March 2012
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Space calls for action, and before action, the imagination is at work
– the poetics of space
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have.
– Eckhart Tolle (via jecoart)
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Weekly Challenge 07
6000 pushups in a month!
Ok, so this isn’t a ‘weekly’ challenge but a good challenge none the less that I want to take on now that I finished the no-excuses month-long challenge.
This challenge essentially requires 200 pushups a day.
if you break it down to sets of 50 every few hours, it is completely doable.
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parkour followers!
Roll-call, cause I’m curious….
where do you train/where are you from, and how long have you been training?
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First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will...
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Parkour isn’t about jumps and flips, its about being strong, capable and...
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Humble →
“The greatest obstacle in Parkour is the ego. You must admit weakness to become strong…”
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Passion creates freedom where there is nothing but fear.
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Without philosophy, action has no meaning.
– Sébastien Foucan (via fit4lyfe)
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Disciplines, Influences, Beliefs
(in relation to… general fitness, parkour, freerunning, martial arts, boxing, dance, climbing, running, etc; all forms of movement and life)
1 Daily habits, attitudes, disciplines. 2 People you surround yourself with 3 Driving Beliefs, goals, philosophies
These are the three things that define you, your abilities, and your ability to control the circumstances.
01 Discipline is...
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Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
– Roy Smith
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Daily Dose 03-03-2012
So I have had an amazing week of training.
Saturday Feb 25: AMW Jam in NYC; I spent most of the day at TompkinSquarePark and worked on a ton of rail stuff; precisions, laches, underbars, castaways, cats, flags, soul circles, etc. It was a seriously progressive day for me, doing several things for the first time outside/with comfort.
Monday Feb 27: NYC climbing around central park followed by an...
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Without philosophy, action has no meaning.
– Sébastien Foucan (via fit4lyfe)
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Embrace challenge as opportunity. Adapt. →
“A good traceur keeps learning to move better, a great traceur keeps moving to learn better.” - Jesse Danger
Click to read whole thing. Short but solid; blog has a lot of good writing on parkour; mentalities, observations, philosophies, etc.
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Weekly Challenge 06
You’re out training with your friends and someone stops you on the street. You tell them you are doing Parkour and their first question naturally is, “Oh, what is parkour? They’ve never seen or heard of parkour before.
Challenge: Explain (use the box below) in 3-4 sentences or less: what is parkour/fr ?
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