Big fan of these videos. Parkour and sports in general is way more technical in terms of your body than you think. It's refreshing to see someone go in depth about this.... Jesse got done dirty here though 🤣🥺🥺
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This video was really helpful! I''ve been out of parkour due to health issues (and then injuries) for almost 3 years now, hopefully will be able to restart soon with baby steps. With the knowledge i've gathered in the past years, maybe i will be able to start with a fresh sheet of paper, which will be beneficial in the long run. Still, as soon as i can afford it, i'm going to ask for your professional help, just to make sure i'm on the right path.
Really niche channel that it combines 2 very interesting topics. I think a video about ankle thing would be great to watch and learn. Thanks for the videos mate
The way you break down and explain the connection of movements was very helpful. I had a basic idea of weight distribution in the body but your further detail helps out a lot. I've been trying to teach my students about such connection and now have a better idea of what to focus on and how to break it down for them. Thank you!
Very good content and solid advice! The only big criticism of you I have qre these silly looking red lines all over people. I get what you are trying to show, but it is all way too inaccurate. You can nudge these lines a lot and it would still look right. The angles, video quality and clothes make it almost impossible to draw these body frames accurately. Also, any plans to cover Orlando Devaux? He is one of my favourite parkour athletes, immense power comboed with inhuman control, its a treat to look at
Muscles don't get weaker as they get longer. It's about leverage. If anything "muscles" may be stronger in a lengthened position because of the connective tissue, like fascia, being stretched.
It doesn't seem to me that asymmetry is inherently bad for balance or good movement generally, unless the athlete is unaware of it/doesn't do things to account for it. I don't see why having an asymmetrical posture or habit would make an athlete fall one way more often, unless they are just not aware of their body. Your example of the backwards leaning walker is a great instance of what I mean. By just putting his chest back, the guy wouldn't be able to stand up, he'd constantly fall backwards. But, either consciously or unconsciously, he shifts his hips forward until his center of gravity is centered. Now the only reason he'll fall backwards is if he stops counterbalancing effectively with his hips (which wouldn't be the fault of his lean, it's probably a simple matter of bad balance). Another example. I can tie my left arm behind my back and walk on a rail with my other arm out to the side. My nervous system is experienced enough at balancing to instinctively shift some weight left so my weight is centered. And at that point, I'm just as likely to fall right as I am left. I would have thought that the reason the guy lost balance rightwards on the strides is more because he feels safer falling right (maybe he's a right-shoulder roller) and so he's keeping his weight a little more to the right in what's probably a subconscious attempt to avoid taking the drop on the left side. A second, only slightly related question: Do you think there is one best way to move and that Travis is a good example of it? Because there is a lot of variation in posture and movement patterns between athletes. For example, Devon McIntosh, Toby Segar, Marc Busch, and Darryl Stingley all hold themselves quite differently and connect moves in different ways, but I enjoy watching them all pretty equally, I think, and their styles seem to work well for them. By the way, I really like your emphasis on analyzing my movement and paying attention to what it feels like. After spending a long time with niggling injuries, this is something that helps me a lot with both injury prevention and aesthetics.
First off: I'm no expert on this stuff and have no authority, just experience from my own training and teaching my students. Asymmetry can certainly affect movement in a negative way but that doesn't mean there isn't ways deal with it. Take running pre's for example, most of us have a stronger takeoff leg or even just a preference for that side. On the surface, this isn't a huge deal and honestly can be helpful for that specific move. The downside of this is not only the muscle imbalance but the lack of future possibilities for movement due to the lack of comfort on one side or another. There may be some spots or combos at a spot that just make doing them on one side easier than another, think a tic tac stride pre or tac 180. This doesn't necessarily mean that you can't do the skill, but if you are stronger on one side then you're more likely to seek out movements that may benefit that side and kind of limit your skill. I think it comes down to more of a lack of possibility rather than it being detrimental to your movement. Obviously none of us are going to be perfectly balanced but the more balanced we are when it comes to strength, balance, and comfort, the more things we will be able to connect. This doesn't mean that we can't recognize and offset these imbalances, it just means we have to put more effort into doing so. This goes without mentioning safety and being more comfortable falling to one side and whatnot. As far as the "best" or "most optimal" way to move goes, I see it this way, there are methods of movement that are most optimal but there's lots of variables that play into it. Optimization may be seen as something like "best use of body position and timing when used with/against gravity in order to maintain flow and control throughout a movement while minimizing impact and wear on the body" but this could look different for everyone. Darryl Stingley has a very different build than a Marc Busch so their optimal movement may look a little different but still utilize the same principles.
I don't even think the falling to the right had anything to do with roll side preference. He was striding up the right edge of a bunch of concrete pillars, he had only grass to his right and a small forest of concrete pillars to crash into on his left.
This is the best parkour content you can find on RU-vid. I feel like your so good at breaking down really complicated stuff and making it easy to understand!
Great content brother, thank you for creating what you do. So many tie ins I see with Weck Method principals. 2 Examples in the video are.. 1) Working with gravity (and tensegrity of the body) i.e. their propulsers. 2) Positionally moving rather then muscularly ( a la figure 8 spinal engine rope flow work).
I'm already critical enough of myself. I'd probably rather die than hear this guy dissect my footage 💀 Mind you, after seeing those old clips he showed of himself, I literally feel unstoppable, LOL I'm sorry but that's the most insane confidence boost ever
I am very thankful for your content. I struggle with leg lengh differenece and it brings a whole bunch of resulting issues with it. I tried to inform myself about the ways to treat my muscular and skelletal imbalances but i find very conflicting information online and the doctors all take 5 minutes to diagnose and prescribe me something different. I feel like i can trust you, and that you are really trying to help and educate people, instead of oversimplifying for short videos and clickbaity titles. Please keep up!
It would be very interesting to see your take on body mechanics with regards to mixed martial arts, particularly fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev. A lot of people praise them for their incredible strength when it comes to wrestling and grappling(and I do think they are very strong), but I think the biggest factor is their expert use of body mechanics; using leverage, balance and very stable, balanced skeletal structures to out "strength" their opponents.
I hope so. I think you would add great insight. I find it frustrating sometimes when the casual viewer of MMA attributes success to brute strength and power, and lack the appreciation for the sophistication of what may often times seem just a simple move. Looking forward to it!
Your videos have been a huge help. I know you got a bit of heat for some of them and your methods in general (your storror podcast discussion was great, we need these discourses) but I don't think high level athletes are your main audience. As a beginner, I could take away something from every video and hugely improved my movement through the summer. Maybe your channel serve as a plattform to discuss your methods, compare them to "traditional" analysis and in the end our whole community profits.
Hello,龙虾， I'm a parkour enthusiast from China, because we can't browse RU-vid in our country. Can I share your videos with Chinese video websites? I will indicate the video source
You should look at ´fantasthenic’ videos who s an older and less skilled Parkour amateur. He got lot of unapropriate moves (head balancing, flat foot running, disconnected movements, ..) to be analyzed I think this plus his surmotivation to do moves could lead to injuries Strangely he looks quite symétric in it I mean i really like Watching his videos cause it looks funny and he s good vibe But also think it s an interresting case
Yaaay you're back! Request for an episode - why is Orlando Phat so darn springy? Even surrounded by other 19 year olds he is basically a cricket in a human costume. Good to see more videos theo!
Another banger. I would love to see a video about Pasha, I feel like you would have some very interesting takes on him. I feel like he tilts to the right a lot in his movement, and that shoulder is separated and sits lower. He really has adapted though to carry momentum that direction well and made it work for him. Would also be cool to understand his process for creativity.
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