Training today included:
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-1.5lb Vaults
-Lazy Vaults
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-6" Beam Run
Biking:
Yeap.
1" Wall Walk:
I got jeered at by some skater punks while doing this today. I believe the words were, "LOOKIT'IM GO! AAAAAAAAND FALL!" I ignored them, didn't fall, finished my walk, and they promptly shut-up when I started doing the cat walk. Good feeling.
1" Cat Walk:
Blue lined it.
1.5lb Vaults:
10 kong vaults, 10 speed vaults, and 10 lazy vaults with 1.5lbs on each ankle. Ridiculously tiring, but I feel like it will vastly improve everything. Not to mention how much easier vaults were after I took them off.
Lazy Vaults:
Still lazy.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
New PR again, 8 times. I almost threw up afterward, but it's good to know it was my endurance that failed me instead of my muscles and vaulting form.
6" Beam Run:
These are actually a lot of fun. Tiring, but fun.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Training Log: July 12, 2009
Training today included:
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Lazy Vaults
-Rolls
-6" Beam Run
-General Conditioning
Biking:
Cooelle.
1" Wall Walk:
This has gotten to the point where it's really just mind focusing, meditative exercise. Great warm-up.
1" Cat Walk:
Again, jumped off voluntarily from muscle fatigue. Still good, getting faster.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
Personal record, 7. I found there's an optimal distance I have to get for a kong to truly waste less energy. If I'm only 2 steps away, it takes a lot more energy than 5. This should be common sense, but then I have to remember that taking steps after a vault is also wasted energy. Gotta find a happy medium. I tried doing both at a full run, I nearly missed the hand plant on the speed vaults because the table passed so quickly. For the kongs I had to slow down a bit or risk flying over and missing the hand plant there too.
Lazy Vaults:
Like the 1" Wall Walk, this has become meditative. I just practice and drill it, there's really no thought process involved. Many times today I barely remembered the process of going over the wall, just the before and after were particularly vivid. I tried one at a full run today, maintaining balance is probably the hardest part. I had to have gone at least another 5 feet forward from take-off until I managed to redirect my course.
Rolls:
Today I finally discovered the difference between collapsing my arm and rolling from it. I don't think I'll hit my shoulder hard again, now I just have to work the hip bone some more. I'm also thinking about trying to exit my roll off the blade of my left foot instead of onto the heel. This is going to take ridiculously careful timing, but it might also solve my hip bone problem. After seeing John do it yesterday, I realized how loud a sound (and how heavy and impact) that heel is actually taking. I'd prefer that not happen on a concrete drop. It works, but I think the foot blade would be better.
6" Beam Run:
I ran for a very long time today across this, several times around the perimeter. Great coordination practice.
General Conditioning:
Push-ups with my feet on the table bench and hands on the ground, crunches, pull-up, etc etc. I also realized how much harder I push myself training alone. I was out there for an hour today and could barely move after-wards, whereas we trained for an hour and a half yesterday and I didn't feel like I'd done anything. I'll have to change that.
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Lazy Vaults
-Rolls
-6" Beam Run
-General Conditioning
Biking:
Cooelle.
1" Wall Walk:
This has gotten to the point where it's really just mind focusing, meditative exercise. Great warm-up.
1" Cat Walk:
Again, jumped off voluntarily from muscle fatigue. Still good, getting faster.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
Personal record, 7. I found there's an optimal distance I have to get for a kong to truly waste less energy. If I'm only 2 steps away, it takes a lot more energy than 5. This should be common sense, but then I have to remember that taking steps after a vault is also wasted energy. Gotta find a happy medium. I tried doing both at a full run, I nearly missed the hand plant on the speed vaults because the table passed so quickly. For the kongs I had to slow down a bit or risk flying over and missing the hand plant there too.
Lazy Vaults:
Like the 1" Wall Walk, this has become meditative. I just practice and drill it, there's really no thought process involved. Many times today I barely remembered the process of going over the wall, just the before and after were particularly vivid. I tried one at a full run today, maintaining balance is probably the hardest part. I had to have gone at least another 5 feet forward from take-off until I managed to redirect my course.
Rolls:
Today I finally discovered the difference between collapsing my arm and rolling from it. I don't think I'll hit my shoulder hard again, now I just have to work the hip bone some more. I'm also thinking about trying to exit my roll off the blade of my left foot instead of onto the heel. This is going to take ridiculously careful timing, but it might also solve my hip bone problem. After seeing John do it yesterday, I realized how loud a sound (and how heavy and impact) that heel is actually taking. I'd prefer that not happen on a concrete drop. It works, but I think the foot blade would be better.
6" Beam Run:
I ran for a very long time today across this, several times around the perimeter. Great coordination practice.
General Conditioning:
Push-ups with my feet on the table bench and hands on the ground, crunches, pull-up, etc etc. I also realized how much harder I push myself training alone. I was out there for an hour today and could barely move after-wards, whereas we trained for an hour and a half yesterday and I didn't feel like I'd done anything. I'll have to change that.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Training Log: July 11, 2009
I trained yesterday, didn't blog. Training today included:
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Rolls
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Lazy Vaults
-Cement Grabs
Biking:
Yep.
1" Wall Walk:
After doing it around the North Park perimeter with the ups and downs, this was really easy.
1" Cat Walk:
Also much easier after doing it around North Park. Another PR today, only fell off when my muscles couldn't take it anymore.
Rolls:
Did a few on asphalt again, I'm impacting the back of my shoulder really hard. I'll have to just keep bashing it over and over until I get it right. It hurts, but it's bearable. At least I'm not hitting my spine.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
I tried to focus really hard on doing them with proper form regardless of how tired I was, I think it was successful.
Lazy Vaults:
No butt scrapes or toe taps at all today. Great news. Next goal is to perfect it left footed.
Cement Grabs:
Yep. They happened.
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Rolls
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Lazy Vaults
-Cement Grabs
Biking:
Yep.
1" Wall Walk:
After doing it around the North Park perimeter with the ups and downs, this was really easy.
1" Cat Walk:
Also much easier after doing it around North Park. Another PR today, only fell off when my muscles couldn't take it anymore.
Rolls:
Did a few on asphalt again, I'm impacting the back of my shoulder really hard. I'll have to just keep bashing it over and over until I get it right. It hurts, but it's bearable. At least I'm not hitting my spine.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
I tried to focus really hard on doing them with proper form regardless of how tired I was, I think it was successful.
Lazy Vaults:
No butt scrapes or toe taps at all today. Great news. Next goal is to perfect it left footed.
Cement Grabs:
Yep. They happened.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Training Log: July 9, 2009
Training today included:
-Biking
-New Location: North Park
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Kong Vaults
-Speed Vaults
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Landings
-Lazy Vaults
-Precisions
-Traceur Vision
-QM
-6" Beam Run
Laziness ensues! Matt and I did a bunch of stuff. Pretty sure I used everything I've learned aside from rolls. We both messed up our shins, Matt rather badly, but North Park was a lot of fun. It felt more like messing around than active training, but it was definitely a good workout. With time I think we'll get something a little more solid down for the sake of training aside from just going around the park, seeing what we can do. One thing new I did pull off today, I managed to Kong a low railing on several occasions, which was cooelle. It's good to know hand placement isn't nearly as hard as I thought. I've definitely got the distance ability and split-foot take-off down, now I need to work on my vertical.
-Biking
-New Location: North Park
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Kong Vaults
-Speed Vaults
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Landings
-Lazy Vaults
-Precisions
-Traceur Vision
-QM
-6" Beam Run
Laziness ensues! Matt and I did a bunch of stuff. Pretty sure I used everything I've learned aside from rolls. We both messed up our shins, Matt rather badly, but North Park was a lot of fun. It felt more like messing around than active training, but it was definitely a good workout. With time I think we'll get something a little more solid down for the sake of training aside from just going around the park, seeing what we can do. One thing new I did pull off today, I managed to Kong a low railing on several occasions, which was cooelle. It's good to know hand placement isn't nearly as hard as I thought. I've definitely got the distance ability and split-foot take-off down, now I need to work on my vertical.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Training Log: July 7, 2009
Training today included:
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Kong Vaults
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Lazy Vaults
-6" Beam Run
-Rolls
-Wall Climb
-General Conditioning
Biking:
Pumped tires are great.
1" Wall Walk:
Still easy, even bending down to close and lock the gate someone left open before continuing on my way.
1" Cat Walk:
Spider caused me to fall off right before the blue line, so I got off and got to the blue line again. No progress, but I did essentially do it twice.
Kong Vaults:
I was in two locations today, the first was Cherry View Park where I just did these over picnic tables. Those are almost getting lazy now. The second, and much more exciting, was at Aaronson where I konged my first non-table; several boulders. I got to test my vaults at differing heights and distances, one of which was longer than the normal picnic table width. Rocks with no give are a completely different feeling, but a good one. Next step is a small target vault, like a rail.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
Still can only do 5 before I feel like dying. I'll push it for one more tomorrow. Considering both Kongs and Speeds are cake now, this shouldn't be a problem.
Lazy Vaults:
They're lazy. And easy.
6" Beam Run:
I still can't take these at a dead run, but I can do a fast jog.
Rolls:
Something bad happened to these, because I had no impact before but a little pulled muscle. Now I have impact on my shoulder and hip. No good. More video watching, here I come.
Wall Climb:
Climbed a pillar above a Korean War fighter twice. Relaxing, easy.
General Conditioning:
Raised leg push-ups, hanging sit-ups, assisted one arm push-ups, just a bunch of random stuff.
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Kong Vaults
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Lazy Vaults
-6" Beam Run
-Rolls
-Wall Climb
-General Conditioning
Biking:
Pumped tires are great.
1" Wall Walk:
Still easy, even bending down to close and lock the gate someone left open before continuing on my way.
1" Cat Walk:
Spider caused me to fall off right before the blue line, so I got off and got to the blue line again. No progress, but I did essentially do it twice.
Kong Vaults:
I was in two locations today, the first was Cherry View Park where I just did these over picnic tables. Those are almost getting lazy now. The second, and much more exciting, was at Aaronson where I konged my first non-table; several boulders. I got to test my vaults at differing heights and distances, one of which was longer than the normal picnic table width. Rocks with no give are a completely different feeling, but a good one. Next step is a small target vault, like a rail.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
Still can only do 5 before I feel like dying. I'll push it for one more tomorrow. Considering both Kongs and Speeds are cake now, this shouldn't be a problem.
Lazy Vaults:
They're lazy. And easy.
6" Beam Run:
I still can't take these at a dead run, but I can do a fast jog.
Rolls:
Something bad happened to these, because I had no impact before but a little pulled muscle. Now I have impact on my shoulder and hip. No good. More video watching, here I come.
Wall Climb:
Climbed a pillar above a Korean War fighter twice. Relaxing, easy.
General Conditioning:
Raised leg push-ups, hanging sit-ups, assisted one arm push-ups, just a bunch of random stuff.
Training Log: July 3-6
Training at the cabin included:
-Cat Leaps
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Cat Walk
-Wall Walk
-Wall Run
-Speed Vaults
-Lazy Vaults
-QM
-Finger/Toe Grips
-Rolls
-Run
-Banlieue 13
Cat Leaps:
Never really done these before, so I kept it simple. Just jumped off a rock onto a keystone wall repeatedly. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be, I'm sure I could pull it off on a smooth wall. Grabbing the top of the wall without slipping was simple, for some reason I thought it was going to be extremely difficult. Admittedly this could be because the keystone offered better support from my legs? We'll see.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
Found a picnic table at the 4th of July fireworks wider than what I'm accustomed to, and made it over with ease. I only had 2 running steps before the take-off to make it over, and they were still easy. I recently read on a forum a way to work up to the length of the picnic table, suggesting that I add obstacles in front of the table. I'll have to give that a try.
Cat Walk:
Thick, round, wooden beam cat walk. It had to be done just to remain in practice, but it was extremely easy.
Wall Walk:
Same beam, same effort.
Wall Run:
Up the keystone again, same as last time I was up there. It was fun to do the two tiers one after the next again though.
Speed Vaults:
Did a few of these over a small railing to a 1' drop. Really just worked on muscle memory, I can't improve these over such a small obstacle. It was smooth though.
Lazy Vaults:
Same railing, same effort.
QM:
I did these beasts backwards up concrete block steps. It really, really, hurt my muscles but I felt great when I reached the top. I nearly slipped off to go headfirst down the stairs a few times (concrete block steps = short and high) so that was doubtlessly a driving force to complete it.
Finger/Toe Grips:
I stood in the middle of the keystone wall, gripping my fingertips and toes on the 1/2" available. Then, I did squats. Didn't notice the muscle burn as much when I was concentrating so hard on not slipping off the wall, but it was definitely a good workout.
Rolls:
There's still something wrong here. I don't have impact anymore, but my leg gets stretched really weird when I come out of the roll. I'm pretty sure it's not a flexibility issue, so I'm just going to have to play with its exit some more?
Run:
By far the most satisfying experience up north this long weekend. At the 4th of July fireworks there was an elementary school with a really nice North Park-esque playground on it. I won't go into extreme detail, but I basically started at one end and made my way to the other at a dead run while vaulting, jumping, and PK landing the whole way non-stop. So good. I can't wait to do this in an urban environment.
Banlieue 13:
Movie starring David Belle and a lot of Pakour with Martial Arts. I had it for 6 days, I watched it 3.5 times. It's not that it was an amazing movie with substance, they bashed me over the head with a giant morality pan liberally throughout, but the action scenes were amazing. Not to mention, I think the longest I had to wait for one was maybe 10 minutes? 15 tops? Anyway, Parkour + Ass-Kickery = Epic any day for me, so it's an instant favorite. Not to mention it's in French. Bonus.
-Cat Leaps
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Cat Walk
-Wall Walk
-Wall Run
-Speed Vaults
-Lazy Vaults
-QM
-Finger/Toe Grips
-Rolls
-Run
-Banlieue 13
Cat Leaps:
Never really done these before, so I kept it simple. Just jumped off a rock onto a keystone wall repeatedly. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be, I'm sure I could pull it off on a smooth wall. Grabbing the top of the wall without slipping was simple, for some reason I thought it was going to be extremely difficult. Admittedly this could be because the keystone offered better support from my legs? We'll see.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
Found a picnic table at the 4th of July fireworks wider than what I'm accustomed to, and made it over with ease. I only had 2 running steps before the take-off to make it over, and they were still easy. I recently read on a forum a way to work up to the length of the picnic table, suggesting that I add obstacles in front of the table. I'll have to give that a try.
Cat Walk:
Thick, round, wooden beam cat walk. It had to be done just to remain in practice, but it was extremely easy.
Wall Walk:
Same beam, same effort.
Wall Run:
Up the keystone again, same as last time I was up there. It was fun to do the two tiers one after the next again though.
Speed Vaults:
Did a few of these over a small railing to a 1' drop. Really just worked on muscle memory, I can't improve these over such a small obstacle. It was smooth though.
Lazy Vaults:
Same railing, same effort.
QM:
I did these beasts backwards up concrete block steps. It really, really, hurt my muscles but I felt great when I reached the top. I nearly slipped off to go headfirst down the stairs a few times (concrete block steps = short and high) so that was doubtlessly a driving force to complete it.
Finger/Toe Grips:
I stood in the middle of the keystone wall, gripping my fingertips and toes on the 1/2" available. Then, I did squats. Didn't notice the muscle burn as much when I was concentrating so hard on not slipping off the wall, but it was definitely a good workout.
Rolls:
There's still something wrong here. I don't have impact anymore, but my leg gets stretched really weird when I come out of the roll. I'm pretty sure it's not a flexibility issue, so I'm just going to have to play with its exit some more?
Run:
By far the most satisfying experience up north this long weekend. At the 4th of July fireworks there was an elementary school with a really nice North Park-esque playground on it. I won't go into extreme detail, but I basically started at one end and made my way to the other at a dead run while vaulting, jumping, and PK landing the whole way non-stop. So good. I can't wait to do this in an urban environment.
Banlieue 13:
Movie starring David Belle and a lot of Pakour with Martial Arts. I had it for 6 days, I watched it 3.5 times. It's not that it was an amazing movie with substance, they bashed me over the head with a giant morality pan liberally throughout, but the action scenes were amazing. Not to mention, I think the longest I had to wait for one was maybe 10 minutes? 15 tops? Anyway, Parkour + Ass-Kickery = Epic any day for me, so it's an instant favorite. Not to mention it's in French. Bonus.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Training Log: July 1, 2009
Training today included:
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Lazy Vault
-Traceur Vision
Biking:
First time in a few days, I think my tires are flat again. I don't know when the last time is they were completely full which is terrible for the bike, I should really look into that. On the other hand, it's a much better work-out, haha.
1" Wall Walk:
Still solid, just need to get even faster.
1" Cat Walk:
Acceptable. A little after the blue line. Not a personal record, but acceptable.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
I can do 5 in a row before I feel like dying (that's 5 Kongs and 5 Speed vaults every other vault). I did 5 repetitions of it. The great news is, I can do Kongs with minimal speed now just fine and I did it off the more stable slippery table this time. I can feel my vaults deteriorate with each pass though, muscle fatigue definitely kicks in. I still clear the object but get closer and closer to clipping my feet. It starts to take a lot more willpower and concentration.
Lazy Vault:
Still clearing just fine, but for some reason my left hand plant on the follow-through always pulls my shoulder muscle. I don't think I'm doing anything too strange with it, so it doesn't make sense to me. I stretch before I even do the wall walk, so that shouldn't be a problem. I'll just have to pay closer attention to what I'm doing next time.
Traceur Vision:
I didn't do as much of this today, as my palm is not completely healed yet. The last thing I need is to send another wood chip deeper into the cut already there. I could wear my biking gloves to do it, but that just seems ridiculous. Band-Aids tend to come off mid cat-walk. I think I might be able to put this to use more in a different environment too.
Other Notes:
Going to the cabin tomorrow. This means no training log updates until Monday with an exception of a possible log tomorrow. Hopefully I can find some good spots up north aside from wall running up and jumping off the tiers to the beach. We're probably going into town on the 4th, that could provide some interesting opportunities.
-Biking
-1" Wall Walk
-1" Cat Walk
-Kong-to-Speed Rotations
-Lazy Vault
-Traceur Vision
Biking:
First time in a few days, I think my tires are flat again. I don't know when the last time is they were completely full which is terrible for the bike, I should really look into that. On the other hand, it's a much better work-out, haha.
1" Wall Walk:
Still solid, just need to get even faster.
1" Cat Walk:
Acceptable. A little after the blue line. Not a personal record, but acceptable.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
I can do 5 in a row before I feel like dying (that's 5 Kongs and 5 Speed vaults every other vault). I did 5 repetitions of it. The great news is, I can do Kongs with minimal speed now just fine and I did it off the more stable slippery table this time. I can feel my vaults deteriorate with each pass though, muscle fatigue definitely kicks in. I still clear the object but get closer and closer to clipping my feet. It starts to take a lot more willpower and concentration.
Lazy Vault:
Still clearing just fine, but for some reason my left hand plant on the follow-through always pulls my shoulder muscle. I don't think I'm doing anything too strange with it, so it doesn't make sense to me. I stretch before I even do the wall walk, so that shouldn't be a problem. I'll just have to pay closer attention to what I'm doing next time.
Traceur Vision:
I didn't do as much of this today, as my palm is not completely healed yet. The last thing I need is to send another wood chip deeper into the cut already there. I could wear my biking gloves to do it, but that just seems ridiculous. Band-Aids tend to come off mid cat-walk. I think I might be able to put this to use more in a different environment too.
Other Notes:
Going to the cabin tomorrow. This means no training log updates until Monday with an exception of a possible log tomorrow. Hopefully I can find some good spots up north aside from wall running up and jumping off the tiers to the beach. We're probably going into town on the 4th, that could provide some interesting opportunities.
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