The fundamentals of Parkour:
To sum up Parkour is directed perfectly from John Morrison (a skilled expert in parkour) in this video:
"It's basically working out your entire body, your wrists, your knees, your ankles, your shoulders, pretty much everything. This type of intense training is a full body workout! Imagine someone going into the gym doing the bench press over and over again, there just building up one muscle group. There not conditioning there body to withstand any kind of punishment or abuse."
While having been around for sometime, parkour is still relatively new to the world of fitness and still is not accepted as a true foundation for fitness. But when you get right down to it and study it for what its worth, Parkour is truly one of the most physical and rewarding activities a person can do!
Advantages of Parkour:-Build up every muscle group in your body through one workout
-Can avoid the people in the gym (the world is your playground)
-Gives you added strength and endurance
-Builds up your physical activity
-Ever changing, evolving. there is NEVER a similar parkour workout
-Keeps you EXTREMELY focused on your task at hand
-Mind/body awareness
Disadvantages of Parkour:
-Probably the biggest disadvantage and ONLY one is that it can be extremely dangerous if taken for granted
-Have to be pretty well physically fit for it requires a lot of movement, motions, bending, stretching, jumping, hurling, etc.
Parkour is getting from Point A to Point B in the shortest amount of time possible. Without letting anything stand in your way! Many different physical activities are associated with parkour. Some of the basic moves are kong vaults, side vaults, dash vaults, and wall climbs. The level of skill is endless. It all depends on your work effort and how much you sacrifice to reach your goal you set forth.
Let's face it, every time you look at your body you always find something that needs improvement, even if no one else thinks so. Probably one of the biggest areas that gets this kind of criticism is your muscles, specifically your arms, chest and abs. Every guy goes to a mirror, flexes and thinks, "I want bigger muscles!". Well lucky for you I have the answer for you. See the results you want in as little as 2 weeks! Just follow my helpful hints and I'll guide you to those muscles you've always wanted.
So now you know what to do after a workout and during the day, but what do you do for your actual workout? It is actually quite simple, focus on certain muscle groups on certain days. For instance spend one day and focus entirely on your biceps and triceps. When determining weight to lift, aim high. Aim for around 6 reps at a relatively high weight and do it for 3-5 sets. When working out, machines are great, but when it comes to building mass machines are NOT the answer. Using free weights and bars allow you to move in a free range of motion. This works your muscles way better than being constricted on a machine. Don't get me wrong machines are great, but if your looking to gain size fast free weights are your best bet.
Before you begin your journey to your own 'perfect body,' you must first step back and think to yourself, "What do I want to accomplish?" Maybe you want to lose a whole pile of weight, or maybe you want to build up muscle, or maybe you want to tone up and chisel out your features and get that ripped body; whatever you choose, it all starts with setting a goal. I will outline every step of the way to help you with that process for each of these goals.
I know a lot of you are probably reading this saying, "Six meals a day?! I'll for sure gain weight!" But that is not at all the case, when I say eat six meals a day I don't mean go out and have yourself a buffet for three of those meals, I'm saying eat small meals portioned correctly. One of the greatest tips that not many people know when it comes to losing weight is this, never give your body the chance to get too hungry. The longer you wait to eat again, the hungrier you become, and the hungrier you become the more food you are likely to eat at your next meal. It's as simple as that, eat! And of course I mean eat healthy. Below are just a few things you should consider switching in your diet and also an example of how a six meal day might look.
Just to give a brief rundown of what each are, high impact exercises include things such as running and plyometrics. They are considered high impact because of the toll they take on joints and ligaments. As you can imagine running can take a toll on some peoples bodies, however it is not necessarily a bad thing. Using high impact workout you strengthen those ligaments and joints making you a stronger person, also high impact workouts tend to burn more calories due to your feet always moving and doing something.
Low impact exercises are less straining on your body. Low impact exercises include things such as a slow walk, swimming, cycling and elliptical machines among other things. As you notice these are all things that do not require your feet to impact the ground with great strain. Some argue low impact exercises are all around better for you, saying not only is it better for your joints, but can burn even more calories than high impact training. When it comes down to it however, the choice lies with you. Both are an excellent way to lose weight and keep it off.
When people think of losing weight the first thing that pops into their minds is diet, diet, diet. That word alone scares people into thinking they can't do it. So for those of you who hate that word, I have good news for you; you don't have too! When you talk about losing weight it's not about how much food you put in your body, it's what kinds. As a matter of fact, if you cut too much food out of your daily consumption you can actually gain weight! When your body is food deprived it goes into survival mode and instead of burning fat cells,it stores them. So we aren't going to focus on limiting food but instead on eating the right foods. Below is a list of foods you should start eating to start you on your path to your dream body.
Get the munchies a lot? Try grabbing for some celery sticks instead of those tempting pretzel sticks. A fun fact about celery, it actually burns more calories to eat it than are actually in it!
Black beans are part of the high protein foods. Black beans can supply you with up to 20 grams of protein without any of the fats found in other foods! Protein is vital when trying to grow and recover muscles.
