Well, I need to finish writing this, but check out what I wrote about stretching so far here. The only time you would need to worry about stretching of any kind affecting your performance would be if you were competing and really needed the extra ed…
I completely agree with this. As a personal trainer and future physical therapist, ballistic stretching before any type of athletic activity will greatly help in performance. Static stretching should be done after work outs. Each stretch for static…
*sigh*
This brings up the excellent question: When will the Moonshoes freerunning world championships be held?
And the similar questions: Where can I get some cheap? Do they come in adult sizes? Can they be powered (for example, by mounting a car…
As far as I know this is correct. All I can add is that since they're the result of stressing your shins, it could help to do what you can to avoid high-impact stuff as well. (This may or may not apply to you; while you're out, try seeing if you can…
in my fitness class at school, my coach says that kinetic or ballistic stretching is 100 times better than static stretching because it prepares your muscles for the movement that you'll be doing in whatever sport/activty you'll be doing, and in our…
I've got a 'meh' camera (it's a decent digital camera, but it's not a digital SLR or a video camera), and could possibly get a better one if necessary.
The catch is that I'm out in Worcester.
Well first I though "ok, there's a slim chance this'll be ok."
Then I hit play on the youtube video on the front page, and it said "Warning, The following *moves* are performed by....." and I said 'ugh'.
I prefer to keep the definitions separate, and have the
Parkour: speed traversal.
Freerunning: when you do something flashy when there is a smoother/faster alternative.
definitions stay, without the value judgements. I can see the two diverging, (wh…