#69New Year, New Commitments
By James | posted on 2 January 2010 | 7 comments
It's 2010 now. A whole year ahead of us to fill great parkour experiences and training progression so I thought I'd share one of my many training commitments for the new year. I wouldn't consider these to be resolutions because resolutions tend to be very general and don't state step by step how to achieve the changes we want, where as these commitments are specific and will be easier to achieve.
"Work out what my greatest weakness is and focus on improving it"
All too often I become comfortable with a movement or standard of strength, for example cat pass precisions, and neglect it to focus on something new and exciting to only realise that suddenly what I considered to be a decent level to be falling behind in comparison to my other attributes. Of course it's more important to have a solid foundation and skill set rather than being amazing at something specific and only be able to do that one thing well. This can depend on the person and be highly subjective but this is my approach to my training.
To actually make changes I've written down what areas I feel I'm weakest in, physically and technically speaking, and decided to dedicate more time to improving these and the best approach in doing so. I also decided that every three months to reassess my weakness.
There is a second side to this and I could write a seperate blog about this but keeping it brief and cut it down to one sentence:
Sometimes the things you hate doing the most are the things you need to work on.
I noticed when I first started training my fear of heights was tremendous and being on a 2 foot raised wall would conjure the most frightening images of injuring myself however irrational they were. Looking back I realised because I was so scared of heights I never practised training at heights. Thankfully my good friends, especially Alli, eased me out of my comfort zone on many occasion and I noticed because I was so uncomfortable I didn't have the same skill level at ground level as I did at height.
So train outside of your comfort zone more often. It could be something as simple as being able to speed vault on both your left and right with the same proficiency.
So my suggestion to you is to have one new training commitment and stick with it for as long as possible. Trying as best to your ability to keep doing it for the whole year, provided it's productive and will progress your training in a manner you wish, the process is sometimes more important than the goal itself. It's okay to fall off the path you wish to walk provided you can get back on track and walk the path once more.
James
Labels: Experiences, Training
About the Author : James7 Comments:
First post of 2010, and a highly appropriate subject. I remember well the days when you had trouble at height.. a particular jump at Royal Oak springs to mind! Thanks James - onwards and upwards ;)
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9:19 pm, January 03, 2010
Thank you! Really good post! I was sticking to my comfort zone for a long time now because I was training most time alone and I limited myself fearing nobody could help me if something happened, but maybe its time to learn something by facing my fears! Best for training in year 2010!
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10:44 pm, January 03, 2010
Must get to more classes this year!
By , at
10:50 pm, January 03, 2010
Nice post. After reading I realize I never really work on my weakness as much as I work on my strenghs.
Time for a change!
Thanks
By , at
7:47 pm, January 05, 2010
yeah man... I feel it, we are a product of our experiences so make them positive and usefull, The journey is more important than the destination, totally agree with you :)
Alli
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3:29 pm, January 08, 2010
hii gays when you come to tijuana mexico??
God Blessyou amigos
By , at
10:58 am, February 08, 2010
From Streetmovements conference in Copenhagen:
http://sustainablecities.dk/en/blog/2010/02/get-moving
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