Parkour

[Leaper]

id love to but bonney lake has no good spots for it

I'm fairly sure that it aint true. You just have to look around more. You can practice it almost anywhere. Once I was about to start training I was thinking the same as you, that there are no good spots for that, but the thing is that you just dont see them. Any bench, any railing, any concrete barrier, walkways are good for it. You just have to see it, if you will start training you will change your view about your surroundings, you'll start to see good spots all arround you.

 

[El Poncho]

My friend does parkour and he jumps on top of buildings and all that jazz but I don't think I could do it.

 

[Triple AD]

I would love to get into it, unfortunately, I'm built like a twig and any attempts to make myself a little bit bigger in order to gain some of the muscles needed for it, never work out.

That and my fear of heights...Any tips for getting into it would be cool though, I'd love to give it a shot regardless.

Well actually it's extremely dangerous to go building to building though

I'd like to but I'm just not in the right shape for it

 

[Leaper]

Addendum: This will cement myself as a lazy out-of-shape nerd but it must be said: do people ever parkour while walking/jogging as opposed to full-out running? What I mean is, all the same cat-crawls and vaults and rolls, but at a slower pace...does this ever happen?

Well yes, of course. While you train you usually just stay in one spot an practice a move (or moves) to get the technique right. But after you learn some moves its really fun to go to full-out running through series of obstacles.

 

[Scobie]

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[Leaper]

I'd like to but I'm just not in the right shape for it

But thats the point of parkour - you don't need to be excellent shape to start doing it. You think all traceurs were born in shape they are now? Of course no. You develop your strenght and stamina when you train. I think you are just making excuses for yourself (not trying to insult you, but it just seems this way).

 

[nova18]

Just went and Wikipedia'd up on parkour and freerunning. Sounds interesting, although I'm not a very active person. If I ever got into a sport-like thing, that would probably be it.

Addendum: This will cement myself as a lazy out-of-shape nerd but it must be said: do people ever parkour while walking/jogging as opposed to full-out running? What I mean is, all the same cat-crawls and vaults and rolls, but at a slower pace...does this ever happen?

I do, I jog most mornings at about 5:30 and I like to work in some free-running moves to keep things interesting. It usually just involves small vaults over gates and fences, cause Im still nervous about fucking myself up by mistiming a jump.

 

[traceur_]

I'd like to but I'm just not in the right shape for it

That's the thing, it can be done no matter what kind of shape you're in. I'm not fit at all, I'm buggered after doing a 400m run but I can still do parkour well.

Correct me if I'm wrong but does this "not in the right shape for it" thing come from watching the masters on youtube and other video sites? Watching guys like David Belle, Sebastian Foucan and Damien Walters still amazes me after a year of doing it. I can see how this would create an impression that one needs to be in super hero shape to do it.

 

[spuddyt]

I'm dyspraxic - can't balance for my life, wouldn't be much point for me.... Also i'm a lazy ass

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

It seems to be a very popular sort with gamers. I can see where the appeal overlaps.
May give it a shot.
I'm not exactly fit [hit the wall at about 40 pushups] and smoke occasionally, so it may not work out..

I can't do 20 pushups and I smoke. I've been doing parkour for a little over a year and it's gone fine. You need guts though, it took me 3 weeks to kong something because I was afraid to dive over a park bench for some reason.

 

[Ben Legend]

used to do it. But kinda grew up and went to uni.

Would love to do it agian. The thrill you get out of it is amazing.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Some of my mates do it and I'll come along occasioanlly.

 

[fix-the-spade]

This one is simple. How many of you do parkour or would like to get into it? The basic thing is to get more people into the art of parkour by offering information on jams in the cities that you live in.

For me, I'm from Toowoomba in QLD, Australia. The group here does Sunday afternoon jams in town from 12pm onwards and Saturday morning jams from 9am until mid-day. If you're in the area, let me know and i'll give you more info.

Use
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.83734#1174577
The
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.72241#752449
Bloody
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.91722#1433550
Search
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.109599#1879109
Tool!

Anyway, you have a noble(ish) idea there. Except it's somewhat misguided posting it on a gaming forum, your unlikely to get any converts.

 

[are.you.the.god.its.me.vader]

Anyone that dances around and jumps on things, needs to stay well away from me, before i start lashing out at people int he street.

I hate parkour kids.

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

This one is simple. How many of you do parkour or would like to get into it? The basic thing is to get more people into the art of parkour by offering information on jams in the cities that you live in.

For me, I'm from Toowoomba in QLD, Australia. The group here does Sunday afternoon jams in town from 12pm onwards and Saturday morning jams from 9am until mid-day. If you're in the area, let me know and i'll give you more info.

Use
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.83734#1174577
The
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.72241#752449
Bloody
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.91722#1433550
Search
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.109599#1879109
Tool!

Anyway, you have a noble(ish) idea there. Except it's somewhat misguided posting it on a gaming forum, your unlikely to get any converts.

True, I should have.

Anyone that dances around and jumps on things, needs to stay well away from me, before i start lashing out at people int he street.

I hate parkour kids.

Good luck actually catching one.

 

[traceur_]

Anyone that dances around and jumps on things, needs to stay well away from me, before i start lashing out at people int he street.

I hate parkour kids.

I'm guessing that you've had more than a few encounters with the idiotic mirrors edge copy cats and not real tracuers.

 

[Octorok]

I used to do a little Parkour with friends of mine, but we just got kicked out of anywhere we went by police.

 

[cobra_ky]

who wouldn't want to learn parkour? it's practically a friggin' superpower.

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

who wouldn't want to learn parkour? it's practically a friggin' superpower.

I appreciate your enthusiasm for parkour if that's what you really think.