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WOD 5-8-14: One-Leg Squat Ladder
"Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune." -Francis Quarles APK WOD 5-8-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up One-Leg Squat Ladder Find a type of one leg squat you can do at least 8 of (pistol, assisted pistol with...
WOD5-7-14: Handstand Pushup Training
"There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience." -Archibald MacLeish APK WOD 5-7-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Handstand Pushup Training Handstand pushups (HSPUs) are one of the hardest bodyweight exercises...
WOD 5-6-14: Strong and Fit…Tabatas!
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. -Rabindranath Tagore APK WOD 5-6-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up 20 Seconds of max effort, 10 Seconds rest for 8 rounds (4 Minutes total) Alternating...
Parkour is for Girls Too!
DC Women try Parkour through Free, Monthly Meetups. It’s no secret, there are more guys than girls in the parkour community. But why? Surely girls are just as creative and adventurous. So, how can we get more women in parkour? To answer this question, we made it our...
WOD 4-30-14: Hill Sprints
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." -John Lubbock APK WOD 4-30-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Hill Sprints 4 x 50m hill sprints. Choose the steepest hill available and sprint at 100% effort, then walk down for rest. Sub 100m sprints w/ :45 rest if you...
WOD 4-29-14: Landing Practice
"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to." -George Allen, Sr. APK WOD 4-29-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Landing Practice The landing is the most important...
Mark Toorock Interviews David Belle
American Parkour founder Mark Toorock was able to get in touch with old friend and Parkour founder David Belle to ask a few questions about Brick Mansions. Here are David's answers as relayed by Florian Busi: American Parkour: How did you convince them to let you add...
WOD 4-28-14: Conditioning plus Static Holds
"It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty." -James Monroe APK WOD 4-28-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Conditioning plus Static Holds 5 rounds for time: 25 Squats...
Brick Mansions and Parkour
So you just got out of the theater after seeing Paul Walker's penultimate film and were really impressed by the stunt work and that French guy who played Lino. You came to the right place. That stunt work was based off of parkour and that French guy, was David Belle...