Parkour – a new active obsession?
I recently learned of Parkour (sometimes called “Freerunning”) – a growing popular phenomenon where people move through their environment by jumping, rolling, vaulting, running up walls and numerous other manuveurs. Research on americanparkour.com explained the sport as this:
Parkour is the art of moving through your environment using only your body and the surroundings to propel yourself. It can include running, jumping, climbing, even crawling, if that is the most suitable movement for the situation. Parkour could be grasped by imagining a race through an obstacle course, the goal is to overcome obstacles quickly and efficiently, without using extraneous movement. Apply this line of thought to an urban environment, or even a run through the woods, and you’re on the right path. Because individual movements could vary so greatly by the situation, it is better to consider Parkour as defined by the intention instead of the movements themselves. If the intention is to get somewhere using the most effective movements with the least loss of momentum, then it could probably be considered Parkour
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From the reading I’ve done it seems to be a highly disciplined activity requiring much strength and dedication to maintain safety and to continuously improve. Turn down your speakers a bit and watch this video:
Eco-Running – Fitness for a cleaner world
I first became aware of eco-running this past spring when my urban neighborhood, Riverwest, thawed out, and a winter’s worth of litter emerged from the melting gray snow banks. Every spring the neighborhood has to deal with the garbage that the thousands of people passing through insist on leaving behind. This year, however, we were introduced to a new, simple and ingenious approach to the clean up, courtesy of local resident and endurance runner, Sam Huber – aka The Eco-Runner.
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Sam incorporates scooping up litter into his running regimen and is on a mission to convert people to serving their environment by simply picking up the trash in their path. Sam’s grassroots project is getting national attention
and attracting new eco-runners (or in my case, eco-walkers) every day.
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to follow Sam’s progress and learn more about how to green your exercise routine.
Are the benefits of exercise all in your head?
Last week, Morning Edition
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To do this, Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer studied hotel maids, 67% of whom felt they didn’t exercise, despite walking all day and lugging heavy equipment around.
When told they exceeded the surgeon general’s guidelines for fitness, they started losing weight.
Read or listen to the story here:
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