15.07.2013, 20:20
What ****** said is very much true, that being said I still want to emphasize the importance of having someone with you. If you do get injured it's always better to have someone with you who can help, also I found it helps with motivation and go beyond your limits (read, a jump you haven't done before or thought would be hard). Like ****** said repetition is very important to the success of your jumps but doing new jumps, obviously with care gives a real kick.
I started with freerunning during highschool with friends. As I grew older I realised my style and mentality was far more suited with parkour. I didn't like doing ridiclous jumps that served no purpose, or run over high buildings just for the thrill. I grew towards parkour and definitely have no regrets, it's far closer to sports I used to do. Adding to that it's important you also do excercises to train muscle, just doing jumps will probably cause sore muscles if not worse, its important you do a proper warming up and train to gain strength. Pulling up seems easier than it is, also practice fall breaking in a controlled enviorment (ie, on a grass field, don't start with concrete).
Unfortunately lately I kind of grew out parkour due to circumstances (busy with other stuff, etcetera) but I still exercise a lot to make sure I stay fit. I can't just sit around doing nothing for sport. I really hope I'll find time to get back into it, it's a lot of fun and thrilling when you get something right.
I started with freerunning during highschool with friends. As I grew older I realised my style and mentality was far more suited with parkour. I didn't like doing ridiclous jumps that served no purpose, or run over high buildings just for the thrill. I grew towards parkour and definitely have no regrets, it's far closer to sports I used to do. Adding to that it's important you also do excercises to train muscle, just doing jumps will probably cause sore muscles if not worse, its important you do a proper warming up and train to gain strength. Pulling up seems easier than it is, also practice fall breaking in a controlled enviorment (ie, on a grass field, don't start with concrete).
Unfortunately lately I kind of grew out parkour due to circumstances (busy with other stuff, etcetera) but I still exercise a lot to make sure I stay fit. I can't just sit around doing nothing for sport. I really hope I'll find time to get back into it, it's a lot of fun and thrilling when you get something right.