, as I know that it will definately help my progression in a big way.
The training sessions on saturday and sunday were good. They were just like the old days where we would walk around looking for places to training. Finding heaps of things to do in even the smallest areas.
For the next 5 weeks, I have a pretty small stress load from work and uni, in that I can have a lot of spare time. Starting with last FNC, I plan on training in some form everyday. This will mainly involve parkour training, but will sometimes involve basketball training and games. If I stick to my plan I know that I will progress greatly in my fitness, strength and skill in general. Now its the test of sticking to my plan. Lets see how it goes.
PARTICIPANTS:
Myself
Eliot
Larkin
Connor
Civic Training
1200 - 1530
The session started at 10am, but I arrived late as there was a chruch service I had to go to in the morning.
I met the guys near the block run.
We moved up to the trees where i did a bit of a warmup, then for some reason did a few wall spins with Eliot. I was still feeling sore from FNC tha was two days ago. It really shows how hard Ive made the new FNC, which is good as I know that my body will slowly adapt to recovery and that it will help my progression dramatically.
From there we decided to make our way to the Fisheries, but it took us about 2 hours to get there.
I found a fountain at the Hall of Justice. The fountain had small pillars, about 1 ft high and 7cms in diameter. They were spread about 1 metre apart in a five meter square area. They really helped in balance training. I know that Eliot and myself had an awesome time on there. Larkin and Connor did look like they were having as much fun though, I think they got bored of it pretty quickly. With experience they will soon come to learn about the simpler things, and how much they can help inprogression.
From there we moved down to the ramp where Ruz did the cat to arm for Stateline. Eliot decided to give it a go. At first I wasn't that keen, but after watching Eliot try it, I decided to join in. As soon as i started training, I found that my stiffness was starting to go away. I got the cat to arm on my second attempt. I foudn that the more speed I had coming into the cat, the more distance and force I could get into the wall, which I found greatly assisted making the arm. My plan is to work towards getting the cat to precision in the same spot. I'll have to work really hard in getting a lot of power into the height and distance out of the cat pass.
From there we moved to put our stuff in my car, but found another spot, which was really good for practicing arm jumps off a small ledge onto a pretty grippy wall. i was able to make it standing, which then lead me to finding out that I have pretty good climbups when I have good grip with my feet. When the wall is slippery I tend to slip down it, losing a lot of my momentum. I ahve to practice the pendulum movement that Chippa taught me to help with climbups. I also got a good running arm jump, where I got a lot of height out of to greatly assist in the smooth transition into the climbup, landing straight into the dip position as opposed to the pull up position.
From there we put the stuff in the car, then found a sloped wall that we practiced running up. Trying to use as little steps as possible.
Form there I foudn another arm jump, that involved climbing up onto a wall with a pretty big drop behind it. I used Connor to keep my balance. The wall that i was arm jumping to was made of smooth polished marble, so I of course slipped straight down it when I feet made contact.
From there we found a tree that we thought had potential, but in the end it bark was too crumbly and the branches were too thick.
We finally made it to the fisheries. Walked around a bit. Eliot showed me a good cat to arm, but I wasn't too keen on it as the wall that you had to cat off was really dusty and slippery. Eliot then showed me a good cat to precision, that you could slowly progress in distance. From there we found an alley type thing, that had a really good arm to arm area. It had potential for a cat to arm, but I found the wall was too low for me to properly cat off. I thing that I may be able to reverse to arm it though, so I'll have to go back later on and check it out. I could do a reverse to arm to arm to climb up to precision for my video. Have some solid movement type footage, which should look good.
From there we finished up, heading into the city to grab some late lunch. After that we all went our separate ways.
In the end I had a really good session. I DOMS aren't feeling that bad anymore, and I feel like I've done some really good training.
This intense training weekend has been great. There wasn't as much interest as I thought there would be, but I know that I had fun. I finally got to properly test out my program for FNC, and have settled on something that I am happy with. I plan on doing it every friday night, as I know that it will definately help my progression in a big way.
The training sessions on saturday and sunday were good. They were just like the old days where we would walk around looking for places to training. Finding heaps of things to do in even the smallest areas.
For the next 5 weeks, I have a pretty small stress load from work and uni, in that I can have a lot of spare time. Starting with last FNC, I plan on training in some form everyday. This will mainly involve parkour training, but will sometimes involve basketball training and games. If I stick to my plan I know that I will progress greatly in my fitness, strength and skill in general. Now its the test of sticking to my plan. Lets see how it goes.
Extreme Training Weekend Day 2
DAY 2 - Sat 14 Jun 08
PARTICIPANTS:
Myself
Eliot
Larkin
Travis
WODEN TRAINING
1100 - 1500
The session actually started at 10am, but I slept in so arrived late. I made the mistake of going out after FNC last night, so I was pretty tired.
I was really sore from FNC the night before. I now realised how hard I had actually trained.
Met up with Eliot and Larkin at the silver statue. Did a bit of balancing on the ledges, having close ground on one side, with a reasonably big drop on the other side. I took this idea from Shaun's blog, putting yourself in scary situations to make your mind freak out, but keeping your concentration and focus. This was to try and help me in not panicking in situations, this time was having a potential big drop that I could have fell down, but balancing on something that I would have little trouble balancing on at a smaller height. It was about training me to have the same confidence to move in any environment, no matter the situation. This one being an extreme height and drop.
Moving on from there we went down to the red block. Before the session, Eliot promised himself that he would do the arm jump, so after looking at it for a while, he finally did it. I filmed it for him, using some different angles, with different bits of environment in the way, such as a rail or wall. I thought that this added a good kind of urban style to it. he eventually had a pretty close bail, where he fell off backwards. Luckily his feet hit the ground first before he fell on his ass. It looked really funny when watched backwards in slow motion.
From there we moved down to the big rail and barbecue area. I managed top balance the legnth of the big rail. It helped that it was flat and not curved. From there3 I foudn a good precision with a reasonable drop beneath it. I didn't give it a go though, because I was pretty sore and I didn't think my knee would be able to take the landing. Eliot gave it a try, made it, but banged his knee in the process.
From there we went to lunch, where Travis met up with us.
After that we went to the black ramps, where i found a good cat to precision, and looked more at the cat to arm. I didn't give it a try but saw a 100m long rail in the car park that was close by. So i ran over to it, balanced the whole thing, with some falls but I just got back on then kept on going. Then I balanced it backwards. i found that balancing it backwards takes a lot longer than forwards, as you can't see where you are going and have to concentrate a lot more.
From there we played a bit on the rails, but eventually went our separate ways.
I took Eliot back to my place so that we could buy the domain name for the new Canberra Parkour forum that we've been making. It's still in the making, I'm leaving a lot of the work to Eliot. The reason that we're making our own forum, and not sticking with PKAUS or APA, is that we want something that can be more organised. Something that can have different sections for different things, where with APA and PKAUS, we only have one section for everything. I'm hoping that the whole Canberra community will move away from PKAUS and use this new site. We'll leave links to the new forum within the PKAUS forum. It will just be like when we made the jump from the Urban Freeflow forum to the PKAUS forum. I will still be using the APA forums though, posting up all major information.
Overall the day was pretty good, I didn't do too much serious training, as I was still feeling really sore from FNC the night before.
PARTICIPANTS:
Myself
Eliot
Larkin
Travis
WODEN TRAINING
1100 - 1500
The session actually started at 10am, but I slept in so arrived late. I made the mistake of going out after FNC last night, so I was pretty tired.
I was really sore from FNC the night before. I now realised how hard I had actually trained.
Met up with Eliot and Larkin at the silver statue. Did a bit of balancing on the ledges, having close ground on one side, with a reasonably big drop on the other side. I took this idea from Shaun's blog, putting yourself in scary situations to make your mind freak out, but keeping your concentration and focus. This was to try and help me in not panicking in situations, this time was having a potential big drop that I could have fell down, but balancing on something that I would have little trouble balancing on at a smaller height. It was about training me to have the same confidence to move in any environment, no matter the situation. This one being an extreme height and drop.
Moving on from there we went down to the red block. Before the session, Eliot promised himself that he would do the arm jump, so after looking at it for a while, he finally did it. I filmed it for him, using some different angles, with different bits of environment in the way, such as a rail or wall. I thought that this added a good kind of urban style to it. he eventually had a pretty close bail, where he fell off backwards. Luckily his feet hit the ground first before he fell on his ass. It looked really funny when watched backwards in slow motion.
From there we moved down to the big rail and barbecue area. I managed top balance the legnth of the big rail. It helped that it was flat and not curved. From there3 I foudn a good precision with a reasonable drop beneath it. I didn't give it a go though, because I was pretty sore and I didn't think my knee would be able to take the landing. Eliot gave it a try, made it, but banged his knee in the process.
From there we went to lunch, where Travis met up with us.
After that we went to the black ramps, where i found a good cat to precision, and looked more at the cat to arm. I didn't give it a try but saw a 100m long rail in the car park that was close by. So i ran over to it, balanced the whole thing, with some falls but I just got back on then kept on going. Then I balanced it backwards. i found that balancing it backwards takes a lot longer than forwards, as you can't see where you are going and have to concentrate a lot more.
From there we played a bit on the rails, but eventually went our separate ways.
I took Eliot back to my place so that we could buy the domain name for the new Canberra Parkour forum that we've been making. It's still in the making, I'm leaving a lot of the work to Eliot. The reason that we're making our own forum, and not sticking with PKAUS or APA, is that we want something that can be more organised. Something that can have different sections for different things, where with APA and PKAUS, we only have one section for everything. I'm hoping that the whole Canberra community will move away from PKAUS and use this new site. We'll leave links to the new forum within the PKAUS forum. It will just be like when we made the jump from the Urban Freeflow forum to the PKAUS forum. I will still be using the APA forums though, posting up all major information.
Overall the day was pretty good, I didn't do too much serious training, as I was still feeling really sore from FNC the night before.
Extreme Training Weekend Day 1
DAY 1 - Fri 13 Jun 08
PARTICIPANTS:
Solo
FNC
1830 - 2230
This was the second session of my new FNC. I was originally thinking that I wouldn't be tooo much, due to my knee injury. I found that starting out though, my knee was giving me too much trouble, so I did the proper training session. I had previously made a program for FNCs, something to start with as a basis then improve on it from there. I've found that after testing it out, I've cut down a bit of the strength conditioning, as those areas have already been focussed on to a great extent. Below is the program that I did, and will most likely stick to for future FNCs.
Warmup
Noise Wall:
- dynamic stretches
Techniques Conditioning
Noise Wall:
- 40 lazy vaults (10 each side, each take off foot)
- 40 speed vaults (10 each side, each take off foot)
- 40 cat passes (20 each take off foot)
Glebe Park:
- 100 rolls (50 each side) (2 pulls up & 5 dips / 10 rolls)
Toast:
- 100 precisions
Customs:
- 40 arm jumps + climbup
- 40 turn vaults (20 each side)
- (ie. arm jump - climb up - turn vault down)
Bus Depot:
- 600 m balance
- 150 m cat balance
Strength Conditioning
Stairs:
Core
- quadrupedal walking down backwards
- quadrupedal walking up forwards
- quadrupedal walking down forwards
- quadrupedal walking up backwards
- quadrupedal walking down pushup style
Lower + Upper Body
- 20 dips at bottom
- 2 foot (up 3 down 2)
- 20 situps at top
- 20 pushups at bottom
- left foot only (up 2 down 1)
- 20 leg raise sets at top
- 20 diamonds at bottom
- right foot only (up 2 down 1)
- 20 crunches at top
- 20 double width pushups at bottom
- 20 reverse push ups
Upper Body (if partner available)
- wheelbarrow walking
- fireman carry
- wheelbarrow pushups
Warmdown
Stairs:
- static stretching
At the end of this session I was so exhausted. I definately found it hard to motivate and push myself. The conditions were the main factor. It was cold, I was tired, and I was training by myself. I found that it was a real test of my character and self-discipline.
It will be interesting if people start coming, I'm expecting some people to give it a go. It will be ever more interesting to see if people who do give it a try will keep coming. It will be interesting to see if people can pass the test of training to exhaustion in poor conditions, as it cold and wet weather.
By the end of the session, I had been training for about 4 hours, 4 hours solo training. I know that I learnt a lot from that session. Especially about pushing yourself, keep on going and not letting yourself take the easy way out and give up.
I found that cat balance the hardest. Cat balance is just hard in general, but add the cold of the rail biting into your hands, as well as exhaustion eating into you! That was the hardest time, just being able to make myself get back onto the rail and keep on going, when I was hurting and exhausted.
PARTICIPANTS:
Solo
FNC
1830 - 2230
This was the second session of my new FNC. I was originally thinking that I wouldn't be tooo much, due to my knee injury. I found that starting out though, my knee was giving me too much trouble, so I did the proper training session. I had previously made a program for FNCs, something to start with as a basis then improve on it from there. I've found that after testing it out, I've cut down a bit of the strength conditioning, as those areas have already been focussed on to a great extent. Below is the program that I did, and will most likely stick to for future FNCs.
Warmup
Noise Wall:
- dynamic stretches
Techniques Conditioning
Noise Wall:
- 40 lazy vaults (10 each side, each take off foot)
- 40 speed vaults (10 each side, each take off foot)
- 40 cat passes (20 each take off foot)
Glebe Park:
- 100 rolls (50 each side) (2 pulls up & 5 dips / 10 rolls)
Toast:
- 100 precisions
Customs:
- 40 arm jumps + climbup
- 40 turn vaults (20 each side)
- (ie. arm jump - climb up - turn vault down)
Bus Depot:
- 600 m balance
- 150 m cat balance
Strength Conditioning
Stairs:
Core
- quadrupedal walking down backwards
- quadrupedal walking up forwards
- quadrupedal walking down forwards
- quadrupedal walking up backwards
- quadrupedal walking down pushup style
Lower + Upper Body
- 20 dips at bottom
- 2 foot (up 3 down 2)
- 20 situps at top
- 20 pushups at bottom
- left foot only (up 2 down 1)
- 20 leg raise sets at top
- 20 diamonds at bottom
- right foot only (up 2 down 1)
- 20 crunches at top
- 20 double width pushups at bottom
- 20 reverse push ups
Upper Body (if partner available)
- wheelbarrow walking
- fireman carry
- wheelbarrow pushups
Warmdown
Stairs:
- static stretching
At the end of this session I was so exhausted. I definately found it hard to motivate and push myself. The conditions were the main factor. It was cold, I was tired, and I was training by myself. I found that it was a real test of my character and self-discipline.
It will be interesting if people start coming, I'm expecting some people to give it a go. It will be ever more interesting to see if people who do give it a try will keep coming. It will be interesting to see if people can pass the test of training to exhaustion in poor conditions, as it cold and wet weather.
By the end of the session, I had been training for about 4 hours, 4 hours solo training. I know that I learnt a lot from that session. Especially about pushing yourself, keep on going and not letting yourself take the easy way out and give up.
I found that cat balance the hardest. Cat balance is just hard in general, but add the cold of the rail biting into your hands, as well as exhaustion eating into you! That was the hardest time, just being able to make myself get back onto the rail and keep on going, when I was hurting and exhausted.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
APA Belco Class
Today we had class at belco once again.
23 Participants. Only 3 were new, which really shows that our retention has definately improved.
We had an injury before the class had even started. One of the guys was doing flipos and landed sideways, twisting his ankle. It swelled up pretty quickly.
So I took him to hospital. After some xrays we found out that he had fractured his ankle. Not good. I stayed with him a bit while we waited to see a doctor, but later I had to leave to get back before the class finished.
Only Conan, Eliot and Trav were left top run the class. I think they did a really good job, as the class was running pretty smoothly when I got back.
They told me that one of the kdis had gotten injured during the class. Clipped a cat pass and feel off a small wall or something.
Why do people not think when training!?
At the end of the class, we brought the group together to tell them about how parkour can be dangerous when not done properly. We stressed how you have to train smartly and safely.
In other things, my knee is still hurting a bit. Not when I'm doing nothing, jkust when I apply force to it. I think that i've just bruised it and that the swelling is pushing the knee cap, providing discomfort when I move my joint. There isn't any serious pain, just discomfort when I move it.
This means that I've had to cancel my filming session with Eliot, that was planned for tomorrow. Hopefully it all gets sorted out so that I can train next weekend, when the Mega Training Weekend is on.
23 Participants. Only 3 were new, which really shows that our retention has definately improved.
We had an injury before the class had even started. One of the guys was doing flipos and landed sideways, twisting his ankle. It swelled up pretty quickly.
So I took him to hospital. After some xrays we found out that he had fractured his ankle. Not good. I stayed with him a bit while we waited to see a doctor, but later I had to leave to get back before the class finished.
Only Conan, Eliot and Trav were left top run the class. I think they did a really good job, as the class was running pretty smoothly when I got back.
They told me that one of the kdis had gotten injured during the class. Clipped a cat pass and feel off a small wall or something.
Why do people not think when training!?
At the end of the class, we brought the group together to tell them about how parkour can be dangerous when not done properly. We stressed how you have to train smartly and safely.
In other things, my knee is still hurting a bit. Not when I'm doing nothing, jkust when I apply force to it. I think that i've just bruised it and that the swelling is pushing the knee cap, providing discomfort when I move my joint. There isn't any serious pain, just discomfort when I move it.
This means that I've had to cancel my filming session with Eliot, that was planned for tomorrow. Hopefully it all gets sorted out so that I can train next weekend, when the Mega Training Weekend is on.
Friday, June 6, 2008
FNC
Tonight was going to be the night that I had tried out the plan for the new and intense FNC.
Turned up at noise wall, to find that nobody had come. So I trained by myself.
Started with the normal dynamic stretches warmup. Then moved into speed vaults. On about the 15th speed vault, I hit my left knee pretty hard into the concrete. it hurt a fair amount, and still hurts now after icing it. Hopefully it will be better in the morning. From there I tried to push through the discomfort, finishing the speed vaults and cat passes.
From there I ran to Glebe Park, where I tried doing rolls, but found that my newly sustained knee injury was preventing me from doing them.
Looking through the rest of my program, I realised that this injury was going to prevent me from doing most of the techniques and strength conditioning.
While at Glebe Park, I did the lower and upper body part of the strength conditioning.
Having this injury, as well as training by myself, I realised that I was losing a lot of motivation to train. I felt like giving up and just going home. I managed to get through 2 set sof the lower and upper body strength conditioning, but then stretched and went home.
This is waht I ended up getting done.
- 40 speed vaults (10 on each arm off each foot)
- 40 cat passes (20 off each foot)
- 40 sit ups
- 40 pushups
- 40 leg raises
- 40 diamonds
- 40 crunches
- 40 wide pushups
- 30 sitting dips
- 10 bar dips
- 8 pull ups
- 5 pistols (right leg)
- 20 reverse pushups
I'm disappointed at myself for not pushing further through the training. I'm also annoyed that I let myself get injured. I wasn't concentrating and paid for it pretty quickly.
So in the end, I only did about a quarter of the training I was planning on doing. The session lasted for about one and a half hours, but I'm not happy with that.
Next week, I'm going to make sure that I concentrate when training, so that I don't make stupid mistakes at the very beginning of the session that prevent me from continuing further into the session.
Turned up at noise wall, to find that nobody had come. So I trained by myself.
Started with the normal dynamic stretches warmup. Then moved into speed vaults. On about the 15th speed vault, I hit my left knee pretty hard into the concrete. it hurt a fair amount, and still hurts now after icing it. Hopefully it will be better in the morning. From there I tried to push through the discomfort, finishing the speed vaults and cat passes.
From there I ran to Glebe Park, where I tried doing rolls, but found that my newly sustained knee injury was preventing me from doing them.
Looking through the rest of my program, I realised that this injury was going to prevent me from doing most of the techniques and strength conditioning.
While at Glebe Park, I did the lower and upper body part of the strength conditioning.
Having this injury, as well as training by myself, I realised that I was losing a lot of motivation to train. I felt like giving up and just going home. I managed to get through 2 set sof the lower and upper body strength conditioning, but then stretched and went home.
This is waht I ended up getting done.
- 40 speed vaults (10 on each arm off each foot)
- 40 cat passes (20 off each foot)
- 40 sit ups
- 40 pushups
- 40 leg raises
- 40 diamonds
- 40 crunches
- 40 wide pushups
- 30 sitting dips
- 10 bar dips
- 8 pull ups
- 5 pistols (right leg)
- 20 reverse pushups
I'm disappointed at myself for not pushing further through the training. I'm also annoyed that I let myself get injured. I wasn't concentrating and paid for it pretty quickly.
So in the end, I only did about a quarter of the training I was planning on doing. The session lasted for about one and a half hours, but I'm not happy with that.
Next week, I'm going to make sure that I concentrate when training, so that I don't make stupid mistakes at the very beginning of the session that prevent me from continuing further into the session.
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