Parkour EDU
ParkourEDU seeks to bring awareness to sustainable training methods, to develop the highest quality of coaching, and promote safe educational facilities.
13/07/2020
"I haven’t told this story because frankly it’s a bit embarrassing how naive and oblivious I was that night a few years back. Recently I was reminded of it, and it stuck out to me as a story that needed to be told ..."
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Parkour, Guns, Bombs, Cops, Jail Time - ParkourEDU (Photo by JC Gellidon) I haven’t told this story because frankly it’s a bit embarrassing how naive and oblivious I was that night a few years back. Recently I was reminded of it, and it stuck out to me as a story that needed to be told, an important contrast needing to be expressed. ... Read mor...
Lower body mobility + rail balance skills 👀
1 good way to help take care of your low back:
Show some love to your knee joints 🦿 💛
A few good reasons to work on your pancake mobility:
Jumping/landing prehab for your spine.
24/05/2020
How to add some tricks to your summertime grass sessions 🔥
Tricking basics for parkour athletes - ParkourEDU After years of training and coaching gymnastics and cheer in Hawai’i, I started tricking in 2014. When I moved to Colorado in 2016, I began coaching at Apex Fort Collins––helping to build the acro/tricking program with my friend Sean Ingel. I spent the last year helping to build up the acro pr...
Fond memories, really miss these times right now, especially the time I lived in that abandoned elevator shaft (first clip) for a few weeks with Anthony Denis in Miramas, France.
Getting to our beds after exhausting night missions was brutal climbing up into this hole in the ceiling haha especially because you had to wedge yourself in enough to deal with a lock and key before doing a static underbar. So worth it though :)
-Amos
🔫🦐 Balance x shrimp/pistol squat 🔥
3 main reasons why people struggle with pistol squats: poor ankle dorsiflexion (DF), lack of strength, limited pike mobility. If you need some easier, scalable pistol progressions, try:
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▫️ top left | heel-elevated pistol if you lack ankle DF, gradually use less slope
▫️ top right | pole-assisted pistol if you lack strength, gradually use less upper body assistance
▫️ bottom right | elevated pistol if you lack pike mobility, gradually use less elevation
▫️ bottom left | box pistol if you lack ankle DF, strength, and/or pike mobility, gradually use a shorter box
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🔗 in bio for new, long-form shrimp/pistol training blog post by 🔫 🦐
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New, long-form shrimp/pistol training blog post by Ryan Ford 🔫 🦐
https://parkouredu.org/shrimp-pistol/?learn=11
If you can’t lift heavy right now due to covid19 closures, loaded shrimp squats are a clever, underrated, and minimalistic way to challenge your legs. They won’t fully replace back squat or deadlift but they’re better than nothing and can be done anywhere. A few variations:
▫️ top left | L2 jumbo shrimp (extra ROM) w/ kettlebell
▫️ top right | L1 goblet shrimp w/ dumbbell
▫️ bottom right | overloaded, eccentric L2 shrimp w/ weight dump at bottom + explode up
▫️ bottom left | L1 shrimp w/ weight vest
* or mix/match principles/equipment in other ways that work best for you
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No "bad" positions, only bad preparation.
31/01/2020
The United States Parkour Association is seeking an inaugural Executive Director to champion the growth of parkour and our national community!
A Search for an Executive Director - United States Parkour Association A Search for an Executive Director by Alan Tran | Jan 29, 2020 | News | 0 comments The United States Parkour Association is seeking an inaugural Executive Director to champion the growth of parkour and our national community! The Executive Director will work closely with our Board of Directors and v...
Drop to sprint is an underrated speed parkour drill!
Upper body strength and skill 👏
Quick hands, quicker feet!
21/01/2020
In 2016, we partnered with the Division of Kinesiology and Health at the University of Wyoming to deconstruct various parkour landing techniques. The study was just published by the Journal of Human Kinetics—and with free/open access for all!
In this study, landing forces and techniques by 20 parkour coaches and athletes from Apex School of Movement locations were analyzed using high-speed cameras and 3-dimensional coordinates set up at Apex.
When we got the news of publishing, we asked the lead researcher, Dr. Dai, a few follow-up questions:
Q: What do you think is the biggest takeaway from this study?
A: Landing from a high height does not necessarily result in injury if appropriate landing techniques are used. This finding has important implications for injury prevention for other athletes, as many injuries such as ACL and MCL injuries occur when athletes land from much less height.
Q: What kind of follow-up studies do you think would be most interesting/useful?
A: We would like to perform follow-up intervention studies with athletes who are participating in sports involving jump-landing activities such as volleyball, basketball, and soccer. We plan to quantify whether these athletes can safely learn parkour roll and landing techniques in a short period of time (about 1 week) and then execute these techniques to decrease lower extremity loading in landing. Our long-term goal is to implement this type of landing training program in many sports teams and to track whether it can help decrease landing related lower extremity injuries.
Any other parkour science studies you would like to see? Drop a comment to let us know :)
Kinematic Analyses of Parkour Landings From as High as 2.7 Meters - ParkourEDU PREFACE: In 2016, we partnered with the Division of Kinesiology and Health at the University of Wyoming to deconstruct various parkour landing techniques. The study was just published by the Journal of Human Kinetics—and with free/open access for all! In this study, landing forces and techniques b...
19/12/2019
Our first coaching event for 2020—12 spots left! 🔗 in bio to learn more 🚂
17/12/2019
Our first coaching event for 2020—12 spots left!
https://parkouredu.org/shop/l1cert-pk100s/
11/11/2019
Introducing the Big PK Bundle for the 1st time ever—our full online course library at a special rate for the next 6 people who move quickly enough 🙃
https://parkouredu.org/shop/big-pk-bundle/
GHRs for posterior chain development 🍑 🔥
Advanced level parkour strength challenge 🚨
✔️ mobility
✔️ strength
✔️ power
✔️ speed
✔️ accuracy
✔️ balance
✔️ agility
✔️ coordination
✔️ plz don't get rekt
Do you prefer the 🦵🏽 landing or the 🦵🏽🦵🏽 landing?
How do you think about training jumping/landing complexity?
Finding/training with incrementally more challenging obstacles = progress/growth hack for parkour 💪🏽
Friendly reminder to always check your surfaces 😃
13/08/2019
🔥 🔥 🔥 Speed Parkour Competition Stats | Pilot Study
by Ryan Ford
https://parkouredu.org/speed-stats-1/?learn=13
Speed Parkour Competition Stats | Pilot Study - ParkourEDU Disclaimer: I’m just a data nerd who’s curious to learn more about parkour speed training. There’s a lot I don’t know but I find this measurable movement style to be one of the most innovative, unexplored areas in all of athletics. No other jump/land/sprint type sport has gone as far as park...
From 9 sec. to 8.24 👏🏽
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