Thought I answer a couple more questions today. Lots of them have been coming in recently. While I can’t get to every one individually I’ll try to answer them in these posts.
“I always wanted to start parkour and didn’t know how to start. When I saw the dvd that your selling I thought this is an excellent starting point, but the problem is that there is no vaults, rails etc… in the place that I live in. Any suggestions?”
Ahmed
Unfortunately, Parkour does require a certain kind of terrain in order to really practice the moves. My advice is to just be on the lookout for anything you can use.
While most people practice in cities even small benches and fences can give you a few obstacles to overcome. Most places should have some walls you can climb and areas to jump off of.
The most basic moves can even be practiced with nothing like jumping and rolling.
But in the end you may have to travel a bit to get the best results.
To learn all the Parkour basics get the Parkour Tutorial DVD.
“I have training towards the goal of achieving a full range of motion handstand pushup, I am currently still doing the regular hand stands, which I have not mastered yet. How often would you advise to train handstands.”
Ashley
To keep it short, the more practice you do the better you’ll get.
Handstands are a very tough skill. Getting to the point where you can do them easily and consistently is going to take many hours of practice.
So to get best results you should practice them every single day. How much you do it is up to you. You can do one long practice or spread it out over the day.
And if you’re just beginning you may have to work up to this volume of training.
Before working on the handstand pushup you should be consistent with your handstands. And because this move can also be taxing on your muscles you may have to practice it a bit less.
I hope that helps. Later this week I’ll have another video or two to show you.
Good Luck and Good Hand Balancing,
Logan Christopher
P.S. On another topic, I’m doing a free teleseminar on hitting your training goals this Wednesday. Its more focused on strength training but will cover practicing skills as well. If you want to sign up for the Goal Teleseminar click here.