I would do it only if I gained super biological powers and needed to kill people.....oh wait this sounds familiar
Parkour
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Start small, that's all the advise I can really give you apart from practice, because usually, it's not dangerous.Fallingwater said:
Of course parkour isn't necessary in all situations, using it as you described is indeed overkill. However it is very useful in overcoming obstacles that cannot be overcome by mundane means. It's all about shortcuts, when you do parkour for a while you really do see the world in a different way, little shortcuts that you never saw before or deemed significant become very obvious and useful. It's also about efficiency and speed. I would wager that a traceur could vault a fence faster than a non-traceur could jump it and could climb a fence much faster than non-traceur. Vaulting conserves energy because when you vault, you put less energy into the jump and absorb less force on impact with the ground because when vaulting, the body does not travel as far vertically. There is also the slight bit of control one has when vaulting since you can make last second adjustments.(ZHU) Michael said:
Because, at a fundamental level it is about escaping, at any location with an intended access point, a traceur can exploit many other points through which to exit and/or escape.
Could you explain what you mean by "there is no purpose of it outside of itself"? I don't understand.
There's a parkour club in my town, and I'm seriously thinking about joining. I'm not very strong at all, though, so I'm kind of worried. I don't think I would ever really do it, you know, as in jumping over rooftops and whatnot. Just maybe learn the basics and practice in places where I wouldn't die from a hobby. I'm not that hardcore.
It sounds like a really great way to stay in shape and look awesome at the same time. Me on the other hand, I'll just stick to swimming.
I really want to do it but I can't jump far enough. I run distance for my track team but I don't do the long jump.
There's plenty of it going on in London. I wanted to get into it a while back but the recommended exercise regime really put me off.
Now... I just think I'm too old. I figure it's best to get into that stuff when you're young, starting out a couple of months short of 26 isn't exactly ideal.
Now... I just think I'm too old. I figure it's best to get into that stuff when you're young, starting out a couple of months short of 26 isn't exactly ideal.
I do something that resembles parkour, sort of, despite living 100 kilometers from nearest town. Me and some friends try to get into abandoned industrial buildings. It's really interesting actually and involves a lot of climbing. We rarely try to be acrobatic though.
Actually, for most of the people I know (and for me) it's not just a sport, not just simple jumping around. It's a discipline, even a way of life. It's about controlling yourself, expresing yourself, overcoming your fears and obstacles. We don't do it to be able to jump over fences, we, dont do it to show off, we do it because we think its simply beautiful. When you watch how experienced traceur improvises and just moves around in space surrounding him so freely and fluidly you start to realize how much meaning is behind this discipline. The guys who invented it called it L'art du deplacement (art of movement) not without a reason.(ZHU) Michael said:
Been training parkour for 3 years, infact just got back from a jam, very tired now. Cat get ups bloody tire you out.
I do it, although it's been some months since my last time (I had surgery and couldn't do any sort of exercise. I'll probably be able to get back into the gym and parkour in 2 weeks or so).
I never go out just to do parkour. I do it all the time when I'm walking around. It makes going to run an errand a lot more fun when you're doing parkour (traceuring?).
While it's good to see some obstacles, figure out how to best go over them, and then do it, I love the improvisation aspect to parkour. Once I was sprinting to catch the train (I had to go 2 blocks). I dead-sprinted the first block. In the second I jumped over some bikes and kong'd over two railings (not a double kong, I can't do that one). Then I had to vault over a wall because there were a lot of people on the sidewalk. After vaulting the wall, I jumped on top of one of those slightly elevated things they have in front of apartment buildings for putting plants and grass and whatnot. There was a huge bush in it, and to my right there was a bit of a gap and a wall, so I jumped using my left foot into the wall, and used my right foot to propel myself back and over the bush.
Not only did I reach my train (by a mere 5 seconds), but I felt very accomplished and in a really good mood for the rest of the day ^^
I never go out just to do parkour. I do it all the time when I'm walking around. It makes going to run an errand a lot more fun when you're doing parkour (traceuring?).
While it's good to see some obstacles, figure out how to best go over them, and then do it, I love the improvisation aspect to parkour. Once I was sprinting to catch the train (I had to go 2 blocks). I dead-sprinted the first block. In the second I jumped over some bikes and kong'd over two railings (not a double kong, I can't do that one). Then I had to vault over a wall because there were a lot of people on the sidewalk. After vaulting the wall, I jumped on top of one of those slightly elevated things they have in front of apartment buildings for putting plants and grass and whatnot. There was a huge bush in it, and to my right there was a bit of a gap and a wall, so I jumped using my left foot into the wall, and used my right foot to propel myself back and over the bush.
Not only did I reach my train (by a mere 5 seconds), but I felt very accomplished and in a really good mood for the rest of the day ^^