Updating my blog is nothing im very good at!
I assume I am to busy enjoying the sun, life and training. Also, I dont feel I have any interesting topic to adress..
It just dont feel very interesting for people to read:
- "Today I worked on my precisions ..bla bla bla.."
So I will return when I actually have some more profound to say. Some thoughts and ideas.
Anyway, Ill give a quick update on my life in general anyway.
Training going well. I feel I am really evolving both mentally and physically. I dare more, and I feel that I am capable of more now. Realized the other day, that I have actually been into parkour for about a year now. Havent trained seriously for more then maybe 9 - 10 months tho.
I have also started to seriously look into purchasing a new camera. Not decided on what to buy yet, but I dont think I will spend the money for a HD camera. I think I will settle with a SD camera. Will be enough for my needs Id wager, and it wont burn to big a hole in my wallet either :)
With that new camera I will make a 1 year progression sampler sometime this fall I think.
Also, here is my latest little sampler! Nothing fancy, just felt like putting together the little material I had lying around.
Have a great summer, and who knows. Maybe we will meet up sometime during the summer!
Im going to London in the middle/end of august.
Take care!
Bits n pieces!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Head cam test!
This is just a test. I will upload a better clip with more variation in the movement soon.
Placing the cam on the head made the focus come a bit high, instead of where I look with my eyes. So I will try it out on the chest next time instead. Should be less in the way like that aswell.
Anyway. Besides this little test. Life is going well. I train hard, and im having tons of fun. Been a bit bad on training my acrobatics latley tho. Mostly running, and strength training. I will hopefully get more time for the acros soon tho. :-)
Anyway. Here is my little test.. More to come!
Placing the cam on the head made the focus come a bit high, instead of where I look with my eyes. So I will try it out on the chest next time instead. Should be less in the way like that aswell.
Anyway. Besides this little test. Life is going well. I train hard, and im having tons of fun. Been a bit bad on training my acrobatics latley tho. Mostly running, and strength training. I will hopefully get more time for the acros soon tho. :-)
Anyway. Here is my little test.. More to come!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Mental challenges
I read a blog entry on parkour generations there other day about mental challenges, and I was really intrigued by the challenge the author of the post issued to all the readers.
Go out, and find a challenge. Doesnt have to be hard or spectacular, just something you dont dare, or have been able to do, but suddenly have lost the confidence to do now.
Confront your fears, and do it. Overcome the mental obstacle!
I have beaten more then one since I read the post. But I went out, the other day and filmed one challenge I have had my eyes on for a while.
Here is the blog entry:
Parkour generations
And my challenge!
Go out, and find a challenge. Doesnt have to be hard or spectacular, just something you dont dare, or have been able to do, but suddenly have lost the confidence to do now.
Confront your fears, and do it. Overcome the mental obstacle!
I have beaten more then one since I read the post. But I went out, the other day and filmed one challenge I have had my eyes on for a while.
Here is the blog entry:
Parkour generations
And my challenge!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Going home
This weekend I had a quick visit in my old hometown. To spend some time with my mom, my little brother and my old friends from "tha hood" :)
Had a great time, and it was really fun to catch up with old friends, even tho time wasnt enough to hook up with all of those I would have liked too.
Saturday was devoted to training tho. I knew there was some people training in my home town and neighbour town. So I got in touch with a guy from the neighbour town, and we agreed to meet up and train, and try to get some more people to join in.
In the end, only one more came.. But it was still great fun. They showed me around on some of the spots they have spent their years on, and I managed to get some new challenges and beat some newly arrived challenges. Was alot of fun!
We spent all day training, and my body felt pretty sore when I got back to my moms later in the evening! We started out at 12 pm, with some warming up. Then we ended the day around 7 pm, with a short break in the middle for food. Was pretty intense, but was really fun. I learned so much, and I did alot of new stuff. Was really great.
I got a daysampler put together aswell. I managed to forget to use my camera most of the day, but I got a few shots atleast. :)
Also, on sunday when I was going home. I knew that the people in Uppsala had the regulary sunday training, so I hooked up with them as I had to wait for my bus there for 50 minutes. So I manged to get a good 20 minutes or so training with them aswell.
Showed me some really sweet spots we will probably return to this coming sunday when we will have small jam with some people from Stockholm coming aswell. Will be awsome im sure!
Anyway. Now I need to grab something to eat. Take care!
Had a great time, and it was really fun to catch up with old friends, even tho time wasnt enough to hook up with all of those I would have liked too.
Saturday was devoted to training tho. I knew there was some people training in my home town and neighbour town. So I got in touch with a guy from the neighbour town, and we agreed to meet up and train, and try to get some more people to join in.
In the end, only one more came.. But it was still great fun. They showed me around on some of the spots they have spent their years on, and I managed to get some new challenges and beat some newly arrived challenges. Was alot of fun!
We spent all day training, and my body felt pretty sore when I got back to my moms later in the evening! We started out at 12 pm, with some warming up. Then we ended the day around 7 pm, with a short break in the middle for food. Was pretty intense, but was really fun. I learned so much, and I did alot of new stuff. Was really great.
I got a daysampler put together aswell. I managed to forget to use my camera most of the day, but I got a few shots atleast. :)
Also, on sunday when I was going home. I knew that the people in Uppsala had the regulary sunday training, so I hooked up with them as I had to wait for my bus there for 50 minutes. So I manged to get a good 20 minutes or so training with them aswell.
Showed me some really sweet spots we will probably return to this coming sunday when we will have small jam with some people from Stockholm coming aswell. Will be awsome im sure!
Anyway. Now I need to grab something to eat. Take care!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Suma Summarum
Not much to report. Nothing spectacular that has happend recently. I have been training hard as always..
Also, I went to the good doctor, and got my knee x-rayed. Seems like my knee problem is from an old healed schlatter injury. I seem to have some bone fragment that lies in my knee. Nothing I have to worry about apperantly. I guess my pains is just due to me training wrong and to hard. So I will adjust and make it better. Already feeling the difference from training a bit more focused on my legs, and taking it easy on high drops.
Also, the easter has been great. Been back home and visited my family, and we had a great weekend in the mountains with lots of snow, and snowmobile riding. Been great. Had over 1m of snow there.. And here where I live, its full spring. So quite a difference :-)
Im really bad at uploading pictures. But I swear. I will upload some from this weekend tomorrow. Was amazing to spend alot of time in that harsh and waste snowy landscape. Its always breathtaking to be up there..
Anyway, now the easter holidays are over, and im back home. Had my first small training session today. Felt really good.. Also had a great visit in Uppsala last sunday. Trained the entire day. Not healthy. But alot of fun!
Was my first outdoor session in Uppsala. So it was really fun to see all the nice spots there, and I also managed to pull off my first backflip (from a fence), down on asfalt. Felt pretty intense. :)
Now im off to bed, to get some rest, so Ill be fit for a long hard day of training tomorrow!
be well!
Also, I went to the good doctor, and got my knee x-rayed. Seems like my knee problem is from an old healed schlatter injury. I seem to have some bone fragment that lies in my knee. Nothing I have to worry about apperantly. I guess my pains is just due to me training wrong and to hard. So I will adjust and make it better. Already feeling the difference from training a bit more focused on my legs, and taking it easy on high drops.
Also, the easter has been great. Been back home and visited my family, and we had a great weekend in the mountains with lots of snow, and snowmobile riding. Been great. Had over 1m of snow there.. And here where I live, its full spring. So quite a difference :-)
Im really bad at uploading pictures. But I swear. I will upload some from this weekend tomorrow. Was amazing to spend alot of time in that harsh and waste snowy landscape. Its always breathtaking to be up there..
Anyway, now the easter holidays are over, and im back home. Had my first small training session today. Felt really good.. Also had a great visit in Uppsala last sunday. Trained the entire day. Not healthy. But alot of fun!
Was my first outdoor session in Uppsala. So it was really fun to see all the nice spots there, and I also managed to pull off my first backflip (from a fence), down on asfalt. Felt pretty intense. :)
Now im off to bed, to get some rest, so Ill be fit for a long hard day of training tomorrow!
be well!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Spring!
Finally it seems that mother winter is truly defeated. All snow is gone, and the warm sun is really warming now. I was out today with my girlfriend and our dog on the cliffs, and we just played around, playing with the dog, and I took the time to jump around. Train some precisions, stretch and train some handstands.
Also, I managed to do my first completly flawless backflip on grass today! I have done them before on flat ground, but alway landed on all fours basicly. This time I got good height, and good rotation. Tucking a little more and jumping more straight up instead of backwards. Felt so good! I was in a small chock that I managed to do it so smooth. I just thought. Heck, ill try one. And I did 4 - 5 right after just to make sure. And I nailed all of them. I feel really happy now, and it feels great that I managed to defeat my past goal of being able to do proper backflips on grass by this summer. Now I am aiming to do the round off back handspring on grass by this summer. And topping it off with a backflip would be nice ;)
We will see. On monday I will dedicate 2 hours in the gymnasium to pure back handspring training ;)
Now I am going to just sit back, and relax. Take care!
Also, I managed to do my first completly flawless backflip on grass today! I have done them before on flat ground, but alway landed on all fours basicly. This time I got good height, and good rotation. Tucking a little more and jumping more straight up instead of backwards. Felt so good! I was in a small chock that I managed to do it so smooth. I just thought. Heck, ill try one. And I did 4 - 5 right after just to make sure. And I nailed all of them. I feel really happy now, and it feels great that I managed to defeat my past goal of being able to do proper backflips on grass by this summer. Now I am aiming to do the round off back handspring on grass by this summer. And topping it off with a backflip would be nice ;)
We will see. On monday I will dedicate 2 hours in the gymnasium to pure back handspring training ;)
Now I am going to just sit back, and relax. Take care!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Been a while
Havent had much special activites going on latley, so I havent felt a need to update my blog for a while. Its not so interesting to read that I had oatmeal for breakfast, with a sliced banana, did my 6 mile walk with my dog before lunch, and then went to the gym in the evening.
Thats how my days look basicly when I am not working atm.
I have done some easy training for my knee, wich is actually feeling a little better. But I think this healing will take quite some time. I will probably have to take it pretty easy the whole summer to be completly restored. I hope not, but it feels that way at the moment.
A fun little side note. Thru work we have had a theme of health and diet etc, wich resulted in all employes visiting a seminar about health, excercise, diet and focus (mindfulness). Also, we had a health check. Our colesterol, blood sugar levels and blood pressure (wich was all ok for me). Also we had a meeting with a lifestyle coach to messure our body fat %, and talk about our lives and if we want to change anything. How and so on. The fat % isnt 100% accurat, but pretty good, and I turned out to have 14.8% total fat in my body.. Low % is 15 - 20 for males.. I guess I have a lot less fat then I thought :)
Also, we have been having alot of sun, and great days the past weeks now. Some snow, but it has melted away just a day after it has arrived. So it really feels like spring is slowly beating mother winter up right now. Wich feels great!
So, today I went for my first barefoot run on the cliffs where I live. Was really fun, and for the past two days, I havent been able to resist atleast some jumping around and easy "parkour" movement on the cliffs here. Trained some backflips, precisions and balance. I felt some strain in my knee, but it has indeed gotten alot better, and I can apply some pressure to it now before I feel strain in it. Then I stretch it, and massage it, and quit my jumping session. So far I havent had any pains after a small jump/run session. I guess my training focusing alot on my legs on the gym is starting to pay off.
Now I am going to get some food ready.. Will be a late dinner today, as my gf is running late. Some pasta, and pasta sauce will be nice now after a hard session at the gym.
Take care, and train safe!
Thats how my days look basicly when I am not working atm.
I have done some easy training for my knee, wich is actually feeling a little better. But I think this healing will take quite some time. I will probably have to take it pretty easy the whole summer to be completly restored. I hope not, but it feels that way at the moment.
A fun little side note. Thru work we have had a theme of health and diet etc, wich resulted in all employes visiting a seminar about health, excercise, diet and focus (mindfulness). Also, we had a health check. Our colesterol, blood sugar levels and blood pressure (wich was all ok for me). Also we had a meeting with a lifestyle coach to messure our body fat %, and talk about our lives and if we want to change anything. How and so on. The fat % isnt 100% accurat, but pretty good, and I turned out to have 14.8% total fat in my body.. Low % is 15 - 20 for males.. I guess I have a lot less fat then I thought :)
Also, we have been having alot of sun, and great days the past weeks now. Some snow, but it has melted away just a day after it has arrived. So it really feels like spring is slowly beating mother winter up right now. Wich feels great!
So, today I went for my first barefoot run on the cliffs where I live. Was really fun, and for the past two days, I havent been able to resist atleast some jumping around and easy "parkour" movement on the cliffs here. Trained some backflips, precisions and balance. I felt some strain in my knee, but it has indeed gotten alot better, and I can apply some pressure to it now before I feel strain in it. Then I stretch it, and massage it, and quit my jumping session. So far I havent had any pains after a small jump/run session. I guess my training focusing alot on my legs on the gym is starting to pay off.
Now I am going to get some food ready.. Will be a late dinner today, as my gf is running late. Some pasta, and pasta sauce will be nice now after a hard session at the gym.
Take care, and train safe!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Oh noes..
More snow.. It feels like mother winter refuses to let go of our part of Sweden. I was hoping spring was just around the corner the other week. But now we have tons of snow again. Dont get me wrong. I like snow, and I think its beautiful. However now I feel I am in the mood for spring and summer. Ive had enough snow and winter for a while!
Anyway, my training is starting again today after a week and a half of rest, due to my knee and my cold. Now im feeling really good again, so I will atempt day 1 of week 6 of my 100 pushup program. Also im going to the gym to do some free weights. Ill try to train some easy excercices on my legs and see how it feels in my knee. It feels alot better now after a week of pure rest. Lets hope I reach full recovery soon!
Id like to encourage everyone to read this article I stumbled across also. Its very good, and its about a frenchman named Erwan Le Corre, who is a great guy with some good and healthy ideas surronding training. He has adapted the ideas of "Method Naturelle", and has his own webpage(in my links section) where he calls his view on training "Movnat". Check out the article here:
Article
There is also a video on youtube that shows some ideas surronding his ideas of how to use your body and natural surrondings to train:
Enjoy!
Anyway, my training is starting again today after a week and a half of rest, due to my knee and my cold. Now im feeling really good again, so I will atempt day 1 of week 6 of my 100 pushup program. Also im going to the gym to do some free weights. Ill try to train some easy excercices on my legs and see how it feels in my knee. It feels alot better now after a week of pure rest. Lets hope I reach full recovery soon!
Id like to encourage everyone to read this article I stumbled across also. Its very good, and its about a frenchman named Erwan Le Corre, who is a great guy with some good and healthy ideas surronding training. He has adapted the ideas of "Method Naturelle", and has his own webpage(in my links section) where he calls his view on training "Movnat". Check out the article here:
Article
There is also a video on youtube that shows some ideas surronding his ideas of how to use your body and natural surrondings to train:
Enjoy!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Metallica
So, thought id make a quicky before work. Saw Metallica this weekend. Oh my. It was a great show!
I dont have time to mention it to much, but ill upload a video and some images later. It was the first time I saw Metallica. I have always been a fan, even tho not a "super fan". Like my gf ;)
But it was really awsome to see this band that has followed me for so many years live. They really put on a great show, played alot of good old songs (and alot of new ones). I had a blast. Then we also had a hotel night in the package, so that was also pretty nice, to have some where to stay after the show, and not be forced to start to make our way home late at night.
My knee is feeling a little better to. I have done no training at all for the past week now, due to my cold and the knee. By thursday I hope to be fit enough to start conditioning again however. I guess I will be focusing alot of upper body strength the coming month, and ill do very light training for my legs. We will see. But im still happy. No more fever, I got to see Metallica and I had a great weekend. And my knee is feeling better. Maybe the gods have started to smile at me again? :)
I dont have time to mention it to much, but ill upload a video and some images later. It was the first time I saw Metallica. I have always been a fan, even tho not a "super fan". Like my gf ;)
But it was really awsome to see this band that has followed me for so many years live. They really put on a great show, played alot of good old songs (and alot of new ones). I had a blast. Then we also had a hotel night in the package, so that was also pretty nice, to have some where to stay after the show, and not be forced to start to make our way home late at night.
My knee is feeling a little better to. I have done no training at all for the past week now, due to my cold and the knee. By thursday I hope to be fit enough to start conditioning again however. I guess I will be focusing alot of upper body strength the coming month, and ill do very light training for my legs. We will see. But im still happy. No more fever, I got to see Metallica and I had a great weekend. And my knee is feeling better. Maybe the gods have started to smile at me again? :)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
holy crap...
05:30
Cant sleep anymore.. Pain in all of my body.. Fever, and headache. I feel so unlucky right now.. Dunno if I will be well enough for metallica on saturday
Curse my bad luck!
First jumpers knee.. Then I get the flue, with pains in all of my body.. Then I might miss metallica..
I hope ill win on the lottery later in life as a compensation :P
Cant sleep anymore.. Pain in all of my body.. Fever, and headache. I feel so unlucky right now.. Dunno if I will be well enough for metallica on saturday
Curse my bad luck!
First jumpers knee.. Then I get the flue, with pains in all of my body.. Then I might miss metallica..
I hope ill win on the lottery later in life as a compensation :P
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Quicky
Thought id add a quick little input.
Today I went to the physiotherapist, and we concluded that I most likely have what is known as "jumpers knee". My english skills is so poor so I dont know how to explain the condition. Ill just cut and paste a link with some info instead ;)
"Jumpers knee"
I think I have grade 1 or 2. So some rest and some simple exercices for the coming 4 - 6 weeks should fix the problem. This means, NO explosive excercises or jumping for that time. So I will be climbing of walls the first week I think.. But considering what will happen if ignored for to long it makes me very eager to rest.
If I reach grade 4, I will have to rest for atleast 3 months from training.. Not fun when the spring/summer is closing in. Also, at that grade of damage a surgery might be needed.
Also, there is another problem knows as: "patella tendonitis" that is sometimes confused with "jumpers knee". Jumpers knee is a degeneration of the tendon, and the first is an inflammation. The first is a bit more serious then "Jumpers knee"..
My therapist said that he wasnt 100% sure I actually had jumpers knee, but it was most likley. So we will try to do my rehab training for 4 - 6 weeks, and alot of rest, and see what happens. If that doesnt work, I think its off to the good doctor to make some x-ray and things like that.. I keep my fingers crossed that I do not have an inflammation.
And to top it all, I feel im getting ill aswell. Been feeling heavy in my head all day, and I had some shivers aswell. Also some sore throat.. The gods do not smile at me right now..
Now im going to go and lay down I think.. Be well!
Today I went to the physiotherapist, and we concluded that I most likely have what is known as "jumpers knee". My english skills is so poor so I dont know how to explain the condition. Ill just cut and paste a link with some info instead ;)
"Jumpers knee"
I think I have grade 1 or 2. So some rest and some simple exercices for the coming 4 - 6 weeks should fix the problem. This means, NO explosive excercises or jumping for that time. So I will be climbing of walls the first week I think.. But considering what will happen if ignored for to long it makes me very eager to rest.
If I reach grade 4, I will have to rest for atleast 3 months from training.. Not fun when the spring/summer is closing in. Also, at that grade of damage a surgery might be needed.
Also, there is another problem knows as: "patella tendonitis" that is sometimes confused with "jumpers knee". Jumpers knee is a degeneration of the tendon, and the first is an inflammation. The first is a bit more serious then "Jumpers knee"..
My therapist said that he wasnt 100% sure I actually had jumpers knee, but it was most likley. So we will try to do my rehab training for 4 - 6 weeks, and alot of rest, and see what happens. If that doesnt work, I think its off to the good doctor to make some x-ray and things like that.. I keep my fingers crossed that I do not have an inflammation.
And to top it all, I feel im getting ill aswell. Been feeling heavy in my head all day, and I had some shivers aswell. Also some sore throat.. The gods do not smile at me right now..
Now im going to go and lay down I think.. Be well!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Been a while
Havent written in a while now. Been to busy keeping my body in motion and training hard ;)
Just got home from a nice 3 hour indoor training session with the people in Uppsala. Was a good fun day! Always alot of fun to train with them.
Did some nice progress I felt there today, and I can hardly wait till the summer comes in all its glory.. I mean, I still train outside even tho we have ice, snow and such here. But I am a bit "crippled" due to the ice and snow. Its a challenge to overcome, and in a way I guess that is what parkour is all about.
But I must say, its alot more fun to train when its atleast a little warmer outside, and no snow.. So I am really looking forward to spring and summer now. Atleast the sun has started to show itself alot more recently. Have had a great week so far with alot of sun, and some nice times outdoors.
I am however having some feelings in my left knee. Something I have felt since the last summer. Recently tho I have started to have a bit more pains in my knee, so I think I will have to look it up. Hopefully I wont have to do any surgery.. But we will see what x-ray and the physiotherapist will say.
Today I have had some thoughts regarding training, parkour and competition. Something I do not endorce in any way when it comes to parkour, or freerunning. However, competition is defined in many ways. Do we not compete when we challenge our friend to do what we just did? Or when we "play" and we try to "push" eachother in a reasonable fashion?
Sometimes competition doesnt always mean that we compete for money, and for winners and losers. Sometimes, maybe we compete against our friends in a friendly fashion, we compete against our self. Our past achivements, do we not always strife to overcome them? We always aim to be stronger, faster and more able to help, and be there for those in need. One day, maybe we compete against death..
Anyway, to conclude what I have written, I do not think we can have traditional competitions in le parkour, as it removes the whole idea of what is parkour. We can however compete against ourselves. And we have to wonder about the word, and how we define "competition". Competition is always competition. But the outcome of competition is what can differ.
But in the end, I guess there are more negative aspects involving the word competitions. Hopefully parkour will evolve with the help of people like David Belle, Yamakasi and parkour generations towards an understanding that makes competition unthinkable for the mass of practioners of the art. In the spirit of le parkour, there can be no winners, and no losers.. Only practioners.
Compete against yourself. And challenge your friends!
/Ronnie
Just got home from a nice 3 hour indoor training session with the people in Uppsala. Was a good fun day! Always alot of fun to train with them.
Did some nice progress I felt there today, and I can hardly wait till the summer comes in all its glory.. I mean, I still train outside even tho we have ice, snow and such here. But I am a bit "crippled" due to the ice and snow. Its a challenge to overcome, and in a way I guess that is what parkour is all about.
But I must say, its alot more fun to train when its atleast a little warmer outside, and no snow.. So I am really looking forward to spring and summer now. Atleast the sun has started to show itself alot more recently. Have had a great week so far with alot of sun, and some nice times outdoors.
I am however having some feelings in my left knee. Something I have felt since the last summer. Recently tho I have started to have a bit more pains in my knee, so I think I will have to look it up. Hopefully I wont have to do any surgery.. But we will see what x-ray and the physiotherapist will say.
Today I have had some thoughts regarding training, parkour and competition. Something I do not endorce in any way when it comes to parkour, or freerunning. However, competition is defined in many ways. Do we not compete when we challenge our friend to do what we just did? Or when we "play" and we try to "push" eachother in a reasonable fashion?
Sometimes competition doesnt always mean that we compete for money, and for winners and losers. Sometimes, maybe we compete against our friends in a friendly fashion, we compete against our self. Our past achivements, do we not always strife to overcome them? We always aim to be stronger, faster and more able to help, and be there for those in need. One day, maybe we compete against death..
Anyway, to conclude what I have written, I do not think we can have traditional competitions in le parkour, as it removes the whole idea of what is parkour. We can however compete against ourselves. And we have to wonder about the word, and how we define "competition". Competition is always competition. But the outcome of competition is what can differ.
But in the end, I guess there are more negative aspects involving the word competitions. Hopefully parkour will evolve with the help of people like David Belle, Yamakasi and parkour generations towards an understanding that makes competition unthinkable for the mass of practioners of the art. In the spirit of le parkour, there can be no winners, and no losers.. Only practioners.
Compete against yourself. And challenge your friends!
/Ronnie
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Good couple of days
Howdy ho!
Been a good couple of days i must say! :)
Thursday, I went to Stockholm for some nice training. Had a really nice session with the brave souls there who defied the poor weather. Cold, and some snow. But nothing that stopped us from doing good training, and having fun!
Unfortunally he who lead the trainings cut his hand up on some glass most likely. Was a big and very nasty cut. So he had to head of to the emergency to check it out.
We carried on with the trainings after making sure he was alright, and helping him bandage the wound. This shows the importance of always having some first aid stuff along when training! Something I will always have in my training bag from now on!
The rest of the training session went smoth. We had a nice spot where we trained some flow and had alot fun.
One of the guys thought my train left at 21:11 (it really went at 22:11), so he lured me off thinking I was about to miss my train, telling me: "Hey, was your train leaving at 10 past? If so, you got 13 minutes".. I set of running, not really thinking, and I ran for my life to the train station. After two hours of training, even 1.4 km is a hard run to do in less then 10 minutes..
I arrived at the station just to miss the train. I talked to some people there, who also missed that train, and that was when I realized I was there one hour to soon!
Oh well, I took the time to grab something to eat, and then I found a great spot to practice some vaults, and some at the beginning very challengeing precisions. Was a good fun hour anyway even tho our time misstake ;)
Yesterday I took an easy day just realaxing, and basicly only training handstands, and took a loong walk in the woods with my dog and fiance. We have been taking these hour and a half walks in the woods now all week. Have been great! And we have been blessed with alot of sunshine, and great weather.
As this week now comes to an end, and I look back on the past week, I have to say it has been a great week. One of the best weeks in a long time. Lots of sun, ive been spending alot of time with my fiance. I have had alot of time to train, and I feel I have progressed alot just on this week alone.
It would have been a great ending of the week if I didnt work tomorrow, but I do. So, I will miss the sunday trainings in Uppsala this week. But I will go next week instead. Had a good indoor session today instead. Worked alot on some flow work, and precisions. And did some really nice upper body conditioning. Felt great!
Also worked alot on my muscle ups. I have gotten down to basics. I think I had to high goals thinking I could train directly from a dead hang. So now I am "jumping into them", just to get the proper technique for the transistion. Feels great, and I really feel im progressing alot. In a week, Ill raise the bar a couple of inches, so I cant jump so much. Right now its at 1.7 meters. By the end of next week ill start working on the bar at 1.8 meters or so.
By this summer im sure I can do a couple! :)
Now im off to eat some pizza with our neighbours. Homemade I might add to make a em a little healthier.
Take care, and hope you are living your life as you want to live it, wherever you might be!
Been a good couple of days i must say! :)
Thursday, I went to Stockholm for some nice training. Had a really nice session with the brave souls there who defied the poor weather. Cold, and some snow. But nothing that stopped us from doing good training, and having fun!
Unfortunally he who lead the trainings cut his hand up on some glass most likely. Was a big and very nasty cut. So he had to head of to the emergency to check it out.
We carried on with the trainings after making sure he was alright, and helping him bandage the wound. This shows the importance of always having some first aid stuff along when training! Something I will always have in my training bag from now on!
The rest of the training session went smoth. We had a nice spot where we trained some flow and had alot fun.
One of the guys thought my train left at 21:11 (it really went at 22:11), so he lured me off thinking I was about to miss my train, telling me: "Hey, was your train leaving at 10 past? If so, you got 13 minutes".. I set of running, not really thinking, and I ran for my life to the train station. After two hours of training, even 1.4 km is a hard run to do in less then 10 minutes..
I arrived at the station just to miss the train. I talked to some people there, who also missed that train, and that was when I realized I was there one hour to soon!
Oh well, I took the time to grab something to eat, and then I found a great spot to practice some vaults, and some at the beginning very challengeing precisions. Was a good fun hour anyway even tho our time misstake ;)
Yesterday I took an easy day just realaxing, and basicly only training handstands, and took a loong walk in the woods with my dog and fiance. We have been taking these hour and a half walks in the woods now all week. Have been great! And we have been blessed with alot of sunshine, and great weather.
As this week now comes to an end, and I look back on the past week, I have to say it has been a great week. One of the best weeks in a long time. Lots of sun, ive been spending alot of time with my fiance. I have had alot of time to train, and I feel I have progressed alot just on this week alone.
It would have been a great ending of the week if I didnt work tomorrow, but I do. So, I will miss the sunday trainings in Uppsala this week. But I will go next week instead. Had a good indoor session today instead. Worked alot on some flow work, and precisions. And did some really nice upper body conditioning. Felt great!
Also worked alot on my muscle ups. I have gotten down to basics. I think I had to high goals thinking I could train directly from a dead hang. So now I am "jumping into them", just to get the proper technique for the transistion. Feels great, and I really feel im progressing alot. In a week, Ill raise the bar a couple of inches, so I cant jump so much. Right now its at 1.7 meters. By the end of next week ill start working on the bar at 1.8 meters or so.
By this summer im sure I can do a couple! :)
Now im off to eat some pizza with our neighbours. Homemade I might add to make a em a little healthier.
Take care, and hope you are living your life as you want to live it, wherever you might be!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Just realized
Yeah, I just realized I have forgotten to post a link to a very inspirational and good and informative movie about parkour. An documentary made my some lads from England. Its very well done, and explains in a good fashion about parkour and the training behind it.
I recomend anyone who either has little to no knowlege about parkour, or those who have trained for some time but missed this documentary to see it!
So, with no further ado, here it is (four episodes. Just linking episode 1 here):
Ill write again tomorrow about this evenings trainings. :)
I recomend anyone who either has little to no knowlege about parkour, or those who have trained for some time but missed this documentary to see it!
So, with no further ado, here it is (four episodes. Just linking episode 1 here):
Ill write again tomorrow about this evenings trainings. :)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Hardcore training..
Phew.. Today was an intense day! :)
First this morning before breakfast I figured Id try to do some running since I havent been running anything since this last saturday. Figured id try the longest route they have in the terrain route here on the running track. Was an great morning, -6 degrees celcius, but no wind. So it was pretty cold but I did an good warmup, and I had a good balance of clothing. Not to much, and not to little.
The running went alot better then I thought, and I managed to complete the 7.5 km course. Plus the distance between the track and my home. There and back. So I figure I ran about 8 km today. Im really pleased, since the longest ive tried to run so far is around 5 - 6 km. Also I did the running alot faster then I thought (not trying to do it fast tho), managed to hit it at around 45 - 50 minutes. Could most certanly have done it faster. But im pleased anyway. Felt sooo good!
Then me and my fiance took our dog for a long walk in the woods later on the afternoon. A good hour and a half of fast paced walking in terrain. Was fun, and refreshing!
Then in the late afternoon I managed to drag both myself and my fiance to the gym. Felt really good, and I was supprised to see that I had so much energy after my intense morning.
Then when I got home we made a great dinner. Some sort of wook with noodles, vegtables and meat. Got really spicy and good! Darn, my fiance sure can cook a good meal. I wish I had her sence for how to spice food!
Anyway, after dinner I rememberd this was supposed to be my day 1 of week 4 of my 100 pushups program.. Said and done, I got down on the floor, and sure enough, I did it. So, tomorrow will be day 2 of my week 4.
Also, tomorrow im going to Stockholm again for some good training. Really looking forward to it!
Now my sore body needs some sleep. Tomorrow will be an intense day aswell!
/Ronnie
First this morning before breakfast I figured Id try to do some running since I havent been running anything since this last saturday. Figured id try the longest route they have in the terrain route here on the running track. Was an great morning, -6 degrees celcius, but no wind. So it was pretty cold but I did an good warmup, and I had a good balance of clothing. Not to much, and not to little.
The running went alot better then I thought, and I managed to complete the 7.5 km course. Plus the distance between the track and my home. There and back. So I figure I ran about 8 km today. Im really pleased, since the longest ive tried to run so far is around 5 - 6 km. Also I did the running alot faster then I thought (not trying to do it fast tho), managed to hit it at around 45 - 50 minutes. Could most certanly have done it faster. But im pleased anyway. Felt sooo good!
Then me and my fiance took our dog for a long walk in the woods later on the afternoon. A good hour and a half of fast paced walking in terrain. Was fun, and refreshing!
Then in the late afternoon I managed to drag both myself and my fiance to the gym. Felt really good, and I was supprised to see that I had so much energy after my intense morning.
Then when I got home we made a great dinner. Some sort of wook with noodles, vegtables and meat. Got really spicy and good! Darn, my fiance sure can cook a good meal. I wish I had her sence for how to spice food!
Anyway, after dinner I rememberd this was supposed to be my day 1 of week 4 of my 100 pushups program.. Said and done, I got down on the floor, and sure enough, I did it. So, tomorrow will be day 2 of my week 4.
Also, tomorrow im going to Stockholm again for some good training. Really looking forward to it!
Now my sore body needs some sleep. Tomorrow will be an intense day aswell!
/Ronnie
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Internet issues
Hello
Been having some problems with my internet the past couple of days. Turned out my modem was broken. I have nice neighbours, so I could borrow theirs to verify..
Anyway. Last sunday I went to Uppsala to train with some of the local traceurs there. Was great fun, and good training!
They are very good, and very nice people with access to an gymnasium each sunday for 3 hours. Also, they train some kickboxing/muy-thai when they are there. Got some mits and gloves for sparring. Next time im there, I think Ill try out some sparring to. Been a while since I trained any form of martial arts. But I guess its like riding a bike ;)
As for the training, we trained alot of technical aspects. Had a great warmup, that really got me warm. We also had two beginners along, that was starting out. They did great I must say! I hope they liked the concept of this kind of training, and that they will keep training, and come back the coming sundays.
This thursday, I am going back to Stockholm for some enjoyable outdoor trainings. Will be alot of fun im sure. And I will most likley have a lot of sore bodyparts on friday ;)
Now im off to walk my dog, then im going to train some. Take care.
Tomorrow ill do day 1 of week 4 of my 100 pushup program aswell. Ill keep you updated ;)
Bye bye
Been having some problems with my internet the past couple of days. Turned out my modem was broken. I have nice neighbours, so I could borrow theirs to verify..
Anyway. Last sunday I went to Uppsala to train with some of the local traceurs there. Was great fun, and good training!
They are very good, and very nice people with access to an gymnasium each sunday for 3 hours. Also, they train some kickboxing/muy-thai when they are there. Got some mits and gloves for sparring. Next time im there, I think Ill try out some sparring to. Been a while since I trained any form of martial arts. But I guess its like riding a bike ;)
As for the training, we trained alot of technical aspects. Had a great warmup, that really got me warm. We also had two beginners along, that was starting out. They did great I must say! I hope they liked the concept of this kind of training, and that they will keep training, and come back the coming sundays.
This thursday, I am going back to Stockholm for some enjoyable outdoor trainings. Will be alot of fun im sure. And I will most likley have a lot of sore bodyparts on friday ;)
Now im off to walk my dog, then im going to train some. Take care.
Tomorrow ill do day 1 of week 4 of my 100 pushup program aswell. Ill keep you updated ;)
Bye bye
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Pushups and insomnia..
Howdy people.
So, ive been working nights this week. Thus not getting much sleep. I cant sleep to long, cause I have to get up an walk my dog after about four hours of sleep. And after that, I usually cant fall back to sleep.. So with that in mind, I decided as I mentioned earlier that I would not train so intense this week as I usually do.
So, I found the one hundred pushups training program. Seemed like fun, so im giving it a go! ;)
So far, Ive started out at week 3 due to my initial strength. I just a few minutes ago did the last set (of 5), on day 3 of the week 3. Felt really good. Managed to do 41 pushups as my last set (maxing the last fifth set). I am actually stronger then I expected. The one hundred pushup doesnt look so far off. Looking forward to week 4 and what that might bring.
Also worked some precisions and pullups today while out in the woods with my dog. Felt really full of energy today, despite my few hours of sleep.
Now im going to bed tho. Im going to my brother tomorrow, as he and his wife recently got another member to their family. A little girl.. So it will be great to meet them, and see their new daughter.
Take care, and train safe!
So, ive been working nights this week. Thus not getting much sleep. I cant sleep to long, cause I have to get up an walk my dog after about four hours of sleep. And after that, I usually cant fall back to sleep.. So with that in mind, I decided as I mentioned earlier that I would not train so intense this week as I usually do.
So, I found the one hundred pushups training program. Seemed like fun, so im giving it a go! ;)
So far, Ive started out at week 3 due to my initial strength. I just a few minutes ago did the last set (of 5), on day 3 of the week 3. Felt really good. Managed to do 41 pushups as my last set (maxing the last fifth set). I am actually stronger then I expected. The one hundred pushup doesnt look so far off. Looking forward to week 4 and what that might bring.
Also worked some precisions and pullups today while out in the woods with my dog. Felt really full of energy today, despite my few hours of sleep.
Now im going to bed tho. Im going to my brother tomorrow, as he and his wife recently got another member to their family. A little girl.. So it will be great to meet them, and see their new daughter.
Take care, and train safe!
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