Dim Monk - 2006

My training for last year was focused more on control and getting my body stronger. For this year... hmm... get even more strong and... yeah, that's about it. We should all be focusing a lot more on strengthening and conditioning than all the techniques and movements... cause once you got a strong body, the movement comes easy after.

I'm training by example. Meaning if I want to keep training for as long as possible, look at the guy with the most years behind him. So take either one of the french guys that have been there since the beginning. How did they start?? What did they actually do and focused on in the beginning? Well, nothing like most of the so called traceur do today. Most people today, they all want to advance fast, always rushing. Rushing for what though?? Why are they in such a hurry? To get a commercial deal? To get sponsored? To get recognition? Like a good friend of mine says... rushing = injury. Simple as that. So you can forget about longevity if you have that kind of attitude and approach to your training... which unfortunately is most people nowadays.

Even though I have a good basic strength level, I don't feel like my body is conditioned enough. Unlike a lot of people, I'm the type that most often underestimate himself. So I tend to do things at a lower level then my current level.

And to add something else. What you see on the videos and what you see in real life with me is the same(well actually you see less in the videos). I don't make a video with the intention of making it strictly parkour or whatever. That's just how I move. That's what comes natural to me. I didn't mold myself to fit the parkour definition. Nope. And I didn't and still don't mold myself to all the recognised parkour movements... meaning, when I go somewhere with the intention of just moving, I don't tell myself "oh I'm gonna do this here and that there"... no, I just tell myself, "I'm gonna go there and then there. Oh that place is nice, let's go there too" and then I just go there and do what comes natural to my body. Adapt your body to the environment. For the most part, what you see in my videos are things I do once. I don't own a camera so I can't just go outside one day and say "I'm gonna film myself today". Most of the footage is just random shots taken by other people at a meet. I'd say my strong point is adaptability more then anything else... at least thats what I think.

- Dim Monk

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[noxteryn]

@the people who say: "You are not Dim Monk!"

How retarded are you?

1. I didn't steal anything. When I posted this video, it wasn't available for viewing anywhere else on the Internet.

2. I make it absolutely clear that the person on the video is Dim Monk, not me, because I wrote "Dim Monk", not "noxteryn", on both the title and the video description. Are you fucking blind?

3. As you can see on my profile, my name is Chris. Dim Monk's name is Steven. How could I possibly pretend to be him?

[anaikahas]

hey noxteryn are you this Dim Monk?

[noxteryn]

No. Dim Monk is Dim Monk. I am noxteryn. Therefore, not him.

;)

[anaikahas]

ok but do you have footage of youself coz I read a comment of you where you say you are doing parkour

[noxteryn]

Hahaha, no, I don't make Parkour videos. Why do you care to see footage of me anyway?

[anaikahas]

you have vids of good traceurs I thought you would have some vids of yourself

[noxteryn]

No. I publish videos I find interesting. It has nothing to do with Parkour or the traceurs in them.

[NikosKoutt]

ta kalitera tic tacs

[ISIJAH]

@rainmechanic I totally totally agree with you that doing what you want to do, like climb, your muscles will become perfecly adapted for climbing! : D

[rainmechanic]

@ISIJAH What I meen is, instead of lifting weights, you lift youself as you climb, etc, and you´r muscles will become perfect for what you do, lifting weights ofcourse makes you stronger, but it won´t become the same kinda muscle if you know what I meen, atliest thats what I belive = ).................

Well then what you believe is Wrong...Its a very old and now completely debunked Myth.. All professional modern athletes now incorporate some degree of weight training into their regiment...

[Andrometus]

he's got a damn nice wallrun!

[R4LStijn]

Nice video man! Keep training!!

[jeffswong]

You are not Dim monk. Why are you pretending this video is yours?

It's one thing to steal somebody's video and then post it, but you dont' even acknowledge that, you just steal the video and then pretend that you're him by posting in the info section. Why would you do this?

[diman00000001]

паркур

[COLDIEFREAQQQ]

you have an unique style & nice flow

watching these takes makes me happy

:F

[dummyGamer]

Your not dim monk xD