tried parkour
Sep. 19th, 2022 11:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forgotten_ariaI did a parkour class with Beth yesterday. First I want to say that Parkour Generations Boston had a very well run class.
I was very glad I was already strong for the warm up. The backwards bear crawls killed me, however. When I struggled to complete it, people from the group came to "support" me which in the past would have made me feel embarrassed especially with a group of strangers, but it didn't phase me at all. But thank goodness I'm so comfortable on my hands.
We did a move where you grab a rail kind of half upside down and then move your feet over it. (I forget the name.) We practiced it for a bit on the ground, then did it at about 8ft. My fear of heights made me pause for a bit, but other than that, I did pretty well. I was being super heavy with my grip, however, since I didn't 100% trust myself. Anything that involved trying to get a grip with my toes didn't work so well, which might have been my shoes or just might have been my body position.
We moved to some cat hangs, which I didn't 100% fail at. Though they did rip my callouses.
I feel like I'm forgetting something.
We ended with some physical conditionally laps over a set of stairs and a block, which I was already out of energy for, so I did my best.
Parkour is not for me, which is likely good, since I'm already struggling to balance Taekwondo, Crossfit, and circus-y things. It was an interesting and well run class, however, and i'm super glad I did it.
I was very glad I was already strong for the warm up. The backwards bear crawls killed me, however. When I struggled to complete it, people from the group came to "support" me which in the past would have made me feel embarrassed especially with a group of strangers, but it didn't phase me at all. But thank goodness I'm so comfortable on my hands.
We did a move where you grab a rail kind of half upside down and then move your feet over it. (I forget the name.) We practiced it for a bit on the ground, then did it at about 8ft. My fear of heights made me pause for a bit, but other than that, I did pretty well. I was being super heavy with my grip, however, since I didn't 100% trust myself. Anything that involved trying to get a grip with my toes didn't work so well, which might have been my shoes or just might have been my body position.
We moved to some cat hangs, which I didn't 100% fail at. Though they did rip my callouses.
I feel like I'm forgetting something.
We ended with some physical conditionally laps over a set of stairs and a block, which I was already out of energy for, so I did my best.
Parkour is not for me, which is likely good, since I'm already struggling to balance Taekwondo, Crossfit, and circus-y things. It was an interesting and well run class, however, and i'm super glad I did it.
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Date: 2022-09-19 10:53 pm (UTC)I've also heard good things about PGB, so nice to get confirmation of such. :)