These are the disciplines I have chosen to develop myself physically:
Strength and Power:
Bouldering + still rings + hand balancing
Weight lifting + Strongman
Plyometrics + Sprinting
Flexibility and Endurance:
Swimming + Yoga
Running + Parkour
Bouldering and climbing:
Rock climbing will develop my grip and pulling strength mainly, but also my technique, flexibility and muscular endurance which will compliment my parkour. Rope and tree climbing are just as good!
Still rings and hand balancing:
Developing my range of skills on the still rings will develop my static and explosive upper body strength. Hand balancing on all kinds of surfaces and objects will develop my strength as well as body control and balance.
Weight lifting and strongman training:
Practicing "strength athletics" will improve my over all strength and power. Focusing on mainly power lifting, Olympic lifting, and odd objects in order to stimulate strength gain.
I am heavily inspired by old time strongman training. Incorporating heavy lifts of all kinds and hand balancing/body weight strength feats into the same discipline. This is what I am aiming for with my strength training. I want to train to be able to shift massive weights and perform body weight strength feats with ease.
Lifting events:
My weight training will focus on various lifting events. I will build my base of strength using barbell and dumbbell work and then apply my strength to odd objects and various different forms of weight.
Body weight strength feats:
My body weight strength will come from climbing, hand balancing and still ring work. This will include bouldering, rock climbing, rope climbing, scaffolding and bar work, P-bars, still rings and horses etc...
My agility training will enable me to apply my strength and power as well as maintain and improve on aerobic fitness levels, stamina and endurance. My body weight strength feats will include athletics inspired events such as high jumping (old school - without a mat!), long jump and sprints.
Plyometrics and sprinting:
Training my jump and improving my sprinting times will develop power and speed. This will give me the spring I need to carry myself over obstacles in parkour.
Swimming and Yoga:
Swimming and practicing Yoga weekly will keep my body supple and flexible. These activities are also really relaxing and help reduce stress and tension. I'll use these disciplines to work on my breathing and lung capacity which will aid my CV endurance.
Running and Parkour:
Parkour and running will work on my endurance and will keep my body fat at a healthy level! I will also be able to work on skill and technique practice.
Thursday, 10 January 2008
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Hi
Interesting blog post. Your training ideas/plans are similar to what I have been thinking about for the last couple of months (even handstand training! :) which a few months ago I would not have even considered...) - however, my fitness level is far less than yours, I'm just re-thinking & generally scrapping my previous fitness training methods...I need to sort out a back problem before I really kick start a new fitness plan.
I have recently started Ashtanga Yoga, which I think is great - but I just need to start doing it more often.
As I live in Glasgow, I was just wondering where you would recommend the best places for bouldering are? Do you ever do any indoor rock climbing?
Also, you have a lot of training to cover - how do you fit this all in? What's your weekly/daily training plan?
Thanks
Jonathan
Hi Jonathan, thanks for commenting.
Yoga is amazing, do you practice as part of a group or on your own?
There are some great indoor places to go bouldering in Glasgow. The main one being the Glasgow Climbing Center at Ibrox. There are climbing walls at Xcape I believe and there is the wall at Kenvinhall where I usually climb. Most of my climbing is done indoors at the moment although I occasionally do a bit of buildering outside if the conditions are safe enough.
I'll post up my training plan soon, I'm not taking part in structured training at the moment due to rehab but I'll be returning to my usual structured regime shortly.
Cheers,
BJ
Hi BJ
Thanks for the bouldering info - I'll need to try out those places some time...
Currently I do Ashtanga Yoga once a week as part of a group - I think it's best, especially as a beginner to have somebody instructing you on the correct postures, etc.
I should be doing Yoga more often though. I'm going to try and start doing it at home myself a couple of mornings each week, as well as continuing with the group class.
I've read that it's best to do Yoga in the morning - but so far I've been a bit lazy...it would meen getting up much earlier in the morning, so that I make it to work on time :( ...
I remember when I first went to Yoga, I couldn't do the headstands (it was the first time I had tried it since I was about 8 years old...) now I can do them quite comfortably. It just shows how my core strength, etc has improved as a result of the Yoga. All I need to do is starting practicing it more often...
In fact it was partly through doing headstands at Yoga, that got me intrested in learning/trying handstands. It made me realise how weak my previous fitness training was, which had neglected fundamentals which left me unable to do handstands, headstands, etc.
I look foward to seeing your training plan.
Best wishes
Jonathan
you have a very interesting training style. I've been finding ways to build up functional strength, such as those from bodyweight exercises, as well as lifting weights that will be functional in real life.
how do u start off doing odd lifts? is there anything to learn? or do you just go out there and lift odd objects?
just wondering. thanks for taking your time to reply :)
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