The following program is designed for athletes. If you train only 1-3 times per week this is going to sound like a lot and might not be for you. Having said that, this could be the perfect template to bring organization to your training, get you out more, and up your overall game.
For as long as I’ve practiced parkour I’ve had an obsession with numbers. I’ve kept track of my own statistics: height, weight, a multitude of basic jumps, squat, deadlift, kong, wall-run, dyno, etc.
In Part 1 of this series I presented the idea that parkour training is incomplete without an organized training plan. The majority of parkour practices follow the theme of seeking out new challenges.
Parkour was introduced to me, like most people, through the internet. A friend introduced me to a few parkour videos in 2007. My first training session, a 1:00am blitz through a nearly abandoned college campus, was the catalyst for what would become an obsession with movement and challenge.
The lack of organization for training by the majority, if not all parkour athletes, is an epidemic. Much of this can be attributed to the constant divide in parkour philosophies, which makes it difficult to determine training goals.