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Alejandro Almeida APK JR Ambassador Spotlight.
Alejandro, a native of Mexico Born in Mexico city, now residing in Cancun, found his love of Parkour through a local parkour class in his area in June of 2013 and hasn't stopped moving since. In just over a year of training he has made a lot of progressions, both...
Lessons from the 2014 North American Women’s Parkour Jam
This year’s North American women’s jam in Toronto, hosted the last weekend in July by The Monkey Vault Movement Training Centre, looked to be the largest parkour girls gathering yet—but the sheer number of women at the jam wasn't the only reason why I was so honored...
WOD 8-7-14: Parkour Conditioning
"Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties." -Emil Nolde APK WOD 8-7-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Parkour Conditioning 4 Rounds as fast as possible: 20 steps Backwards QM 15 Box Jumps 10 Wall Dips (Substitute Bench Dips if...
WOD 8-6-14: Hip Mobility for life.
"No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself." -Alfred Lord...
WOD 8-4-14: Three Stages of Awesome
"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason". -John Harrington APK WOD 8-4-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Three Stages of Awesome Stage 1: CORE From a hanging position on a bar or branch perform: 10 Toes to Bar...
WOD 8-1-14: The Front Lever
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men." -Herman Melville APK WOD 8-1-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up The Front Lever The Front Lever is one of the hardest and most impressive core strength skills out there! Check out the...
European Girls Parkour Day 2014
This weekend, I had the pleasure of joining about 15-20 women from all over France (+ one from Switzerland!) for the third annual European Girls Parkour Day. It was a two-day event hosted by Saïmiri Parkour in Mulhouse, France with all sorts of fun, training,...
WOD 7-30-14: Pull-Up Ladder
"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking." -Henry Ford APK WOD 7-30-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up A classic... Pull-Up Ladder Set a timer with a second hand or readout. At the beginning of the minute do 1 Pull-Up and rest until the top of the next minute....
7-19-14: Train Alone
"It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse." -Max Nordau APK WOD 7-29-14 Train Alone Today's challenge is simple. Go to the playground, or the hiking trails, or your favorite local training grounds and spend 1 hour training by yourself. See what...