Well,
we completed our first day of physical training. We showed up at the gym at 8 am, and were immediately put to work. A short jog for warm up, and then a wall climb. How fast can you get up an 8 feet wall? Will, a trainer and part of The Tribe, showed us how to do a "kip" a kick that allows you to flip up the lower half of your body onto the top of a wall... no more getting stuck in awkward positions!!!
Mark and Jesse showed up later and for much of the morning we had all three of them showing us techniques and then refining them. We worked on precession jumping, leaping from a distance onto a small area (2 by 4 or a pipe) it's crazy how little i know about how to use my body... "there's a muscle there?" Everything we did was corrected, not just how we did squats but the foot position of a squat, or the exact hip placement for a perfect push up. "Basically find the way that hurts the most, thats probably the right way." - Luke just tried to walk across the room, we are so sore, he is limping... -
Went to lunch around 11:30 walked a ton of blocks (DC blocks are huge) and arrived on the steps of the nations capital. Literally, lunch consisted of veggie wraps (with raw, fresh Kale) and peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches.
We returned to the gym to end the day with what felt like a crazy work out but in reality was nothing. During lunch we had all frozen up and so doing the wheelbarrow and burpees (for reference a burpee is a jump up drop down into a push up and back again, I think that name is local) was hard.
Metro ride back to home base and a nap.... - Kai just cut himself cooking dinner, what are practically packed first aid kits for? Way to go Luke. -
We are making a burrito dinner and afterwards will be writing a two page paper on the early history of Parkour.
and then....a cold bath (no hot water, supposedly cold is better, who knew?)
We are so sore, and so happy, we've all agreed that already this trip has been worth while, just what we learned today was incredible.
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While I am indeed impressed with your tales of muscle soreness and Kai's cooking injury, I was disappointed to read that your day started at 8am. Somehow I thought hardcore parkour would start at 4am. Please adjust your schedule for tomorrow morning.
Back here in Maine...On the Camping Intensive, we did not learn how to jump over anything but we did walk all over Peaks Island. No major injuries to report, although, Kayla had some touch and go moments when her yogurt was crushed inside her bag. The School of Rock pretty much took over the entire school but it seemed like Hip Hop might edge them out tomorrow. Math Intensive, Film Intensive and others were maintaining a low profile today but are surely doing substantial learning.
Be careful, guys. Please post photos soon.
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