David Gowers (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dgowers) wrote,@ 2006-07-21 20:10:00 |
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endurance decreases twitchiness
I have a new userpic finally! (see http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/1316
I've been training on the basis of this hypothesis, and it definitely works -- I have more energy and less 'nervous energy'. I've been training daily for weeks now, but endurance training I only began in the last week. In the last three days, the time i can sustain a workout for has risen to half an hour, doubling every day. My ability to keep at a task has increased corresponding to my decrease in nervous energy.
Also if you're planning on training yourself, train your abdominals and lower your centre of gravity first -- these are the keys to agility and balance.
I've managed to do something that I haven't ever seen in a parkour video -- The simplest summary I can make is 'a vertical roundhouse kick' -- so instead of your body being vertical as your leg traverses the horizontal axis, your body is horizontal while your legs traverse the vertical axis.
It's probably the easiest way to traverse guardrails, if there is a wall nearby.
You run at the rail (~25degree angle?), grab the rail, and kick up, describing an arc of 180 degrees -- at the centre of the arc you bounce off the wall and boost your turning speed. At that point your body should be at a 30 degree angle to the ground (other degrees work too but that works best so far). When you learn how to get enough torque you can do upto 360 degrees (360 is the best for flowing continuation since you end up pointed in the same direction.)
Finally, you could also try my trick where I grab the rail and stand on the wall, then step off the wall onto the rail and jump off the rail in one motion.
I have a new userpic finally! (see http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/1316
I've been training on the basis of this hypothesis, and it definitely works -- I have more energy and less 'nervous energy'. I've been training daily for weeks now, but endurance training I only began in the last week. In the last three days, the time i can sustain a workout for has risen to half an hour, doubling every day. My ability to keep at a task has increased corresponding to my decrease in nervous energy.
Also if you're planning on training yourself, train your abdominals and lower your centre of gravity first -- these are the keys to agility and balance.
I've managed to do something that I haven't ever seen in a parkour video -- The simplest summary I can make is 'a vertical roundhouse kick' -- so instead of your body being vertical as your leg traverses the horizontal axis, your body is horizontal while your legs traverse the vertical axis.
It's probably the easiest way to traverse guardrails, if there is a wall nearby.
You run at the rail (~25degree angle?), grab the rail, and kick up, describing an arc of 180 degrees -- at the centre of the arc you bounce off the wall and boost your turning speed. At that point your body should be at a 30 degree angle to the ground (other degrees work too but that works best so far). When you learn how to get enough torque you can do upto 360 degrees (360 is the best for flowing continuation since you end up pointed in the same direction.)
Finally, you could also try my trick where I grab the rail and stand on the wall, then step off the wall onto the rail and jump off the rail in one motion.
