Take Flight

As the summer sun and heat move into the Northern Hemishpere with full force, lots of you will be out training. The nicer weather and no school means you will be out training Parkour and freerunning for longer hours and in the summer heat. We at Take Flight like hearing about all your training and progression, and we especially love seeing video and pictures. But it’s terrible hearing about injuries!

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We have put together a few basic tips for summer training to help keep you healthy and training all summer long.

These tips are supposed to help you avoid any injuries, but accidents do happen, so you should have a Parkour partner, freerunning friend, or just train around other people in case you do get hurt.

Always drink enough water; it is better to have to take an extra restroom break than it is to get dehydrated. Just a note, some energy drinks and most sodas dehydrate you, so if you are going to have them, have water to back it up.

On really sunny days it is important for most people to have plenty of sunscreen on especially if you are going shirtless. The exposure to the sun causes increased fatigue rates and fatigue can lead to mistakes and accidents. Some athletes and trainers say it’s better to keep your tee shirt on in the mid-day sun to protect from the sun. Now if only you could find a Parkour T-Shirt company ;-)

Follow proper progressions when training Parkour or freerunning. Drilling skills is very important and most people move on as soon as they land a skill once. A quote inspired by David Belle says, “A good Traceur trains until he gets it right, and excellent Traceur trains until he can’t get it wrong.” This means take your time with each skill.

These quick tips should help you have a fun and safe summer of Parkour, train safe and HAVE FUN!