working on balance challenges at height at class today @pkgenlehighvalley
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Day 54/100 – heights →
Day 53/100 – qm “101” →
Hello asphalt my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again. (Anyone name that tune?) Slow session, but managed to do everything in sets of 25,25,25,26.
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What happens when men shirk the deep fix →
The un-examined cake will bury you in a never-ending steady stream of slow debris, your life wasted in lower-order, derivative problems.
~ Bryan Ward from, What Happens When Men Shirk The Deep Fix
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Presenting at Art of Retreat →
Next weekend I will be moderating a session about the state of global parkour organization. Please follow the link and submit any questions you feel would benefit the discussion.
http://artofretreat.com/governance/
This session is happening at the Art of Retreat (a parkour leadership and education retreat) in New York City. The event itself is full, but there’s great information on their web site about the speakers, and presentations to inspire you to attend next year.
Meanwhile, this year the event organizers are working to produce more take-aways for the participants and the parkour community at large. As part of the preparation for the Friday session, we are producing a detailed report about the current state of global organization efforts. It will be made publically available as a PDF.
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Mastery →
One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
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Day 52/100 – morning run →
Less light each day… great to be outside often to experience the changing seasons.
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Chris Keighley: Challenge, personal growth, and 1,000 muscle-ups →
What can we learn about personal growth, resilience, and community through extreme physical challenges?
Chris Keighley helps me muscle up the strength to understand challenge. We discuss its rewards, hazards, and how it can be a powerful tool for personal growth from day one. He shares stories from behind the scenes of the 1,000 Muscle-Up Challenge, and talks about finding challenge in more mundane activities, like building a tire tower at the Gerlev International Gathering.
Modern life doesn’t give you many chances of seeing what you’re capable of.
~ Chris Keighley (6:30)
The conversation centers on the 1000 Muscle-Up Challenge, an intense physical and mental test. The origins of the challenge, its evolution from a hypothetical debate to an actual event, and the experiences of participants highlight themes of resilience, camaraderie, and self-discovery. Chris navigates physical exhaustion and mental roadblocks, supported by a tight-knit community, ultimately revealing their limits and potential.
Other topics include the broader philosophy of challenges in parkour and training. The discussion explores how setting appropriately difficult challenges helps individuals grow, with parallels drawn between physical challenges and life experiences. The importance of community support in such endeavors, as well as the transformative effects of overcoming personal boundaries, are recurring themes.
Takeaways
Challenges and growth — Difficult challenges reveal untapped potential and build resilience.
Camaraderie in struggle — Support from others transforms individual challenges into shared victories.
The mental aspect of training — Mental endurance is just as crucial as physical strength in overcoming obstacles.
Personal limits and discovery — Pushing beyond known limits fosters personal growth and self-awareness.
The role of uncertainty — Effective challenges must be within reach but not guaranteed, encouraging full effort.
Value of small challenges — Even minor challenges, like balancing exercises, can be deeply rewarding.
Physical risk and wisdom — Extreme challenges require careful judgment about safety and personal limits.
Adapting training — Different challenges suit different stages of experience and capability.
The joy of overcoming — Achieving difficult goals provides a profound sense of accomplishment and pride.
Resources
Parkour Generations — A global organization offering parkour training and education.
David Belle — A foundational figure in parkour, influencing the ethos of physical and mental challenges.
(Written with Chat-GPT.)
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Podcast, interview with Jerzy Gregorek →
I just finished listening to Tim Ferris’ interview of Jerzy Gregorek. The Lion of Olympic Weightlifting, 62-Year-Old Jerzy Gregorek (Also Featuring: Naval Ravikant) (#228) – The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss (episode #228 from March of 2017)
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It’s a very long podcast, but I really enjoyed getting to know Jerzey. Around 2h39m in, as they’re wrapping up, he says…
I see that the first 50 years is your first body, but also it is “nature versus nurture.” So you have the nature; you use the body, but you don’t care. The body is fantastic, it is restoring itself, it is recovering itself, and it is very, very forgiving. The next 50 years is the nurture. It’s time to be intelligent, it’s time to have goals, it’s time to have plans, it’s time for that. So if we start nurturing the body we can easily go for another 50 years, right? So that’s our second body. There is this gracefulness on the road that we need to learn. Once you get that gracefulness then your journey can be pleasant, your journey can be proressive and your journey can be joyful.
~ Jerzey Gregorek
I’m not quite 50, but this really resonated with my recent [several years worth] work, efforts, journey and progess.
Update Oct ’17:
Link to Jerzey’s “Happy Body” book which I’m really enjoying. He has a very direct and simple way of defining, measuring and working towards a happy body — meaning one that is basically fit — in the sense of fit for living. There are several companion books, (and a companion poster). I don’t feel the need to buy the books, yet ;) but the poster might be handy.
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Day 51/100 – walkin’ →
These boots were made #fjallraven …er, walkin’ …er, well no, the hat… oh nevermind. The pictures! The pictures are the hardest part of this challenge; walking four miles is easy.
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Day 50/100 – too early →
Halfway thru this stooooopid idea. Out for an early run.
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