Technique's Blog (9)

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Jodie, Niko, Natasha & I were conditioning on Saturday, and after a death defying hike through Mile Rock Beach, we came across a Hansen's Soda Truck. They're giving away $500 a week to the best photo showing off SF, so we'd greatly appreciate it if you voted for our photo. The setup is by the ramp at the Ocean Beach Seawall, and while Jodie & Niko are… Continue

Thought you'd all like this one.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/how-to-fix-bad-ankles/

http://www.popsci.com/entertainment-amp-gaming/article/2009-05/physics-free-running

If anyone's flying Virgin America, you'll see NoSole in the intro video looking for Pringles at SFO's gate A20.

While this isn't directly related to parkour, everyone gets injured and/or sore, and these books have been tremendously helpful. They also saved me a ton from what I'd spend on sports massage.



The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook taught me how to massage trigger points to reduce or remove pain from strained necks,… Continue

Found a great set of conditioning and tutorial videos.

Just finished my third and final day of parkour with the Vancouver parkour group. As with the SF group, I get completely schooled.



Every session starts with an hour of conditioning. Parkour conditioning is broken down into its fundamentals - running, climbing, jumping, and quads (crawling). Typical workouts start with some group form of stretches, pushups, jump (tucks, or box), a long duck walk (400m), or crawl, and balance training. Then it's off to the different… Continue

I must be doing something wrong. My knees hurt just a twinge when landing today, on a couple practice precisions. Hope it's better by Sunday. Any recommendations? Ice, calcium, glucosamine, softer landings?

From Jason to technique. To reflect my lack of. Technique, that is, not Jason.

Started with the Wednesday Acrosports Parkour Group on the 16th, and hurt with soreness about 5 days after that - trained on Sunday at GWHS, Tuesday at Sloat and Wednesday at Acrosports again. If I can get running in 3-4 days a week, and parkour 3 days a week (those are the only training sessions, right?), I'll progress fairly nicely.



I want to get a powershot for before (now), while I'm still hilariously clumsy and after ( six - 12 months of training) vids.



Starting at… Continue