Before you attempt a new, more advanced maneuver, it can be helpful to learn, and know the technique, and what is required for each move. This can be learned by going to an academy, watching various YouTube videos, or just hanging around with people who know the move, and watch how they do it. This is especially important in Free [...]

Anyone can do Parkour if they are dedicated to it. You don’t need to be super athletic to get into it, but you do need to be fit before you start. As long as you are willing to make it your lifestyle, Parkour can be done by you. Parkour is a sport were you control your mind and body, and [...]

Listen to your limits. Everyone has limits, and if you push them to far, it can cause problems. Yes, there is a certain aspect of Parkour that makes you push your limits, but if you push them to far, it can just lead to injury. Everyone has limits, and when you start having second thoughts about something, you should stop, [...]

Don’t worry about what others think of you. Regardless of what happens, and what people think of you, you have a right to practice Parkour and Freerunning were you want to. If people make comments, don’t worry. We have all been the new guy out trying Parkour, and new stuff. As long as you are actually practicing it, and dedicated [...]

Commitment, and committing yourself has is important in a couple of ways with Parkour. When you are attempting a new trick, you need to commit to it, or you will get messed up, or injured. Committing to tricks / moves is not always easy, but once you’ve committed to a move, and completed it once, it is easy to do [...]

Overcoming fear is one of the hardest, and most important parts of Parkour. Fear decides your limits. With Parkour, we need to work to put our fear behind us, and to push our limits. If we do one thing a week we are afraid of, even if it is as small as trying a new food, we can start to [...]

Core Strength is vital for Parkour and Free Running. It is one of the most important aspects of Parkour fitness. Your core muscles allow you to flip, twist, vault, pull yourself up ledges, drop down ledges, and much more. Part of your cross-training needs to focus on the abs. This can be done in a variety of ways, but it [...]

The sky is the limit. Don’t listen to people tell you that “It’s impossible.” “You will never do it.” If you truly put your mind to it, commit yourself to something, and make it apart of your Lifestyle (Yes, That old Lifestyle again. We have even make it capitalized because that’s how important it has become), you will succeed, complete [...]

Parkour is all about taking risks. If you don’t take risks, or are afraid of new challenges, then you will never get good at Parkour, never improve. You need to take risks. Risks make you a stronger person, and they help you to achieve your goals, complete what you want to complete. For every risk taken, and every risk completed, [...]

If you’ve never done Parkour or anything similar at all before, the 360 can be a great thing to learn. This move can be incorporated into flips such as the backflip to create a back full. It is super easy, and you should get it first try if you can’t. Anyone can really do it. The 360 involves jumping up, [...]