How Parkour Can Help Troubled Youth

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Ah, parkour. It started one of the Bond movies, showed up on The Office, and has steadily continued to grow in popularity ever since. The stylish sport is seen as a wild, exciting way to, among other things, both get some exercise and indulge in a little bit of artistic expression. One area where parkour is often under appreciated, though, … Read More

Parkour Gym For Kids

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Parkour gym for kids When parents hear the word “parkour” they almost always interpret it as “danger.” They believe it’s an extreme sport designed for brave or even reckless individuals who don’t mind getting hurt or injured. But they couldn’t be more wrong. Parkour makes a superior training method that even the children can use to develop their motor skills … Read More

Parkour: The Perfect Exercise for all-round Fitness?

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Choosing a type of exercise that is fun and enjoyable to you is a crucial factor in staying committed to training consistently. It is natural that whatever skill we choose to practice we improve on specifically. For example, someone who trains weightlifting 3x a week consistently, is likely to find over time that they can naturally lift heavier weights. However, … Read More

The 7 Best Parkour Locations in the World

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Parkour lovers love a challenge. Setting new goals, improving their skills, and exploring the limits of their bodies is a must. Also, the creative side of each person doing parkour needs to be strong and needs to have the opportunity to shine. This is exactly why every parkour lover should try out different locations for their training and practices. Since … Read More

How Parkour Training Can Save Your Life

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Parkour is a fast-growing practice in this century; however, for something growing this fast, very little information is known about Parkour. You can describe Parkour as a logical and creative movement through a typically urban setup from point A to B as quickly as possible. Involved is the overcoming of physical barriers on any route while creating practical and inventive … Read More

5 Reasons To Let Your Child Starting Parkour

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If your child is overwhelmed with energy, then it is not surprising that you are looking for safe ways to put it in a peaceful direction. Despite all the stereotypes and traumatic statistics, parkour can become a sport that will captivate your child. Or, at least, will save him from something even more dangerous. In this article, we have collected … Read More

Lisses – The Birthplace of Parkour

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On a quiet suburb of Paris lies the small and unassuming town of Lisses. Today the area is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Parkour, and of course the playground to the first highly renowned Parkour team the ‘Yamaksi’. Lisses is the location for many early Parkour viral videos which include some of the earliest pioneers of the Parkour and … Read More

Parkour for Everyone

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It can be easy for someone who is new to understanding the Free Running and Parkour Movement to overlook the practice to be just vaulting over obstacles or doing flips. However, over time it becomes evident to anyone who has trained Parkour that dedicating oneself to progressing in the discipline brings skills and benefits far beyond just this. Indeed, training … Read More