Quadrupedal Movement (Ground Kongs) - Parkour Training and Conditioning Exercise

[LibJumper]

Got a black friend who can gallop like this, his hands/feet don't hit at the same time so it's like he's actually galloping. Looks amazing but scary as when he's chasing you.

[jamstamanify]

bet alot of people thought you were crazy if you were doing it in the middle of a park lol

[blytzace]

guys this really helps! and also try to pass ur hand placement with ur feet and then get to dives... ull really get the hang of them and ull get hooked there a really useful vault

[MrMrGaara]

lol good job tarzan.

[EuropeanNinja]

I admire you. I really do. For you to be able to do that in public means you have allot of guts. Like I said I really admire you.

[EuropeanNinja]

@NinjaFox97 I personally do QM in my backyard. Then only the neighbors think i'm weird. XD

[faquiado]

@EuropeanNinja i bet 1 month parkour beginners doing palm spins on tables is way more ridicolous than this.

[lilsnidesorioles]

now i kno how to run with my dog..haha this actually looks really helpful

[Lobo1888]

whoever disliked this video is an idiot. Great vids mate!

[Vitaminnn07]

awesome. i do that kind of stuff sometimes in the forest

[faquiado]

@Vitaminnn07 lol tarzan

[alwaysdarkwolf227]

ive always wished i could run like that...my dad says if i try to run like that to much my arms will look weird..is that true?

[DigiTan000]

I'm gonna try doing these this season. Will see how it goes.

[superjoni123]

very help and useful

[SaturnIAPV]

Useful.

[Teendayday007]

very : D

[MrJingd]

haha booyakasha power to the monkeys!!!

[chochunkit]

chimpanzee!

[iggabafoo]

YAY CHATAQUA PARK!

[MichaelBraynon]

...I'm lookin more and more like a monkey everyday and I have to be the oddest senior at my school as it is...oh well LET'S GET TO WORK!! xD

[Emerican117]

I am right there with ya man. My city probably looks at our crew like a bunch of freaks xD

[lilshorty6969]

yep this is deff going in my quad training

cherrs bud :)

[PoeticParkour]

this move is sick and im adding it to my training

[culturaleyes]

this looks like a good exercise you look like sabretooth running

[werewolfsorceror]

Idk if my comment posted. But it said do I have to bench my weight and have a 6pack to climb walls and jump higher?

[culturaleyes]

find something to do pull ups on then start working on pullups

[gmerit1]

lol wolf are you kidding?

[werewolfsorceror]

Should I be able to bench my weight and have abs before I start parkour? I can do a lot of kongs and stuff but wall pull ups and jumping high and climbing walls is my weak point. Does that even have to do with benching and abs?

[TheAnswerBeing42]

@werewolfsorceror While abs may look nice, they are not necessary for parkour. Instead of working on abs, work on your core, it will help you out more and can pave the road towards abs as well. As for upper body strength, being able to bench your own weight is nice, but instead see how many pull ups and dips you can do first. It's all about setting goals for yourself buddy. Happy tracing

[MrShmokeyPot]

im waiting till im 15 to do parkour -sigh- im 13. and 2 years to go -.-. workout time

[SticktheFigure]

Start now. Thats when I started. Im 14 now. I didn't get really dedicated till spring but once I did, I started flying through movements with ease. Im on to extreme conditioning now.

[deadlyMETAL86]

Take your time with the conditioning and working out part of parkour - take it from me, I neglected that and now I'm relearning things from parkour so I can do it all right this time. It'll save you time and make you a much more efficient practitioner when you get to the movements. :)

[MrShmokeyPot]

its not that :/ my right knee hurts when it bends. so yeah. its sorta fucked up and ima give it time to recover. even though im saying this im still parkouring =]

[gmerit1]

It actually might not be a bad idea to wait, because when you're fifteen you'll probably be much more athletic and have more developed muscles allowing you to train safer and progress faster.

[carcaparkour]

for all ppl with knee pain if u train good you shouldnt get them but if u go just stop goin jumps and stay with easy stuff for a wile if may feel better but give it time after the pain goes

time is the key to evrything in life :)

[BryanKomodo0]

shit i got oscar-schlatter disease which prevents me from doing all of things with my knees =p so parkour is a bit of a challenge but i get throught =)

[hottieEJ]

When I do this I seem to have some sharp wrist pain when I do this. Does anybody else?

[DemonDrills]

try taking smaller steps with less impact. you may be trying to go too big, too fast. if it still hurts you, i would stay away from this exercise until you get stronger or figure out what the problem is from.

[hottieEJ]

Thanks I'll take that into consideration next time I do this.

[yootoobnoob123]

@hottieEJ try stretching your wrists before you practice...

[romelloWilliams11]

thats mad cool its like victor frmo x men i gotta learn that!

[mrinehart93]

To all those who have knee pain: I used to have very bad knees... I was around 14-15 then. Every few drops would flare up some more pain, and my knees would start to pop when walking around. If this is what happens to you, STOP doing parkour for awhile and rest your knees! I gave PK a break for a year, conditioned for about 3 weeks to get back into the intensity, and now my knees are fine. I can do what I couldn't do before without knee pain. I'm 16 now, and enjoying parkour :)

[laybyson1]

thank you man, i had that in one knee and ended up not doing parkour (or more accurately just not doing the drops) for ages, i recon ill be ok now, thanks!

[TehLAWL1]

yea but did you do the techniques right? or did you probably do it all wrong?

[PKmeida]

demondrills, have you ever had any knee pain? if you have how long didi it last for? if suffering from it now - _- but when my knees get better my aim is to condition them and make them stronger? any tips..... plz repley thanks..

[DemonDrills]

if you are having knee pain, reduce any impact you are taking. make sure you are using good form on everything and build up your leg strength.

[PKmeida]

cheers for the advise. have you ever had knee pain? how long did it last for?

[DemonDrills]

fortunately i have never had much knee pain. but i have heard of some very bad cases that were due to people not resting enough or not allowing themselves to heal. make sure you take care of them if they are hurt!

[Misame5]

@PKmeida take supplaments that are good for yor joints

[giyadh]

@PKmeida I was having knee pain, i figured out the cause... never let your heels touch the ground. This is the same for normal running. Never let you're heels touch the ground, so when you run just let the balls of your feet hit, then take off again. Once you start running properly, try jumping and landing without touching your heels, when you land, land in a squat position. NO HEELS!

[SticktheFigure]

Ha, for me, getting rid of knee pain isn't an option! I was diagnosed with Post Streptococcal Juvenile Arthritis about 2 or 3 years ago. Apparently it's going to fade by this Xmas, but till then I have pain constantly. I just learned to deal with it. Before I would stop, but now I just say, "Fuck it, I already have arthritis, might as well make it worse!" And so the PK training continues!

[Yarwer]

@PKmeida take ice baths and showers; or alternate between your usual heat[in the shower] and as cold as possible, for as long as possible

stretching is also a neccesity

[NiKkMV]

haha u kidding me! hopping around like a monkey?? ppl r guna wonder "why the fuck is that fool doing?!"...tho it could help ur muscles like abs and sholders as well as ur back i guss...just looks retarted lol

[FenderB3nder35]

who cares? if it works, it works. but yeah it does look silly :D

[Faunn]

Thank you for this. I've done these [kind of] before, but not with the 'kick', like you do with your feet. :)

[Flodakillen]

haha i love doing that! Its so funny :)

[rjmahabir]

What a great idea for training for kong. I'm still trying to get a monkey vault going, so I'll definitely add this to my conditioning repertoire.

[DemonDrills]

yes this can be a great exercise to develop the monkey vault. start out by trying to place your feet at the same spot as your hands. as you get better, you will be able to land your feet in front of where your hands were.

[YoureyTraceur]

monkey moves! ;]

[youngtraceur]

wow looks kool. ill try it

[OxygenPK]

Always wanted to try that but never sure if it was actually possible. Looks fun. Oh and "First" (again)