Lincoln 27/01/07

Lincoln was great today!

We found some scaffolding that I had seen on my way to work exp. each morning, so we spent a while on there in the morning, doing lachés, underbars and reverse muscle ups, amongst other bar work.
Then, the Echo, where I did some dive rolls through the gap, and then working into into something flowful (hopefully it looks good on camera)
We hit City Hall for some parkour tag, and then the Green Rails, where we preceded to train topless (in the middle of January!), then we headed to M&S (still topless)and trained until we got kicked. Then, through town to the college, and the new black rails there, where I did some bare back rolls on concrete after jumping down a few steps (it was good practise for landings and rolls).
Afterwards, we headed up to Magistrates Court, and did some general movement and precision training. I tried the upwards precision a few times, nearly stuck it, and the last time I went all out, got my feet on the top and slipped, and landed on my elbow and back after a few foot drop. My elbow got a bit cut and my back got a bit scraped, but just normal wear and tear. We headed back up to the scaffolding after stopping off to watch Stu and Jack do some huge precisions near the river. I filmed Jonny doing a run through the scaffolding whilst being carryed by Stu and Jack, which was a laugh! When the day was through, I headed back home with Jonny and Stu Pembery, whilst Luke stayed tll 5:30. All in all, it was a good day, except for some annoying tag alongs, who did a bit of training, but were complete knobs, even after we tried to educate them. I wont include any of their stupid comments, about how they train and what parkour is, but lets just say it was misguided to say the least.

Acheivements:

Nearly sticking the upwards precision at Magistrates.
Dive rolls at the Echo.
Rolling technique is a lot smoother, didnt hurt at all bareback on concrete.
Nearly acheiving reverse muscle ups, I did one though.
Lachés are a bit better, as is arm strength.

PS: Me and Jack did a pressup challenge yesterday via MSN, we did 10 sets of 15 reps, with 3 minute breaks in between each one. A grand total of 150 was completed by each of us, and I did 100 the day before, so I am very pleased.


Check out the training video of today, featuring various people.

Dive Rolls at TKD

Well, what a night!

In the adults session me and Jammie practised dive rolling over high things, and then long things. Jammie did neck height high and 10 1/2 of his feet on length. I wasw pleased with the ones I did, but I did better at diving through gaps. Twas a great session, and we had a bit of an audience, and then got chatting about parkour to them.

Laters

Update!

Hey, I've been away for a while, holidaying in Oz. Did a bit of training too. The day after I got back I went to Lincoln to train! Last week was Lincoln, and this week was Sleaford.
I wont bore you with details, so I'll write a list of the things I have acheived recently, that I am proud of.

-Catpass to Precision in Sleaford: Huge and on video!
-Catpass to Precision in Lincoln: Aiming to clear the wall and roll, still pretty pleased.
-Improved precision distance: A lot of people noticed when I got back.
-Can now do pistol squats!
-Better handstands
-Improved confidence

Thats it for this week!