Hardcore Parkour

For better or worse, people everywhere are seeking fame and recognition for something (sometimes nothing) or other. Jason and I talk about our experience on this topic and dish out some advice on the right and wrong ways to go about doing this.

Today we talk about some ideas around the way professional parkour athletes train, how to stay in the sport for a long time and how one deals with injuries in the long term.

02:53 - “I’ve been training half my life now”

05:22 - Parkour athletes compared to other sports

15:50 - How to train effectively

29:13 - Free play and innovation; How less is more and the importance of shitty ideas

44:33 - When to clap?

52:04 - 10+years problems

For extra credit on the exam, here is some more awesome information on what we just talked about.

Kelly Starrett - Becoming a Supple Leopard

https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Supple-Leopard-2nd-Performance/dp/1628600837/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1M7FXJCGG86GN

Tim Ferriss Podcast - The Secrets of Gymnastics Strength Training

https://tim.blog/2016/05/09/the-secrets-of-gymnastic-strength-training/

Tim Ferriss Podcast - The Lion of Olympic Weightlifting

https://tim.blog/2017/03/16/jerzy-gregorek/

Gold Medal Bodies Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/user/GoldMedalBodiesVids

Today's conversation was sparked by a controversial post made by Callum Powell (Storror) not too long ago. In one of his captions, Callum was very critical of the tactics being used by other athletes, "switching up their entire creative output from game-changing, highest level Parkour content to wannabe-viral comedy clips". He argued that pandering to muggles was not pushing the sport in a positive way.

"Maybe I need to stop concerning myself with what people upload! But it would be interesting to see where Parkour as an art form is in another 5 or 10 years if it was completely driven by the blessings of muggles." 

-Callum Powell