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All Round Fitness For PK/FR/Life
To be totally fit for Parkour and Freerun, the practitioner must consider the ’7 components of fitness’. Arguably someone can appear fit without actually having all of the components. However, to avoid...
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Parkour & Freerunning For Health
Health?! What do you mean health? When people think about health they think doctors visits, colds, medicine and hospitals. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined ‘health’ as “a state of complete...
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Thick Bar Training For A Hulk Like Grip
Article by Will Wayland. Thick bar training is becoming ever more popular at the moment with more private gyms investing in Bar attachments, thick handled cable attachments, thick barbells and thick...
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Technique: The Climb Up
By Ryan ‘Demon’ Ford www.apexmovement.com Application A variation of the muscle up, climb ups are used to climb up and over a wall from the hanging position. Climb ups are used extensively in Parkour;...
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Feet First: Inversion Sprains
By James Baldwin www.baldwin-osteopathy.co.uk My first experience of Freerunning came when Jump London was first aired on Channel 4 way back in 2003. Like many people new to the sport I was attracted...
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Fat Matters
By Will Wayland www.powering-through.com Parkour/Freerunning….arguably a sport, art, discipline for everyone. It has some definite benefits such as body awareness (kinaesthesia), an increase in...
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Technique: Rail Squat
By Ryan ‘Demon’ Ford www.apexmovement.com Application A spin-off of the regular squat, the rail squat builds leg strength, balance, and proprioception skills. In addition to targeting the typical...
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Technique: Hang Shimmy
By Ryan ‘Demon’ Ford www.apexmovement.com Application The hang shimmy is another practical movement that is also a great conditioning exercise. It is often used to traverse along the tops of walls...
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Technique: Plant Plyo
By Ryan ‘Demon’ Ford www.apexmovement.com Application Like the broad jump burpee, the plant plyo is a great exercise for building strength and endurance through commonly used movement techniques. The...
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Technique: Cat Balance
By Ryan ‘Demon’ Ford www.apexmovement.com Application The cat balance is a method used to move along the tops of narrow obstacles such as rails, walls, or I-beams. By keeping the center of gravity low...
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