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Parkour and Freerunning. Anonymous
Anyone else into these fantasmic activities?
>> Anonymous
I wanted to start this but I live in a rural area. So, it's like one fucking wall and pole. Then again...I could learn to rock a wall and a pole.
>> Anonymous
always thought it was pretty awesome.
>> Anonymous
Fuck YES.

Not much else to say. I'm more of an observer than a participant, but I'm doing my best to learn. I just don't have enough confidence, afraid of brains across pavement.
Which is wierd, because my 8-year old cousin does it without flinching.
>> Anonymous
shit, how would one get started? I gotta lose a bit of weight still but i'd definately like to try this once i think out a bit and put on some more muscle.
>> Anonymous
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i think being french is one of the requirements...im sure it's pretty big there...

dunno
>> Anonymous
People... they don't do this in America, right? Just checking.
>> Anonymous
>>27959

Yup, you missed my various threads asking the same thing!
>> Anonymous
>>27989

They do it everywhere!
>> Anonymous
There is a fucking club for it at my university and I live in the south. So yeah, they do it everywhere even the U.S.
>> Anonymous
>>27959
This reminds me of my time when I was doing TKD.
I could run on a wall like that for around 5 meters. I wish I was 12 again.
>> Ego !ALkmCt2Pww
I actually wanted to do parkour in the past it seemed like a fun thing to do and it would challange the mind and the body but I never found anyone or any group to do it with.

Also some of you guys think that people would be like \"Oh, wow, cool.\" when they see you doing it, but in reality I think it would be more like \"Wow, what the fuck is that retard doing, I hope he breaks his neck.\"
>> Anonymous
>>28003
it has nothing to do with being 12, you just have no idea how to eat or train as an adult
>> Guil
>>28047
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how a lot of people see it. I mean, unless you are in the middle of a wall walk, (or whatever you "traceurs" call it) those always look cool

Some of the other shit though is just going back to being a kid again, not that there is anything wrong with it but it's not much different from running around the neighborhood with friends playing manhunt and such. Especially if you lived in an apartment complex with plenty of railings and stairs that you were constantly going across/up/over
>> Anonymous
>>28053
I was like 70 lbs so that made things a lot easier.
>> norw
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been training parkour for tree years soon, ask anything...

For starters, the American, www.americanparkour.com should help you find out how the scene is in you area. For the rural guy, parkour is in no way limited to an urban environment. Have a look here for inspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdLuudtUh4k
>> Anonymous
Hah, that is flippin sweet. I may have to try that on some rocks.
>> Red !KV/D4sCHBI
I've a friend I jog with sometimes who does it during out runs, it's pretty fun to watch. I'm too chickenshit to do it myself though.
>> Anonykins
Tried parkour with people who actually knew what the hell they were doing for some months last year. Went to one jam but I lost interest in doing it.
It's damn cool though.
>> Anonymous
>>28132

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY QUESTIONs I -NEED- TO ASK YOU.

I'm a gymnast, and oh my God, parkour seems like so much fun. Jumping from place to place; oh man it seems wonderful.

Whenever I see parkour, it's only tall people doing it. I'm horribly short (5'4"), thick-bodied (I inherited my father's body build, meaning I'm short and thick, with the only choice being to be thick with muscle or thick with fat; fortunately I chose the former, but I only look strong and I never feel particularly buff), and with shitty endurance (I can barely run 2 and a half miles in 25 minutes). Is there any hope for me in parkour? In terms of gymnastics, I've pretty much only done ground stuff (backhandsprings, backflips, kinda-sorta can do layouts), and yeah.

How much hope is there for me in parkour?
>> norw
>>28158
Seeing as parkour is a non competitive activity there is really no build or weight that would render you hopeless in parkour, as long as you don't measure yourself against what other people are able to do there is no worries about that at all. In addition there are plenty of very small traceurs, I don't know who you have been watching but I've seen more people worrying about being to tall than the opposite.

What you should think about is the risk of injury, starting out doing the same things you see people with experience do in videos is very dumb and a shitload of people are injured that way. Adjust everything to your level and don't jump of anything you can't jump onto, train hard and build the muscles needed to live through the stresses parkour brings your body.
>> Anonymous
>>28165

I'm not going to just do the stuff in the videos right off the bat. If I wanted to do that, I'd probably kill myself in a quicker, less painful way.

Basically, I'm having trouble navigating the American Parkour site; I can't find a function that tells me about groups and such in locations. I don't want to just do parkour on my own; I'd lose interest at ludicrous speed. How can I find out about groups in Missouri, hopefully close to the Springfield area?
>> norw
>>28172
http://www.americanparkour.com/smf/index.php?board=33.0
http://parkour.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=8893&hl=missouri

The clarification about starting at a sensible level might not apply to you but it is needed never the less. I have no idea about your age and maturity so i figured it would be better to be safe than sorry.
>> Anonymous
>>28179

Oh right, yeah... I guess a warning like that every time WOULD be the best idea.

Anyway, thanks for the first link there, I'll look into it more when I get back to the States (right now I'm in Japan), but yeah, I'm excited.

How would you worry about being too tall, though? You would have longer legs, meaning longer and higher jumps, with longer arms, meaning better at... I dunno, grabbing ledges and whatnot. How could being short possibly be better? How could you get too tall?
>> norw
>>28191real easy really
1) parkour requires a good weight/strength ratio, tall people often have more problems with this than short people
2) your center of gravity is higher, meaning less stability and less coordination for the lower limbs
3) Long limbs, while beneficial in some cases will mean less effective use of force in relation to pulling your own bodyweight as the distance is longer.

That are just some examples, there are plenty more for example the problem with underbars and similar movements.
I am going out to train now, post if you have any more questions and I will answer when I get back