This is just an update saying where I am at with some things. Firstly, I'll talk about my planche (muscle-up kind). I managed to get either 10 or 11 getting the dip of both arms simultaneously yesterday. I wasn't counting and just going until failure. Joe told me he counted and said it was either 10 or 11.
Next time I try planche until failure, I am not going to focus on getting my arms together. I am just going to see how many times I can get from a hang to my waist. I have been focusing the last few months on getting muscle-ups with my arms together consistently so that my muscles would build equally on either side. But after watching Alex get 20 muscle ups and Blane get 21 muscle ups, I am going to see how well I can do, just trying to get on top of the bar. I don't expect to get more than 15.
My handstands are now starting to improve quite quickly. I am starting to hold them for around 10-15 seconds on quite a regular basis. They still need a lot of work, but I am happy with the rate they have so far improved. I am also getting much closer to nailing a tuck planche-handstand. I hope to get this by mid-June. It will be difficult, but the goal-setting will push me harder.
I will post again soon, showing clips of progress.
Peace!
Sunday 20 May 2007
Sunday 13 May 2007
Parkour Seminar in London
Todays Parkour Seminar was really good.
As expected, there was a killer warm-up lead by Forrest and a killer cool-down lead by Dan. It was great to see Thomas and Seb Goudot again as well as other people.
The atmosphere was brilliant. Everybody there was serious about their training and put a lot of effort in! It's awesome that nobody was messing around and getting in the way (that much) like PK10 last year.
The day consisted of a long and tiring warm-up, conditioning drills, technical drills, and an abdominal-killing cool-down!
I'd like to say thanks to everybody that was there as it was a truly awesome day.
Check out www.parkourcoaching.com
Callum
As expected, there was a killer warm-up lead by Forrest and a killer cool-down lead by Dan. It was great to see Thomas and Seb Goudot again as well as other people.
The atmosphere was brilliant. Everybody there was serious about their training and put a lot of effort in! It's awesome that nobody was messing around and getting in the way (that much) like PK10 last year.
The day consisted of a long and tiring warm-up, conditioning drills, technical drills, and an abdominal-killing cool-down!
I'd like to say thanks to everybody that was there as it was a truly awesome day.
Check out www.parkourcoaching.com
Callum
Monday 7 May 2007
Little Video of Handstands
Hey guys. This video is just to show where I am at with handstands at the minute. I'm obviously right at the beginning of my handstand training so I should be able to look back and laugh at this come summer time.
Also, I found a nice little spot less that 2 minutes from my doorstep. Well really, I saw it years ago but never trained there. It is a little childrens park in the middle of this newly built estate. Unfortunately, it is a hotspot for the local chavs, binge drinkers and drug addicts so I will need to be careful when training there. It seems all my local spots are becoming spots for chavs now.
I managed to scalp a cat - armjump at my old primary school yesterday too. It is one that Tim (Livewire) managed to do before his knee surgery. (Thanks for pointing it out, Tim). Also nailed a new arm to arm there.
Me, Wing and Alex are planning a follow-up to our video last year, so look out for that in the summer. It will be much better and possibly lengthier.
See you all soon guys.
Callum
Also, I found a nice little spot less that 2 minutes from my doorstep. Well really, I saw it years ago but never trained there. It is a little childrens park in the middle of this newly built estate. Unfortunately, it is a hotspot for the local chavs, binge drinkers and drug addicts so I will need to be careful when training there. It seems all my local spots are becoming spots for chavs now.
I managed to scalp a cat - armjump at my old primary school yesterday too. It is one that Tim (Livewire) managed to do before his knee surgery. (Thanks for pointing it out, Tim). Also nailed a new arm to arm there.
Me, Wing and Alex are planning a follow-up to our video last year, so look out for that in the summer. It will be much better and possibly lengthier.
See you all soon guys.
Callum
Saturday 5 May 2007
New Blog
Hey everybody. I decided to make a new blog to note a fresh start to my training.
I have a few goals for before the Summer Holidays (which for me, starts June 25th I think). My main goal is to get straddle planche. I've been practicing my normal tucked planche over the past week and have noticed a lot of progression.
Also, I would like to get a tucked planche to handstand. I am going to keep training my planche and handstand in hope of getting this. Furthermore, I will use handstand pushups against a wall to build the strength (my handstands aren't quite balanced enough to do them freely).
I am REALLY happy with how training is going at the minute. I feel much stronger than ever before. I have planche en force much more consistently now, but it could still need work. Over the next couple of weeks I am going to attempt to get 10 muscle-ups with my arms together. I am refusing to use one arm before the other right now because I don't want to be stronger on one side.
Technically, I also feel much better. My precision jump has increased a lot. I have also been working on arm-to-arms. I nailed two new ones today. Also today, I managed to get this lengthy shimmy I have been thinking about/trying for a few months now.
I will put up a few clips over the next month or so to display progression of different things. It will mainly be conditioning clips with possibly a few techniques thrown in there too.
I hope everybody is enjoying the fine weather.
Callum.
I have a few goals for before the Summer Holidays (which for me, starts June 25th I think). My main goal is to get straddle planche. I've been practicing my normal tucked planche over the past week and have noticed a lot of progression.
Also, I would like to get a tucked planche to handstand. I am going to keep training my planche and handstand in hope of getting this. Furthermore, I will use handstand pushups against a wall to build the strength (my handstands aren't quite balanced enough to do them freely).
I am REALLY happy with how training is going at the minute. I feel much stronger than ever before. I have planche en force much more consistently now, but it could still need work. Over the next couple of weeks I am going to attempt to get 10 muscle-ups with my arms together. I am refusing to use one arm before the other right now because I don't want to be stronger on one side.
Technically, I also feel much better. My precision jump has increased a lot. I have also been working on arm-to-arms. I nailed two new ones today. Also today, I managed to get this lengthy shimmy I have been thinking about/trying for a few months now.
I will put up a few clips over the next month or so to display progression of different things. It will mainly be conditioning clips with possibly a few techniques thrown in there too.
I hope everybody is enjoying the fine weather.
Callum.
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