Pushups Record!

I have been training and conditioning really hard lately. 

I just wanted to say that I have broken my personal best record in pushups, I have reached 50 in one set witch is really very hard when you think about it and requires quite a fair bit of strength.

Also, I have been practicing handstands as a result of a saw knee I got from the parkour class but I have had problems and pain for a while there, I think I may have the early stages of Osgood-Schlatters. Any way I can nearly hold a handstand for as long as I want, you get to a stage when your not going to fall unless you want to. So I can nearly there, still not perfect yet, also I am trying to get a raise handstand. I have no chance at the moment as I am still not strong enough yet but will have that as my goal by say, end of August, and if I don't get it, well, I'll keep trying.

Bye For Now!

Josh

Peace/Piax

Here is a photo of one of my handstands. (Sorry, Video camera is broken so took a photo)

Sydney Parkour Class

Just quickly as it comes to mind,

If anyone who is in Sydney or likes driving REALY long distances is interested in starting or wishing to continue doing parkour, just feel free to come along to a Pyrmont class.

All of the necessary details are posted on the following site and much more.

Oh and also, if they have not fixed it yet, the classes actually now end at 4:00pm not 5:00pm anymore.

http://www.sydneyparkour.com

Sydney Parkour Class 13-07-2008

Yesterday was great as it was a sunday free. My family and I went to the city to go to the parkour class (obviously just my brother and I actually did the session, although they do encourage people of all ages and there are the occasional parents). I practiced muscle-ups on a tree with Antek before we started, and learnt a lot. When we started, we split up into two groups, first time and not first time, I went into first time even though I had been there before, this was because Tyler wanted to do it again and I had his drink-bottle. We did warm-ups, vaults, roles, arm-jumps, and tic-tacks before doing very painful conditioning then just some cool-downs. 

It was a great class but I wish I had done the other class, even if I was not able to do everything, I would have learnt a bit more. 

I have been trying to keep fit for parkour by doing these things in the morning and afternoon:

50 pushups in one set 

50 sit-ups in one set

15 seconds of the side thing on each side

and anything else I can think of on the spot.

I can already see the benefits as a couple of months ago I struggles doing 10 pushups.

Also, I hope to be training just locally with a guy from Sutherland called Antek, he is thinking about training with whoever soon.

Peace

Josh - Traceur

Parkour Training Blog

Just the other moment, while talking to a friend called Antek, I decided that from now on this will become my Parkour training blog! Hooray for me! If you don't know what it is, well…, well…, I'll tell you.

Parkour is a new French-discipline/sport/art, it is not very well recognized and usually given the wrong impression. Trasceurs (People who participate in parkour) are often seen as trespassers or idiots that just jump off buildings for fun. No that's not it at all. The idea is trying to get from A to B as efficiently and quick as humanly possible. It requires a lot of strength and fitness. Trasceurs are not just trying to clear the physical obstacles in the path, but also the mental obstacles. Vaults are common in parkour as it is the easiest way to clear an obstacle, just simply jump place hands on it and somehow get the rest of your body over. Flips and tricks are often thought to be parkour, but they actually belong to Free Running, (if you like parkour's brother). They are very similar but free running does not have to be efficient, so thinks like flips which use a lot of energy, is used are included.

Anyway, yes, I will dedicate this blog to my parkour and training, however, I will occasionally give an update of my band Lights Out (even though, we may change the name).

Any ways, got to go train.

Peace