Training today included:
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Kong-to-Speed Rotations
- Lazy Vault
- Traceur Vision
- 6" Beam Run
1" Wall Walk:
Still faster.
1" Cat Walk:
Not a personal record, but I made it an acceptable distance.
Kong-to-Speed Rotations:
This is a new routine. Since learning I can speed vault a picnic table, I now do Kongs across one way and Speeds back to the other side continually until I run out of breath. It's a great drill, and one I fully intend to continue.
Lazy Vault:
Now that I know for sure I can clear the fence with minimal effort and at a good speed, it's time to play with how much power I can put behind it. Maybe I can find an even higher fence o_o
Traceur Vision:
I did it some more today, it ended up turning more into a workout regimen than just seeing how fast I could get from one place to the next, but it was still good.
6" Beam Run:
This just entailed running on the railroad ties that boarder the full perimeter of the park. I figure, if I want to run on the 1" eventually I need to get running practice down to begin with.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Training Log: June 29, 2009
Training today included:
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Rolls
- Kong Vaults
- Lazy Vaults
- Traceur Vision
- Speed Vaults
- Keystone wall climb
1" Wall Walk:
Even faster now, speed walk.
1" Cat Walk:
I just couldn't do it today, I don't know why. I think a big part of it was not biking to the park today, my muscles just didn't have the appropriate warm-up. I'll have to remember to do some push-ups and squats after I get to the park next time I don't bike.
Rolls:
These also felt really off today. More modifications are definitely needed. On the plus side, as I drove around grabbing job applications I watched for good practice parks. One I found had some really strange, really nice padding all around the playground. Perfect place to practice rolls, or any landing really. I'll definitely be taking Matt/Derek/John there next time.
Kong Vaults:
I've finally reached the point where I don't even think about it, I just go. I vaulted back and forth across the table 5 times, the only rest being the jog after each vault to the other starting point. At the same park I found the good rolling pad, I konged a completely new table without any testing. It was pretty clean, especially considering it was on a hill at a really strange angle.
Lazy Vaults:
Still pretty easy, still drilling them. Just gotta keep it up.
Traceur Vision:
This entailed just standing at the playground, picking a point, and mapping out the fastest way to get there. The goal is to do this now at every training session in as many different points as possible, to try and get it to the point where I don't have to think. This should teach me how to chain my techniques together better. On one of the attempts, however, I whiffed a lazy vault to 5 foot drop. It wasn't terrible, but it did throw me off balance. The resulting landing buried a wood chip pretty deep into the palm of my hand. Thankfully, all the callous I've built up caused most of the damage to be done to nothing but skin tissue. Bled a little, nothing serious. It did prevent me from doing two handed vaults, though, until I could clip off what skin I couldn't just peel.
Speed Vaults:
These were pretty much my only one handed choice for vaults. BUT! Because I didn't want to keep doing benches I attempted two new things. I tried the rink fence (which I made it over at Dakota Heights Park), and whiffed it. My knee has a nice scrape on it now, but that's definitely nothing new. I'll have to work on my vertical more for that to happen. HOWEVER, I did manage to speed vault the picnic table many many times. So that's cool.
Keystone Wall Climb:
So, that new park with the soft ground is behind the restaurant Enjoy. Also behind Enjoy is a little pond. And the retaining wall that keeps Enjoy and the strip mall from slipping into the pond is very long, and pretty high. So I did what any rational rock climbing starved human being would do and um...climbed it. I just moved along the retaining wall until I was at about the middle of the wall/pond, and when I felt like my forearms were going to fail me and send me into the muck I pulled myself up. Excellent exercise. I hope it was legal, I mean to call the city and find out in the next few days. I'm pretty sure it's public, but better safe than sorry.
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Rolls
- Kong Vaults
- Lazy Vaults
- Traceur Vision
- Speed Vaults
- Keystone wall climb
1" Wall Walk:
Even faster now, speed walk.
1" Cat Walk:
I just couldn't do it today, I don't know why. I think a big part of it was not biking to the park today, my muscles just didn't have the appropriate warm-up. I'll have to remember to do some push-ups and squats after I get to the park next time I don't bike.
Rolls:
These also felt really off today. More modifications are definitely needed. On the plus side, as I drove around grabbing job applications I watched for good practice parks. One I found had some really strange, really nice padding all around the playground. Perfect place to practice rolls, or any landing really. I'll definitely be taking Matt/Derek/John there next time.
Kong Vaults:
I've finally reached the point where I don't even think about it, I just go. I vaulted back and forth across the table 5 times, the only rest being the jog after each vault to the other starting point. At the same park I found the good rolling pad, I konged a completely new table without any testing. It was pretty clean, especially considering it was on a hill at a really strange angle.
Lazy Vaults:
Still pretty easy, still drilling them. Just gotta keep it up.
Traceur Vision:
This entailed just standing at the playground, picking a point, and mapping out the fastest way to get there. The goal is to do this now at every training session in as many different points as possible, to try and get it to the point where I don't have to think. This should teach me how to chain my techniques together better. On one of the attempts, however, I whiffed a lazy vault to 5 foot drop. It wasn't terrible, but it did throw me off balance. The resulting landing buried a wood chip pretty deep into the palm of my hand. Thankfully, all the callous I've built up caused most of the damage to be done to nothing but skin tissue. Bled a little, nothing serious. It did prevent me from doing two handed vaults, though, until I could clip off what skin I couldn't just peel.
Speed Vaults:
These were pretty much my only one handed choice for vaults. BUT! Because I didn't want to keep doing benches I attempted two new things. I tried the rink fence (which I made it over at Dakota Heights Park), and whiffed it. My knee has a nice scrape on it now, but that's definitely nothing new. I'll have to work on my vertical more for that to happen. HOWEVER, I did manage to speed vault the picnic table many many times. So that's cool.
Keystone Wall Climb:
So, that new park with the soft ground is behind the restaurant Enjoy. Also behind Enjoy is a little pond. And the retaining wall that keeps Enjoy and the strip mall from slipping into the pond is very long, and pretty high. So I did what any rational rock climbing starved human being would do and um...climbed it. I just moved along the retaining wall until I was at about the middle of the wall/pond, and when I felt like my forearms were going to fail me and send me into the muck I pulled myself up. Excellent exercise. I hope it was legal, I mean to call the city and find out in the next few days. I'm pretty sure it's public, but better safe than sorry.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Training Log: June 28, 2009
Training today included:
- Bike
- Derek
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Kong Vaults
- Lazy Vault
- Rolls
- Landings
- Speed Vaults
Bike:
Yep. High winds today, very tiring.
Derek:
Came with. It was a short training session, but I feel like he got a decent work-out.
1" Wall Walk:
The wind didn't blow me off it, even though it was the strongest yet. So close to the jog. So close.
1" Cat Walk:
Another personal record! Few posts after the red line, and the wind was much stronger today than yesterday.
Kong Vault:
So, I'm kicking serious ass at these now. As a result, I decided to finally try the picnic table the long way. I got my feet about 3/4 across the first try, and the second try I did the superman. Really lucky my arms didn't take splinters through the whole skid considering I was sliding with the grain of the picnic table. Safe to say, that was it for the long way. Just drilled the short a couple more times.
Lazy Vault:
Higher wall than yesterday, but I can still do it without any jogging or stepping beforehand. I can also do it at a fast jog.
Roll:
Still improving, but my left leg came forward instead of my right a couple times. That's not okay. What I thought might have been muscle memory by now clearly isn't, which means days and hours more of drills. I thought I was ready to try concrete, but if that right leg is going to come forward in a panic I am definitely not.
Landing:
Still good, but I'm beginning to question their use when I have momentum. I think I'll only be using them off of drops from now on, because I nearly tucked into a roll 3/5 momentum landing attempts. I guess that means I have *some* muscle memory ingrained for the roll?
Speed Vault:
These were going well until a major wipe-out. I never realized how truly important that right hand axis correction was until today when I missed it. Basically what happened was I went up for the vault, launched parallel to the bench top, and just whiffed the backrest with my hand. Result was me falling hard onto my side. Derek swears I had 1.5 seconds of hangtime, and I couldn't help but laugh after I hit because I knew it must have looked hilarious. Imagine if two people picked you up by the arms and feet, turned your side to the ground instead of your back and dropped you. That was me. Safe to say, I've learned my lesson and plan on never missing it again.
- Bike
- Derek
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Kong Vaults
- Lazy Vault
- Rolls
- Landings
- Speed Vaults
Bike:
Yep. High winds today, very tiring.
Derek:
Came with. It was a short training session, but I feel like he got a decent work-out.
1" Wall Walk:
The wind didn't blow me off it, even though it was the strongest yet. So close to the jog. So close.
1" Cat Walk:
Another personal record! Few posts after the red line, and the wind was much stronger today than yesterday.
Kong Vault:
So, I'm kicking serious ass at these now. As a result, I decided to finally try the picnic table the long way. I got my feet about 3/4 across the first try, and the second try I did the superman. Really lucky my arms didn't take splinters through the whole skid considering I was sliding with the grain of the picnic table. Safe to say, that was it for the long way. Just drilled the short a couple more times.
Lazy Vault:
Higher wall than yesterday, but I can still do it without any jogging or stepping beforehand. I can also do it at a fast jog.
Roll:
Still improving, but my left leg came forward instead of my right a couple times. That's not okay. What I thought might have been muscle memory by now clearly isn't, which means days and hours more of drills. I thought I was ready to try concrete, but if that right leg is going to come forward in a panic I am definitely not.
Landing:
Still good, but I'm beginning to question their use when I have momentum. I think I'll only be using them off of drops from now on, because I nearly tucked into a roll 3/5 momentum landing attempts. I guess that means I have *some* muscle memory ingrained for the roll?
Speed Vault:
These were going well until a major wipe-out. I never realized how truly important that right hand axis correction was until today when I missed it. Basically what happened was I went up for the vault, launched parallel to the bench top, and just whiffed the backrest with my hand. Result was me falling hard onto my side. Derek swears I had 1.5 seconds of hangtime, and I couldn't help but laugh after I hit because I knew it must have looked hilarious. Imagine if two people picked you up by the arms and feet, turned your side to the ground instead of your back and dropped you. That was me. Safe to say, I've learned my lesson and plan on never missing it again.
Training Log: June 27, 2009
Training yesterday included:
- Biking
- Matt and John
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Lazy Vaults
- Kong Vaults
- Rolls
- Wall Runs
- Speed Vaults
- QM
- Landings
Biking:
Uh huh.
Matt and John:
Day 5 for Matt, day 2 for John. Taking them both out again today. Their enthusiasm is awesome, really fun to see. I'm starting to think I may have put them at a disadvantage on my rush to get them interested though... I mean, when I started training all I did were precisions, rolls, landings, and small speed vaults for a month and a half. Granted, it wasn't daily or nearly as intense as now, but it still got me conditioned for Parkour. I had enough coordination that I was ready to move on to the other vaults instead of just introduced to them. I think I need to be stressing the landings/rolls a lot more.
1" Wall Walk:
I'm back to how I was a few weeks ago, moving at a really nice pace across the wall again. Jogging soon? Maybe?
1" Cat Walk:
Another personal record! Red striped it. Then I did it up and down a small sloped railing. These are getting a lot faster for me too, even in the higher winds it wasn't bad at all. The next step needs to consist of two parts; making it to the end of the wall, and doing it up a more sharply sloped and longer rail.
Lazy Vault:
I no longer need to run anymore, and when I do am able to do it at a full run. Working on limb control has made it ridiculously easy. Just need to keep drilling them until they're as easy as my speed vault. Nearly one more in the permanent arsenal!
Kong Vault:
We went to a different park later in the day, so I know I can do it on higher objects now. But I didn't make it over. Then again, the table was taller and longer than the picnic table so I don't feel terrible. The next step is to increase my dive even more.
Rolls:
No pain on the practice rolls. A few more days and a few more hours, it should be muscle memory. Concrete soon? I think so.
Wall Runs:
I need to find something higher that's not keystone. That is all.
Speed Vaults:
I found out today I can speed vault an armpit high fence. That's good enough for me, just need to keep drilling it. (UPGRADE COMPLETE)
QM:
Introduced Matt and John to this, as well as doing what's really my first exercise in it. It feels awkward now, as Parkour can, but it's really important (especially for them) to do it. It teaches them to move their arms and legs together, and to be aware of their positioning. Nothing will help them more in vaulting (or Parkour in general!) than this.
Landings:
Tried them on asphalt again from a four foot drop. No problem.
- Biking
- Matt and John
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Lazy Vaults
- Kong Vaults
- Rolls
- Wall Runs
- Speed Vaults
- QM
- Landings
Biking:
Uh huh.
Matt and John:
Day 5 for Matt, day 2 for John. Taking them both out again today. Their enthusiasm is awesome, really fun to see. I'm starting to think I may have put them at a disadvantage on my rush to get them interested though... I mean, when I started training all I did were precisions, rolls, landings, and small speed vaults for a month and a half. Granted, it wasn't daily or nearly as intense as now, but it still got me conditioned for Parkour. I had enough coordination that I was ready to move on to the other vaults instead of just introduced to them. I think I need to be stressing the landings/rolls a lot more.
1" Wall Walk:
I'm back to how I was a few weeks ago, moving at a really nice pace across the wall again. Jogging soon? Maybe?
1" Cat Walk:
Another personal record! Red striped it. Then I did it up and down a small sloped railing. These are getting a lot faster for me too, even in the higher winds it wasn't bad at all. The next step needs to consist of two parts; making it to the end of the wall, and doing it up a more sharply sloped and longer rail.
Lazy Vault:
I no longer need to run anymore, and when I do am able to do it at a full run. Working on limb control has made it ridiculously easy. Just need to keep drilling them until they're as easy as my speed vault. Nearly one more in the permanent arsenal!
Kong Vault:
We went to a different park later in the day, so I know I can do it on higher objects now. But I didn't make it over. Then again, the table was taller and longer than the picnic table so I don't feel terrible. The next step is to increase my dive even more.
Rolls:
No pain on the practice rolls. A few more days and a few more hours, it should be muscle memory. Concrete soon? I think so.
Wall Runs:
I need to find something higher that's not keystone. That is all.
Speed Vaults:
I found out today I can speed vault an armpit high fence. That's good enough for me, just need to keep drilling it. (UPGRADE COMPLETE)
QM:
Introduced Matt and John to this, as well as doing what's really my first exercise in it. It feels awkward now, as Parkour can, but it's really important (especially for them) to do it. It teaches them to move their arms and legs together, and to be aware of their positioning. Nothing will help them more in vaulting (or Parkour in general!) than this.
Landings:
Tried them on asphalt again from a four foot drop. No problem.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Pseudo Training: June 25, 2009
Pseudo training today included:
- Methode Naturelle
Methode Naturelle:
There were a bunch of large commemorative rocks at Aaronson Park this evening, I just messed around with them. Found out I can speed vault an object 2.25' wide, and with enough speed can jump fairly large gaps. Climbed up a tiered pillar over an old WWII fighter, climbed up a tree. Made a 7ft drop to the ground and rolled. Important note: careful of the knees on high drops. They hit the ground when I started the roll. This tells me I was probably bending my knees before I came in contact with the ground, going to have to concentrate hard on not doing that.
- Methode Naturelle
Methode Naturelle:
There were a bunch of large commemorative rocks at Aaronson Park this evening, I just messed around with them. Found out I can speed vault an object 2.25' wide, and with enough speed can jump fairly large gaps. Climbed up a tiered pillar over an old WWII fighter, climbed up a tree. Made a 7ft drop to the ground and rolled. Important note: careful of the knees on high drops. They hit the ground when I started the roll. This tells me I was probably bending my knees before I came in contact with the ground, going to have to concentrate hard on not doing that.
Training Log: June 24, 2009
Training yesterday included:
- Biking
- John
- Landings
- Rolls
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Kong Vaults
- Lazy Vaults
- Speed Vaults
- Ledge Grabs
Biking:
Yep.
John:
Originally I was going to take the day off 'cause Matt couldn't go, but John called wondering if Matt and I were going to do it. Well I can't pass up an opportunity to teach Parkour, so I went anyway and we got started. He did about as well as Matt, his Kong came extremely quickly and is nearly workable. Hopefully he'll continue to come.
Landings:
Still solid, but I'm going to work more at it to get them down with momentum.
Rolls:
Still hitting my hip bone.
1" Wall Walk:
Getting faster again.
1" Cat Walk:
Personal record! 5 beams after the blue line.
Kong Vaults:
Had to do it in shoes, still wasn't a problem. Apparently the rule if you can do it barefoot, you can do it in any shoe applies. Still getting better.
Lazy Vaults:
Getting better, more height, ever easier.
Speed Vaults:
Need to start taking these at a sprint.
Ledge Grabs:
Missed my first one! Still trying to jump from farther away.
- Biking
- John
- Landings
- Rolls
- 1" Wall Walk
- 1" Cat Walk
- Kong Vaults
- Lazy Vaults
- Speed Vaults
- Ledge Grabs
Biking:
Yep.
John:
Originally I was going to take the day off 'cause Matt couldn't go, but John called wondering if Matt and I were going to do it. Well I can't pass up an opportunity to teach Parkour, so I went anyway and we got started. He did about as well as Matt, his Kong came extremely quickly and is nearly workable. Hopefully he'll continue to come.
Landings:
Still solid, but I'm going to work more at it to get them down with momentum.
Rolls:
Still hitting my hip bone.
1" Wall Walk:
Getting faster again.
1" Cat Walk:
Personal record! 5 beams after the blue line.
Kong Vaults:
Had to do it in shoes, still wasn't a problem. Apparently the rule if you can do it barefoot, you can do it in any shoe applies. Still getting better.
Lazy Vaults:
Getting better, more height, ever easier.
Speed Vaults:
Need to start taking these at a sprint.
Ledge Grabs:
Missed my first one! Still trying to jump from farther away.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Training Log: June 23, 2009
Training yesterday included:
- Biking
- Matt
- New Location
- Wall Runs
- Lazy Vaults
- Kong Vaults
- Precisions
- Speed Vaults
- Playground Movement
Biking:
Yeap.
Matt:
He was there, second day in a row! He's the one who discovered the
New Location:
A park just across the street from Crytal Lake Elementary. Or is it Christina Huddleston...I can never tell the two apart. The one on 175th, anyway. It has the same facilities as Cherry View Park, except the rink is asphalt and the walls are slightly lower (by around 2" I would say). In some respect, it has a better playground too. I think we may have to become more advanced for it to be truly useful, but we were able to mess around a bit.
Wall Runs:
Got Matt started on his first wall runs today. The park has a keystone wall along the street that's a few bricks above head height. I can still do them just fine, as usual. It's good to have something to practice on, even though I would rather it wasn't keystoned.
Lazy Vaults:
It was a lower wall, so the were really easy. Next step is to try and take it at a sprint.
Kong Vaults:
Tried them on a new table, from a new direction today. It took a few attempts to get used to, but they're great now. I need to continue trying these in unfamiliar environments.
Precisions:
Just jumping from one slide ledge to the next. Fairly difficult, but it'll come with more practice.
Speed Vaults:
Done over an awkwardly angled bench, I need to start trying these on something higher. Maybe even the rink fence.
Playground Movement:
Just messed around on the playground. Got from one end to the other without touching the actual platforms, practiced using just arms to get up poles, etc etc.
- Biking
- Matt
- New Location
- Wall Runs
- Lazy Vaults
- Kong Vaults
- Precisions
- Speed Vaults
- Playground Movement
Biking:
Yeap.
Matt:
He was there, second day in a row! He's the one who discovered the
New Location:
A park just across the street from Crytal Lake Elementary. Or is it Christina Huddleston...I can never tell the two apart. The one on 175th, anyway. It has the same facilities as Cherry View Park, except the rink is asphalt and the walls are slightly lower (by around 2" I would say). In some respect, it has a better playground too. I think we may have to become more advanced for it to be truly useful, but we were able to mess around a bit.
Wall Runs:
Got Matt started on his first wall runs today. The park has a keystone wall along the street that's a few bricks above head height. I can still do them just fine, as usual. It's good to have something to practice on, even though I would rather it wasn't keystoned.
Lazy Vaults:
It was a lower wall, so the were really easy. Next step is to try and take it at a sprint.
Kong Vaults:
Tried them on a new table, from a new direction today. It took a few attempts to get used to, but they're great now. I need to continue trying these in unfamiliar environments.
Precisions:
Just jumping from one slide ledge to the next. Fairly difficult, but it'll come with more practice.
Speed Vaults:
Done over an awkwardly angled bench, I need to start trying these on something higher. Maybe even the rink fence.
Playground Movement:
Just messed around on the playground. Got from one end to the other without touching the actual platforms, practiced using just arms to get up poles, etc etc.
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