"Cat Balance"- American Parkour

[kotatsuken]

DONT try this on your own without EXTREME TRAINING

it's VERY DANGEROUS D:<

LIEK TOTALLY lol

seriously i thought everyone's done this already at the playground when they're like 3?

[griqs]

@SafeNSure right i have had balance since i could remember.

[SilentShit9]

Okay, look:

I can do this for about 30 seconds and walk pretty far, never tried more though. And my hand/wrist strength isn't really THAT strong. This mostly takes on your arms and back, so don't worry if you can't open a jar in your first try :D

[GodlySkunk]

WARNING: wear a cup if you want to try this :)

[Digitalman271]

Ariakes...

[MRtaiserpent]

@Digitalman271 best fuckin shoes ever man :D u with me?

[whydidihavethebowl]

It's amazing how much harder this was than it looked. It's also amazing how quickly you can become good at this

[Boimeirelles]

WTF is american parkour?

[DudeIsOnFire1]

@Boimeirelles

Don't worry about the American part. It's just parkour.

[coolk1d]

Let's just say parkour is conditioning and training your body, if you do this alot your balance on rails will be great and you can climb skinnier things. Nice conditioning technique.

[MrSniper16]

Wow, doesn't seem too difficult until you realize that you are balancing over (in some cases) 150 lbs with your hands only.

Also, this would be fucking intense to try on a flagpole hanging off a building about 10 stories up. o:

[yusufdeen786]

y0 ThanKs $ dE uPloaD...!

[xxButterflyRomancExx]

Im not new to parkour, been doing it for one year (as of next month) but when would you use this? it doesnt seem practical to me...

[devon982]

yeah, often it isn't however you should know that this is hardly ever used on flat rails, mostly when climbing up stairs without touching the actual steps. imagine you are have already vaulted onto a railing at the base of some stairs, the quickest way up those stairs is to stay on the railing and basicly "run" up them using this method.

[camandoe]

i cant do cat balances ut i can jo up the rail like a using a cat balance

[iDannPK]

I'm finding it hard to imagine the scenario you're describing, devon982. But if you're talking about the quickest way to go up stairs, it would simply be to run using your feet. Running is in general the fastest way for anything, assuming you can continue going straight with no obstacles. It's more dependent on each situation. But in the case of stairs, just skipping every other step or 2 will suffice. Cat balance is more to train your balance and know your body. It is still extremely crucial.

[kodyconnick77]

im guesing off of a cat leap to add the cat like efect or if theres a par whitch u can walk across using this like through a balcony

[robby102938]

I think its more to train your sense of balance...

[camandoe]

its just an excercise to work on your balance i dont think it has any real use

[DigalySoftware]

Yeah, but it gets used to get upon thin rails and such.. (without using stairs)

[camandoe]

i still cant do it so to me its use less lol thats like having a gun and no bullets or a pie with only crusts

[guitarfreakdg]

imagine you r on the top of buildin which has a gap wid another buildin of 20 feet and tere is a rail like shown here joining them both

[ParodyByMyself]

guys...it's a tecnique or a good way to practise ur full body?i really wanna know how to practise when u are a begginer to gain some skill and become more faithfull in yourself! :)

[Joander13373]

that isnt hard

[Ketou]

it's still a fundamental and important skill that takes a little practice to do

[Joander13373]

lol i cant do it, i´m a noob, i fell and hit my nuts... well, no kids for me!

[Torqu3d]

LMAO oh man this comment caught me by surprise

[camandoe]

i know iv been trying for months and still cant do it lol

[peaceasunder]

ahahha nice

[j4ckyb01]

i think i gunna get good at openin jars before i do this....

[nomistoom]

Ok really? Post some vids of you doing pushups on a rail like that in the cold, then come trash talk. K?

[dozer11]

The guy probably considers clicking a mouse a workout. Anyone that does pushups on rails knows that it's not a simple task, takes practice, and knows what kind of work goes into anything involving balance.

[nightsloth]

i cat balances across a log to get over a river the other day. i was pretty satisfied. Much easier that a round rail, but its still improving :)

[DamienZshadow]

interesting, I never would've imagined there would be so many technicalities one could work on

[LOTRFreak993]

dude it loooks cold and you are on a rail, freezing!

[SafeNSure]

Not true!

People have different levels of balance...

If one's low, this is a very good way to quickly enhance it.

Beside, why would you care to hiss it? He put time and work into it...

[bugworlds]

I agree, well I havn't watched the video, I'm still letting it load a bit, but there's not point on complaining. Some people arn't gifted with natral, or even learned ballance. Personaly I have good balence but I've never been good at cat balanceing.

[kivatte1994]

@SafeNSure its all about your eyesight and ears. bad eyesight bad judgement of distances of object and therefore leds to bad balance

[drls1313]

nice ariakes :) i love mine

[DanParkour]

nice tutorial :)