Cumberland Basin

I should have done slightly more training and less taking pictures, but I had my camera and got a couple of good ones.

It's a good area to train in.

First day of training

Woo. Saturday was fun.

I managed to get the basics for a turn, and a lazy vault. and can almost do a monkey. So I'm feeling quite happy.

I then walked to the balloon fiesta, tired me out, especially in the heat.

I rubbed my right foot toes raw in my trainer, so I ran/walked, back to bristol bare foot in the wet. was quite refreshing.

cant wait for next weekend.

And so he walked

My body ached so i did 20 press ups and a few light exercises. I had a shower and bath, and then just rested.

I needed to deliver my papers so I did so barefoot, so I learnt to watch where I was stepping, and to toughen them up.

Practice area

Wind Jackal (Tom), Of BPK (Bristol Parkour), came and showed me a couple of areas close to where I lived, that I could use for practice. The one I am going to use, is Soundwell Leisure Centre. Its got a couple of rails I can use for vaults, some walls for lifting myself up, and some smaller stuff for precision jumps.

Its all good.

Conditioning

Well, My first blog entry, might as well write about my conditioning. And what sort of exercises I'm doing per session (I will do about 2 a day). well to begin with:

Upper Body:
20 Normal Press ups,
10 Close Grip Press ups,
10 Wide Grip Press ups,

I am still looking for a place to do pull ups in kingswood.

Lower Body:
50 Standing Calf Raisers,
50 Shin Raisers,
20 Full Range Calf Raisers,
10 Pistol Squats (per leg, and not the whole thing, not strong enough yet),
30 Squats.

Other (this covers exercises that do more than one area of muscle and holds etc.):
2 Push up hold for as long as I can,
2 Diamond Push up holds as long as I can,
2 Flexed Arm push up holds as long as I can,
2 Crunch Holds as long as I can,
2 Squat Holds as long as I can,
2 Wall Seats as long as I can,
2 Back Extension Holds as long as I can,
2 Pilates Holds as long as I can,
20 Crunches,
15 leg and head Raises (not sure what these are called, but you lie on your front and lift your head and legs off the floor about 6 inches and repeat).

I vary the holds so I dont use the same muscles too much .

I am slowly increasing each one that I do.

wish me luck.