yeah, for parkour, cardio is important, insteed of XC try uing an eliptical machine, those have added resistence and are timed. an hour with moderate resistence improves cardio vascular health more than two with none.
Whats XC? and I'll try.. btw, I'm still running as much as I can. I realize I really do need more endurance, lots. Also, got new running shoes..I still dont feel much of a difference between those and my skating shoes except they are a bit tighter. My feet still hurt a bit while running. (Adidas Uraha if ya know shoes)
hello, im not the best Parkourist around but i sure know my ways of training for it, .... dont base all ur training on ur arms, ok yes it means u get more strength to hold urself, but it also means ur muscles are weighing you down, but u do need a base of stregnth its all to do with the mind more than anything.... if u think positive it just may fall in the right place.. most people bail their moves due to their body chickenning out while theyr head doesnt want to.. so ur body is not functioning with the brain like a computer... a computer cannot work without electricity ok, legs... you need to be with some sort of athletisicm to bring your legs high than your hips to overcome some obstacles(monkey vault, kong vault, dash vault) etc ok flips/sommersaults a wallflip is where u run up a wall and kick urself off into a flip as im sure u know,... this is where ur mind and body has to really work together..believing in yourself works here but try practice this in a gym or something but one move i cant quite complete is a 'Palm Spin' if u first look at it, it looks simple... but when u try it its a whole nother level http://www.urbanfreeflow.com helped me
quantity is not as important as quality. each time you lift a weight you do damage to muscle fiber. The goal of lifting is to overload your muscle, if you don't have intensity it does not matter how much quantity you put in. if you lift a weight at random intervals throughout the day for say 500 times it won't be as effective as if you did it 10 times all at once with high intensity to failure(in fact it would be worse because it would be overtraining) again, arsidor has a great point, do squats or hack squats and go down ALL THE WAY, ASS-TO-GRASS
Thanks for the link asidor, and the tips Right now I basically do the full body workout. On days I dont workout, I either run or work on abs and obliques. I am also gonna be doing some single dumbbell exercizes to work out my left pec muscle as it isnt as strong/big as my other. I still try to work on my diet as much as I can... btw, This also has lotsa trick vids, if anyone wants to see: http://parkour.com.pl/tricki.html
i would defo put some pull ups into your work out plan, pull ups are one of the best things to do for your uperbody and + in parkour there is alot of pullup like moves. and i would also put in tricep dips, there good for your triceps and good for your chest. and i couldnt see anything for your abs and your pecs.
