How to workout for Parkour - Beginners Guide ft. calimove

[@lorel747]

so glad someone made content like this! Have been researching for years on youtube but haven't found anything specific to Parkour like you mentioned. Thanks a lot and cheers!

[@TheJasonPaul]

Glad it was helpful! More in the works ☺️

[@estherfriesen2175]

This is exactly what I've been wishing for for the past 10 years! Thanks, Jason (and Alex)😊

[@TheJasonPaul]

My pleasure!

[@Odyvers]

Lot of people I'm India have enthusiasm about parkour keep uploading videos regularly we love it.

[@KillerTacos54]

It feels so good to see you uploading again! Hope this means you are doing well :)))

[@TheJasonPaul]

I am! 😄 thank you!

[@TheJasonPaul]

Fire is back, now just need to Fit it into my family and work life

[@goober7122]

Something I also noticed while watching lots of parkour videos was the significance of aerial awareness (mostly for flips). For example, when Ed Scott first came on the scene he was better than average people because of his background in tricking

[@TheJasonPaul]

Pretty sure he has a background in gymnastics?

[@megaflux7144]

appreciate looking at things from a different angle.

[@benl8962]

This is great, Jason you're one of the first people i started following when i started training parkour. After a while i wanted to include calisthenics in my routine to improve my parkour, and Alex's channel was one of the first(and imo best) calisthenics channels i started following. To see you two together in a video talking about strength/mobility training specifically for parkour is a dream, i didnt even know i had, come true! :)

[@lesliec3154]

Love both of your channels. Thanks for such great content. Hope to see you more often on YT

[@jacques0398]

What is his other channel?😮

[@lesliec3154]

@@jacques0398 I meant the guys from Calimove

[@robertwhite2449]

Great discussion. Very interesting. A lot of people associate Alex with just calisthenics strength, skills and mobility, but he's got a vast wealth of untapped knowledge on plyometric and aerial skills.

[@TheJasonPaul]

Well said!

[@gregbarnsdale4293]

Wow, gold, the talk and theory is all sound, plus the video is filled with a bunch of great ideas and exercises

[@hahoang9464]

And here comes (drum roll)....ALEX, THE LEGENDARY BLUE SHORT!! ❤😊

[@DattstarFPS]

im so excited u started posting on youtube again !

[@blueplay334]

Hey, i`m a sports student too and the only thing i can say to this video is that Alex sums up everything as good as i could have never done it. He brings it on the point. ^^ Love content like this!

[@TheJasonPaul]

Totally agree

[@thatakatsukiguy3981]

Thanks so much Jason for this video. You really went all-in. Much love from Kenya

[@ignaciagarcia4593]

What a perfect video 🤍 It's so well detailed and illustrated. Thank you ❣️❣️

[@TheJasonPaul]

Glad you liked it!

[@livelovemove]

Loved thiss! Soo goodd to have atleast someone make content about this, extremely useful!❤

[@_BakedMango_]

Thank you Grand master Paul. This alone was so much, for me atleast. I hope to follow this knowledge well.

[@TheJasonPaul]

❤️

[@colinfarrell2820]

My favorite parkour athlete.

[@suchhun]

Unexpected collaboration ✨️ 😅

[@pipisnotis7430]

Great video 💯 , love the content , many thanks for the info!!

[@HenryRobertDuncan]

You're a role model for aspiring creators.

[@Illegaladoenadeala]

i love that! can you please please please make a pro (+ maybe intermediate) version as well? also thinking of common problems people have, or weaknesses rather, and how to train for them. like ankles/wrists often are a problem eg

[@TheJasonPaul]

So many ideas 😁 I would love to, but my fitness knowledge is limited. I think the Instagram channel @aboutparkour is a great resource. I also share a lot of info I find on those tips via my newsletter. If you’d be interested you can find it here: www.levelsmethod.com/levelsletter

[@LuzPazDeLosRosales]

I'm always eager for more content.

[@abdelaesus6678]

Saitama's the man. I'm at week 3 of Calimove's mobility program.

[@rodyinjapan]

Good to see you back Jason :) Any plans of visitng Tokyo again?

[@filhanislamictv8712]

Been watching Alex for years for calisthenics videos. No idea he practiced parkour

[@TheJasonPaul]

Such an amazing human being

[@anikatasnim6001]

I just love Jason Paul. Totally a sibling material

[@carloseliboteo]

Thanks.

[@alexooslineykin8538]

thank you Jason very helpful stuff😘

[@ruLzChile]

Love this video, do more please !!!!

[@Bazilisk_AU]

This was comprehensive and extremely informative ! Thank you Jason and Thank you Alex !

[@TheJasonPaul]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Zahlenteufel1]

1:32 Darmstadt represent 🔥🔥

[@noisybiscuits2476]

Yes! Finally! Thank you!!!

[@thomasloveys3564]

Some very valuable information here! looking forward to learning more

[@AngryWizardOfSeas]

YOU’RE BACK!!!

[@ParkourDenHaagBlog]

This is a very needed video! Glad you made it

[@TheJasonPaul]

Glad it was helpful!

[@LPnotes]

Thank you for making this video!

[@arjinaltundal739]

thanks for the video wish ı did have this kind of cocept before ı quit parkour but ı am thinking about starting again so this vid gonna be useful for me

[@nickjahjahjah843]

Brilliant video!! Very informative!! ❤❤❤

[@MsAku18]

Great vid i was just about adding some stretching routine and i think im gonna do mobility instead

[@karolkonieczny9130]

Also a very good book in this topic is "Parkour Strength Training" by Ryan Ford and Ben Musholt

[@TheJasonPaul]

Can’t believe I missed that, will have to get my hands on a o

[@TheJasonPaul]

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[@CKKBMECTE]

Благодарим за интересное общение, молодцы!)

[@Salgadopk]

I have a feeling that I've heard this podcast before..

[@KaioFalcrow]

super interesting!!

[@TheJasonPaul]

Glad you think so!

[@tatacraft791]

finally the video i needed, i have been doing parkour for a year and a half and im wanting to get better but i did 900 deep squats in 3 days and got a repetitive strain injurry so my knees are a little meh now, i am doing the kneesovertoes guy thing though so its all fine im sure, right?

[@TheJasonPaul]

Hey man! I’m not super familiar with the kneesovertoesguy, but I know that simonsterstrength posted some counter arguments on his page recently. And from I’ve heard simonster is pretty educated on the matter. So pop over to his Instagram to get the opposing view 😆😁

[@UNDERBOY7]

Tudo que eu precisava, oilbrigadooo Jason vc é foda, abraço ❤🙏🧘‍♂️🇧🇷

[@EclipseStudios101]

First step of doing parkour for people who never did parkour: "Be a child again! Stop being an adult for just a moment and enjoy the fun of jumping around like a little monkey :D"

[@TheJasonPaul]

Nobody wants to hear it, but that’s all it takes 😁

[@yonilaskov340]

great

[@Ajust]

Great video! Had to watch it in two parts because it didn't fit in my schedule but definitely worth it to come back. I've been doing my thing for over a year now but I never really had a clear vision about mobility and flexibility, I just do some stretches after training but having the question being put up if it's really worth it to if I can't find any strength in those positions? Is a great point. I'll try to find/come up with exercises which actually utilize that extra flexibility that I now have but in an active way :)

[@TheJasonPaul]

Do it man! It’s definitely worth it! Check out my blog on www.levelsmethod.com I selected a few of Alex’s videos I recommend

[@mrsbootsworkouts]

Pretty amazing!

[@unclefreddie6874]

0:43 jason what are you doing to the back rest?

[@juandavidtorressss]

plsss i need a gym routine for be better in parkour

[@TheJasonPaul]

I will release some workout material next year, if you want something custom you can request that via my Patreon 😊

[@emma.3101]

0:44 Bro is working on something else 💀💀💀

[@FootballEditz1212]

Fr😂😂😂

[@hughiebrophyHind]

Nice

[@eliassideways2032]

Shit. 30 min vid from Paul The Man! 🎉

[@tobiasflorentin5531]

0:44 what was bro training for?

[@RaviSharma108]

My opinion: BEST ENDURANCE EXERCISES FOR PARKOUR ATHLETES • Jogging • Skipping Rope • Yoga Session BEST STRENGTH EXERCISES FOR PARKOUR ATHLETES • Sprint • Handstand Push-up • Muscle ups • Single Arm Pull-ups or Pushups

[@bishalpbparkour5624]

❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@TheMrAdhitya]

Quite a surprise to see El Eggs of Calimove in this video

[@TheJasonPaul]

Haha right, he’s an OG!

[@abdelaesus6678]

Great itw

[@radMisc]

This has lots of great knowledge in it, however I feel that Jason is walking into the discussion with some pre-conceived notions which deserve some pushback. In no particular order: -Hypertrophy (muscle growth) will occur at almost every rep range, and is almost entirely the mechanism behind better strength. Neural adaptation and technique play a role, but it's limited and affects mostly beginners. We _want_ bigger muscles, at least the prime movers for a sport with lots of jumping - glutes, quads, hamstrings, lower back and abs should all get bigger, because bigger muscles are stronger. What you _don't_ want is to train like a bodybuilder, who tries building bigger everything, i.e. there's no reason for a parkour athlete to spam lateral raises or tricep extensions in excess of what's needed for general joint health -Building off the 1st point: in order to prevent becoming excessively heavy we simply improve our body composition. More muscle, less fat, at the same or maybe _slightly_ higher body weight. Of course, don't develop an eating disorder, but the basic principle applies. -Jason seems heavily biased against weight training. Why? Alex himself points it out - calisthenics are limited for strong legs. Track and field athletes, gymnasts and field sports players have used a combination of squats, pulls and olympic weightlifting movements for a whole century to get springier and more agile. It works just the same for free runners. -Jason also seems hesitant to encourage max effort or close to max effort training for few reps. This makes no sense. Parkour is much more of an explosive sport than an endurance sport realistically speaking. Max strength is much more correlated with things like vertical jump, and so it makes sense to train for it. In (my) conclusion and opinion: Parkour athletes should (probably) do what track & field or olympic weightlifting athletes do. Get a massive back squat at a relatively light body weight - this will get you the strength you need for jumps and landings. Train sprinting - again, helps with jumps and acceleration. Additionally -get an explosive pull up, maybe a weighted dip, and stay lean and light. It works the same for parkour as for any jump intensive explosive sport.

[@TheJasonPaul]

Hey rad! I don't really have any beef with weights, I work with them for my maintenance work regularly. I mainly try to summarize Alex's points and also play a bit of devil's advocate or the beginner in this conversation, so maybe it came across as that. I agree with all the points you mentioned above, but I'm not so sure about the conclusion. I think it makes a lot of sense to transfer some training methods from track and field and olympic weight lifting. But overall I think Gymnastics style strength training is best to improve Parkour performance. I personally have rarely seen gymnasts use weighted squats, deadlifts, etc. Would be interested to hear what you know about gymnasts using this kind of training.

[@radMisc]

@@TheJasonPaul Thanks for taking the time to respond! I train in an (amateur) gymnastics group and at least there they usher people into the weight room from time to time to improve squats, deadlifts etc. This may not always be the case, but gymnasts frequently (in my experience) use things like partner squats in their workouts - squats and lunges holding on to a wooden ladder with another person standing on top of their shoulders. However, when I think of parkour, I think it actually has a greater demand for brute lower body strength than gymnastics, since floor is only one part of gymnastics, and relies heavily on technique when using the spring floor. Parkour is more similar (imo) to pole vault or triple jump in track and field. Hard jumps, hard landings and big distances. These things are heavily correlated with vertical jump, and the only way to increase max vert other than practicing it is by increasing leg strength to body weight ratios. Virtually all track athletes train these movements as a consequence. If you think about parkour athletes who have or have had massive jumps and good consistency, like Tim Champion, Ed Scott or Mich Todorovic back in the day, of course there's a strong genetic component, but these are also guys who frequently squat 2x their bodyweight. This leads to my main disagreement with the 'vibe' of the video - I think the idea that strength training should be highly specific to your parkour goals is kind of wrong. You get specificity by training parkour itself, but strength & conditioning is by definition general. This is why you can hire the same coach for a soccer team and a discus thrower and have only minor variations between their training. Turns out the qualities which make you more athletic in one sport has huge trasference to other ones! I think a lot of people are stuck in the idea that "heavy weights make you slow and big" - this is only true if you let your bodyweight skyrocket and neglect jump/sprint training. It's a common sentiment in martial arts as well, but all research afaik says the opposite. If done right it leads to better coordination, springier legs and better longevity and joint health. Curious to know your perspective!

[@James-g3w7w]

​@@TheJasonPaul Here's my opinion. First the contracting force of the muscles are limited by the golgi tendon organs in a reflex that prevents the muscle from ripping itself loose from the bone. This means you must increase the tendon strength to relax the reflex. The question remains about how this might be trained in conjunction with routines that are primarily for hypertrophy but superhuman strength is available without the hypertrophy. So to train tendons you need isometrics. Look up Alexander Zass and his methods using chains to create chain breaking strength. Another isometric exercise for spinal erectors is the wrestlers bridge, the stronger your spine from top to bottom the more available energy you will have. You also want to regulate the balance between carbon dioxide and oxygen in the blood and this not done by breathing harder or aerobic exercise. You must breathe through your nose and the easiest way to insure this is to curl your tongue up and back and press it against the soft palette on the roof of your mouth (this has so many benefits I can't list them all because the tongue is directly connected to the vagus nerve and the diaphragm, psoas etc.). Alexander Zass also has an exercise for breaking chains wrapped around the chest which trains breathe compression for more power. Last you need to exercise the interior muscles that connect the thorax and hips. There a tool called the BODY BLADE, but a better way is to get a thick PVC pipe about 6 feet long and hold it at one end with hand about shoulder width apart and torque your hips to shake the far end of the pole. Keep learning to decrease the hip rotation while increasing the torque speed so the "whip" of the pole is bigger. You can keep increasing the length and thickness of the pole to increase resistance. Also learn to "whip" the pole in all directions. All the internal core muscles are worked including those involved in breathing. You can use bamboo if you want to look Kung Fu. All the above are the "secret" internal power and energy in martial arts without the woo woo. And it was developed and used to train the martial arts parkour. I hope this helps, if you can carry horses like Alexander Zass you should be able to jump further and these exercises don't add muscle mass.

[@James-g3w7w]

​@@TheJasonPaul Here's a pro strongman with isometric resources kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn7XZYl9ibmBd9Usi=YWfmQ6gkaHvfljOZ

[@James-g3w7w]

Here's the core exercise, PVC works just as well kzbin.infoUgkxagru82PSw9s02L0pwV4vR9kjSQQ3_Y3T?si=hFm7_DYBSm5xqyZv

[@HuanLinParkour]

😂😂😂👍💗

[@DJmicaiah]

I like his channel and workout programs but they are just too long for me. I’ve got three kids and I’m 45 years old and I work 12 hour shifts five and six days a week. I have about 10 or 15 minutes that I have to exercise and I want to build muscle and strengthen bones Joints, tendons and ligaments and improve mobility and anything else that will help with parkour but I don’t have 30 or 40 minutes a day to exercise. In fact anytime I try to get down on the floor and stretch or do push-ups in my house. My kids jump on me. I need micro workouts.

[@joshuamendelsohn9633]

Where is the parkour being done in the first clips

[@TheJasonPaul]

You mean the ones of Alex? They are in tunisia

[@joshuamendelsohn9633]

@@TheJasonPaul if that's the ones in the first clip then yes looks like an amazing spot thank you