Just a quickie, very busy with exam stuff at the moment but 11 days and it's all over and I can get back to my main focus in life. Training since I last wrote has been mostly conditioning, shoulder pressing is coming on great, as a result, straight armed tuck planches and straddle planches are happening now. Irritatingly, handstand raises are fine until I get to the handstand, at which point I simply can't straighten up and tend to fall over. More pressing strength required. Biceps are still a bit touchy so the OAC training has been gentle, the last thing I want is another round of tendonitis. Technically I'm not doing great at the moment, lack of movement training is showing up when I do train. After the exams I'll try and put that right, lots of drills and rebuilding technique and confidence are what I need. Got the chance to teach two people from scratch on saturday, really enjoyed it and made me think more about my own movements. On the flippy/spinny front, running fronts are pretty good on the floor, just need to land a little more upright (Jamie style!). I'm confident enough to do gainer releases without mats now which is nice. Sideflips and double-legs are one confused mess at the moment but hopefully that'll sort itself with practice. And backflips are just messing with my head. A lot of work to do there for sure. Interestingly, even though by my normal standards, life's not that good at the moment, I feel surprisingly happy. Maybe spirituality helps, I realised that the key to staying reasonably stable and happy always is not to found your happiness on any one support, rather to spread it across many. That way, when one vanishes, your house doesn't fall down!
Oh and I forgot to mention, waterpolo training has been good lately though 4 weeks without a swim over the holidays sure makes your first sessions hurt. Managed to complete a challenge involving holding a slowly emptying barrel containing 19kg of water over my head whilst trying to stay afloat in the deep end. The real difficulty is coming up for air the first time because at that stage the barrel's still really heavy, after that and a bit more time underwater, you can come up and stay up. But, sink too much and the barrel stops emptying. It's sadistic, I swear! More cardio fitness is my priority, thus tomorrow night is Hungarian reps and sprints/intervals. My emotions are a mixture of excitement and dread!
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Running armjump from behind the rail, taken by Ben Anderson
A blog to chart my progress and achievements as I train. I train predominantly in the art of parkour but I also do some tricking and buildering too.
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Running armjump from behind the rail, taken by Ben Anderson
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About Me
- Alistair
- I have been practicing parkour since around September 2003 but only since September 2005 have I really started to take it seriously, since then I've become a bit of a fanatic. I have also been into rock climbing in all its forms since lateish 2006 thanks to Hollie. I'm 6ft 1, have brown hair, blue/green eyes and I'm a gemini.
My Stuff
- Shoes: K-Swiss Ariake
- Clothes: Trace, Nike, Under Armour
- Climbing Shoes: 5.10 Anasazi Lace-Up
- Climbing Stuff: Rapidly getting too much to list!
- Rucksack: Berghaus 64Zero or Vango Pumori 2
- Hydration: Platypus Big Zip II 3 litre
- First Aid Kit: Life Systems Compact
2 comments:
Haha, learn to sideflip, your double legs are poor.
:p
...His sides are poor as well :P
TIME. Time is what is needed on the movement front. Tricking wise spend time drilling into the pit (when the queues lessen at least). In the pit you don't have to think about anything much other than controlling your body the right way through the first stages of the movement, need for good take off and landing are eliminated by the foam :)
Sounds obvious and you know it already, so act upon it.
Outside of tricking drilling and simply training in the sense of movement is what you want. Again as you know. I find that simply spending time drilling and learning any movement allows you to develop all areas of your movement. You gain the ability to control your body and confidense is gained through this new found competance. [I like that haha: Confidense is gained through competance!]
Meh, anyway, get your-over-weight-self to Sheff this Sat for the anniversary jam (y)
Peace
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