Parkour Wall Run and Cat Leap: Train Like a Ninja with Young Flip

This week’s video tutorial is a double feature, covering two Parkour essentials: the Wall Run and the Cat Leap. And we’re super excited to have Professional Parkour athlete and American Ninja Warrior David “Young Flip” Rodriguez teach us how to master them. Both of these movements are not only great exercises, but are also two …

“Spider” from MTV’s Teen Wolf: On Animal Movements and Becoming the Werewolf

This week I had the great opportunity to interview Albert “Spider” Valladares, a 25-year old Miami native who is a real inspiration to those of us interested in parkour, free running, and bodyweight sports. He’s currently starring in the role as the werewolf on MTV’s hit new show Teen Wolf. His background is impressive – …

Learning the Parkour Kong Vault

The Kong Vault is a great Parkour move, and we’re lucky enough to have David “Young Flip” Rodriguez from G4’s Jump City show us exactly how to execute this maneuver. In our featured video Flip takes us through a step by step progression on learning the Kong Vault. He is a professional freerunner, member of …

Bodyweight Brainstorm Workout in NYC

[singlepic id=5 float=center] While in NYC this past week, I had the pleasure of meeting up with New York’s very own Al Kavadlo (fitness guru/bodyweight enthusiast) and Rebecca Evens (Budokon instructor). It was an excellent opportunity to take three different backgrounds and styles of bodyweight training and bring them together for one intense workout! If …

Advanced Bodyweight Workout Challenge – Week 4 Entries

KEVIN GRETO sent in our favorite entry this week. He integrates some parkaour and hand balancing techniques into his workout. And, the only tool he uses are a pair of parallettes, which if you don’t have a pair of your own, you can click on the parallettes tab to learn how to make them. I …