Hello!

[noxteryn]

Hello!

I am a 2-year Parkour-practitioner from Greece, and I have joined this community to learn more about the science of training. I am very interested in both theoretical and practical things about Kinesiology and Biomechanics in general, and I would like you to point me in the right direction (sites to see, books to read, etc). I am already registered to Verkhoshansky's website, and I am starting to realise that a lot of what I thought was correct is actually wrong.

I bumped into this forum as I was searching for explanations regarding the "lactic acid/muscle soreness" myth, and I have to say that your motto, "results through science", really caught my eye.

I look forward to reading the rest of the texts included here!

Cheers!

[E36Guy]

Welcome! I wish I could help you out, however, I know nothing of the subject. The guy that runs this forum, Josh, is quite knowledgable though, so hopefully he will be able to toss you some valuable information or point you in the right direction. Hope to chat with you more.

Enjoy the forum.

[Sportsmedjosh]

I checked out that link that you posted and that is some awesome stuff. Would you say you are just really starting off with your kinesiology readings? There are some great journals out there from the American College of Sports Medicine they have a two nice publications they put out one that is science manuscripts and one that is broken down into how it applied to fitness training. If you have any specific you are looking at hopefully I can point you in the right direction.

How did you get involved in Parkour.

[cabezon]

When I run, i don't like to fall from stuff. I'd like to hear what you learned so far.

[noxteryn]

Well, Parkour is not about falling from stuff. It's a discipline that targets on developing the ability to overcome obstacles in your path.

I started Parkour because of it's usefulness. It may seem like a reckless extreme sport, but it's not. It's closely related to Parcours. I am very concerned about the safety issues and long-term injuries, and I am pleased to say that I haven't had any injuries, other than occasional scrapes and bruises. But I realise that "being careful" is not enough. I need to understand more about how the human body works, so I can train more efficiently and more safely.

Anyway, yes, I'm pretty much ignorant on the science behind sports, all I have read so far are the articles of Yuri Verkhoshansky and Wikipedia. For now, I want to get started with the basics, but I plan to learn a lot about these things.

Sportsmedjosh, could you be kind enough to give me a few book titles or names of authors, so I can look in my university's library or something? I'm interested in both theory and practice. I've already got my hands on "Kinesiology and Applied Anatomy" by Rasch and Burke (4th edition), and found it very interesting.

Thanks in advance.

[Sportsmedjosh]

Yeah here are a couple good book. I would look for the ACSM guidelines for exercise testing and prescription and the ACSM resource manual and essentials of exercise physiology by mcardle katch and katch. Those would be great books to check out. also I would be the ACSM resource manual on half.com or ebay.com you can prob get a good deal and those go over everything.