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Beach Days, Los Angeles and The Takeover
Recently I took a trip to California to hangout with some friends, get out of the snow and to check out the Tempest Pro Takeover. Overall, the trip was a fantastic experience that allowed me to learn a lot about parkour, see new teaching styles and experience other...
WOD 4-1-14: Burpee Breathing Ladder
"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness." -Abraham Maslow APK WOD 4-1-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Burpee Breathing Ladder Do 1 burpee, Take 1 deep breath. Do 2 burpees, Take 2 deep breaths. Continue up to 10 and back down to...
WOD 3-31-14: Skill Training: The Rail Squat
"Life's more amusing than we thought." -Andrew Lang APK WOD 3-31-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Skill Training: The Rail Squat Spend 30 minutes training the balance required to perform the Rail Squat. This movement is highly applicable to rail precision jumps, but also...
WOD 3-28-14: Parkour Conditioning
"The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it." -Daniel Dennett APK WOD 3-28-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Parkour Conditioning 4 Rounds as fast as possible: 20 steps Backwards QM 15 Box Jumps 10 Wall Dips...
WOD 3-27-14: Jump and Speed Training
Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life? -Alfred de Vigny APK WOD 3-27-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Jump and Speed Training Then perform 2 rounds of the following: 2 50-meter sprints with :30 rest between 8 Box-Squats to...
WOD 3-26-14: Challenge- Climbing
The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. -Viktor E. Frankl APK WOD 3-26-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Challenge: Climbing Today, find a way to work on your climbing ability. This could be climbing trees, walls,...
WOD 3-25-14: 4 Holds
"We have no hope of solving our problems without harnessing the diversity, the energy, and the creativity of all our people." -Roger Wilkins APK WOD 3-25-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up 4 Holds L-Sit - 2:00 Planche - 2:00 Front Lever - 2:00 Handstand - 2:00 Perform the...
WOD 3-24-14: Challenge: Get Out There!
"We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous." -David Suzuki APK WOD 3-24-14 Start with an APK...
WOD 3-21-14: Tabata Push-Ups and SIt-Ups
"Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it." -Jean Paul APK WOD 3-20-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Tabata Push-Ups and SIt-Ups For each of 8 rounds, perform as many push-ups as possible in 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds...