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Spidey

I had to post this 'cause it made my spidey sense tingle...

Being is non being

Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "form is emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form." One should not think that these are two separate things.
-Hagakure

On the Bar

(Activities like this, as well as parkour, place high demands upon the proficiency of the 10 General Physical Skills. The CrossFit Journal from Oct. 2002 s tates that "you are as fit as you are competent in each of these 10 skills. A regimen develops fitness to the extent that it improves each of these 10 skills.")

Balance.

Balance is just 1 of the 10 general physical skills that one should practise and constantly test themselves with in various scalibilities of movements and techniques.




The 10 General Physical Skills
1. Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance - The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen.
2. Stamina - The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
3. Strength - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
4. Flexibility - the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
5. Power - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
6. Speed - The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
7. Coordination - The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement.
8. Agility - The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
9. Balance - The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.
10. Accuracy - The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity

Chris and Jenny

Fellow trainer Chris Hartwell has been hitting the streets with me on many a occasion for some parkour training. He's been infected and now its in his blood. His face will also be associated with CrossFit Central Parkour. Also ,friend and CrossFit participant Jenny Irvin recently expressed interest in trying out some parkour. She has a background in dance so I knew she knows the art of being nimble and how to carry and propell oneself lightly. So the three of us went out to some local training spots and got in some hard training and had a blast. Video to some soon...

Anytime-Anywhere

With parkour the whole world becomes your playground. Even a bland parking lot offers curbs which can be useful for precision jumps. Bottom line is that whether your on the street, in the woods, at a gym- (gymnastic), or at one of the boxes- (crossfit) training can be found and/or created within just about any environment. Open your eyes and look around. Next time you are out and about look at the achitecture and convert it in your mind into a urban playground. The first step comes with the vision- the ability to see that what you weren't able to see before. Look at your world differently...