dbfuru
Jun-15-09, 06:58 PM
Grab a drink and let me tell you a tale.
A long time ago, I was an inactive, obese and pale child. I moved to Australia from England in 06 I think, and then I met my now best friend, who introduced me to Parkour. I was like "WTFOMGBBQ NINJAZZ!!!!!!" and proceeded to follow around my friend and watching him do vaults and climbing up onto sheds and buildings around town and shit.
Then I got involved.
I drilled vaults all the time, and sat down and dropped off a little roof only a couple of times because I was shit scared. Then we'd go and explore the river all day, with inadequate rest periods. Whilst all this contributed to weight loss and a better overall fitness level, it killed my knees, which I regret to this day and wish I was more careful. I wish I knew what Parkour actually was, not just jumping off of shit. I did no conditioning and had pretty much no muscle anywhere.
I've stopped Parkour, I've not done anything this year. Well that's a lie, at a trcking session yesterday I did my first climb-up onto a toilet block which was something I'd never done before and wanted to test out how well my new conditioning regime and diet is going (good, by the way).
Anyway, my knees are a LOT better in comparison, it used to hurt to walk sometimes, I think.
But every so often after doing excercise like running and after a long tricking session my knees often hurt if I don't correctly balance my weight on my legs. It's not debilitating, just irritating.
I've been to the doctors and they said nothing was wrong, because after prodding my patellar tendons and I didn't get any pain, they said nothing was wrong. It just hurts when I put weight on them if they are in a funny 'mood'.
I just want my knees to be like they were before I was a dumb shit. But I think tricking saved my knees from being fully destroyed. And maybe if I keep conditioning my legs my knees won't be a problem.
Anyway.. if anyone can relate to this I'd appreciate a response and I'd like to know how you cope and if you've recovered.
Come to think of it, my knees aren't that bad, but they aren't perfect.
Thanks for reading.
A long time ago, I was an inactive, obese and pale child. I moved to Australia from England in 06 I think, and then I met my now best friend, who introduced me to Parkour. I was like "WTFOMGBBQ NINJAZZ!!!!!!" and proceeded to follow around my friend and watching him do vaults and climbing up onto sheds and buildings around town and shit.
Then I got involved.
I drilled vaults all the time, and sat down and dropped off a little roof only a couple of times because I was shit scared. Then we'd go and explore the river all day, with inadequate rest periods. Whilst all this contributed to weight loss and a better overall fitness level, it killed my knees, which I regret to this day and wish I was more careful. I wish I knew what Parkour actually was, not just jumping off of shit. I did no conditioning and had pretty much no muscle anywhere.
I've stopped Parkour, I've not done anything this year. Well that's a lie, at a trcking session yesterday I did my first climb-up onto a toilet block which was something I'd never done before and wanted to test out how well my new conditioning regime and diet is going (good, by the way).
Anyway, my knees are a LOT better in comparison, it used to hurt to walk sometimes, I think.
But every so often after doing excercise like running and after a long tricking session my knees often hurt if I don't correctly balance my weight on my legs. It's not debilitating, just irritating.
I've been to the doctors and they said nothing was wrong, because after prodding my patellar tendons and I didn't get any pain, they said nothing was wrong. It just hurts when I put weight on them if they are in a funny 'mood'.
I just want my knees to be like they were before I was a dumb shit. But I think tricking saved my knees from being fully destroyed. And maybe if I keep conditioning my legs my knees won't be a problem.
Anyway.. if anyone can relate to this I'd appreciate a response and I'd like to know how you cope and if you've recovered.
Come to think of it, my knees aren't that bad, but they aren't perfect.
Thanks for reading.