The Past Month

It's been over a month since I've bothered to write out anything more. It's hard to organize my thoughts as to how my training has been going, or how Hamilton's scene itself has been going. A lot has happened. The weather here has been pretty poor, and as a result, the attendance of a lot of members has dropped. The increase in workload for the first years seems to have dropped a good number of them, too. Otherwise, I have seen myself progressing a fair deal, but my training has not quite been as rigorous as I would actually like. A few weeks ago, I went to Toronto to celebrate PKTO's 3-year anniversary and we had a merry time flipping tires, but I had to push myself ridiculously hard to finish the course. I am determined to get better, to get stronger, to last longer... We shall see where my resolve takes me.

I have held a number of conditioning sessions at McMaster University with relative success. The first time around, there were some issues to work out, but the second and third time seem to be okay. The circuit has a great deal of difficulty, but it's scalable and definitely possible for even the weaker people. It's a lot more fun, but I'm still trying to weed out the more boring parts. So far, the Hamilton Hall grip training course is the most entertaining part! We need more. There are some things floating around in my head, so we'll see how it all goes next Thursday. Also, I read over my last entry... The plyometric push-ups aren't so much of a problem anymore, but they do tire me out very quickly. I think, for the most part, I'm getting into a much better condition. More cardio, though. Need more cardio.

Overall, I think my progress has slowed, but certain things like my left-handed lazies have gotten much better. I'm not quite sure where to take my actual Parkour training right now, because I feel stalled. I believe I'm going to be focusing more on conditioning for a few more weeks while I try to find a new way to progress technically. Speed and fluidity are really what's left, and I need to work up my cardio before I can even attempt what I want to attempt in that regard. We shall see.

Here's hoping to some heavy training.