My first blog-subject; Evolution Redefined, refers to a mindset, that has developed through my training and view on life, within the last 3 years. My friend Peter and I came up with the expression, and in this blog-entry I will try to explain it briefly.
Survival of the fittest, doesn't apply to man kind in the same sense that it once did. More and more aspects of our culture provides short-cuts, and it is very rare that we have to go into "fight-or-flight" mode. That leaves very little "true" motivation for staying fit and strong, the modern man and woman has (more or less) only "cosmetic" reasons for training.
For the last 4 years, I have been doing parkour with great enthusiasme. When I train, my body and mind slips into an other level of awareness, and I feel like I have rediscovered my true instincts. Parkour also puts the pleasure of free movements in to focus, and that provides a motivation way greater than machine-controlled workouts with calorie-programmes; planned out in detail. With parkour I get stronger, faster and i push my limits; progressing step-by-step, without loosing motivation.
Lets turn evolution around! - Break the habbits, listen to your instincts, be creative and use the obstacles on your way to move naturally.. jump, run, balance, swing and crawl - Our boddies are not meant only to be walking and sitting! And if you do another sport, parkour will be a greater training tool that you could ever imagine. You gain better core-strength, explosiveness, control, and all-over agility. At the same time you stimulate awarenss and creativity.
I want to use this blog both as a tool to follow up on my progress, and as a way of sharing my thoughts. My first language is danish, but I'll be writing in english since a lot of my friends and fellow traceurs are french, british, german and so on.
Here's an invitation to visit our brand new website, www.StreetMovement.dk
-Sorry it's in danish.
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