This is a guest post by Chris. Chris is no parkour expert but writes about healthy ways to lose weight. In one of his latest articles: how to lose weight in 2 weeks you can find out how to accelerate your weight loss process using natural and safe methods. Parkour is classified as an extreme sport. This implies that you [...]

Repetition is one of the single most important factors in getting a new move or technique added to your arsenal successfully. You need to practice new moves over and over again until they are almost instinct. For example, when you first learn a frontflip, you will not be landing it perfectly. After much practice, you start landing them on your [...]

Backflipping is one of the most sought-after skills in Free Running (not officially considered parkour, though I interchange the terms). It involves jumping up, tucking, and rotating backwards 360 degrees. There are multiple types of backflips including; Gainer, Cheat Gainer, And all the backflips with spin. A Gainer is not to be confused with a Flash Kick. In this tutorial, [...]

Getting into Parkour is not hard to do, but in this guide I will outline how you can learn Parkour in your first month. Each day you will do something different that will help with Parkour and starting it. Day 1 Well, if this is your first day ever with Parkour, you will want to learn how to roll first. [...]

There are a surprisingly larger number of Free Runners then you’d think. If you are looking for people to run with in your city, it shouldn’t be hard to find someone. There are a variety of options available to you, and I will list them all below. Local Parkour Gym If you live in a larger city, Parkour gyms are [...]

Font flipping is one of the most looked forward to skills of Parkour and Free Running. Doing one of these flips is not that hard. The hardest part is getting over the fear. Before the tutorial, I will write my own front flip experience. Just less than three months ago, I was afraid of all types of flips. One day, [...]

ParkourX now has our first tutorials. Both of these were made by Hans, and myself, Lukas Larsson. The tutorials out now are the front flip (part 1), and crane. We have many more quickly following. These tutorials can be found on YouTube, as well as the new page that can be found in the naviagtion. We will be releasing more [...]

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, [...]