By Amanda Henry, Primal Fitness trainer
Location: Primal Fitness, Washington D.C., USA
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On January 25th we kicked off the first of our monthly women’s seminars at Primal Fitness. Five women arrived at the gym bright and early, ready to learn some Parkour basics in a comfortable, (almost exclusively) women-only environment. Most had never had any Parkour experience, and some were only recently returning to regular exercise, but the interest and dedication of the group were very evident.
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With Mark Toorock, the gym’s founder, standing by to offer his help if needed, I led the students through a tough two-hour class, starting with an introduction to the history and theory of Parkour, a basic warm-up, and then covering jumping form, rolling and finally vaults. All of the students were tired but elated at the end of the morning, and when I asked, they all said they were surprised at how much they’d been able to learn and to do by the end of it.
That, for me, was the best part of the seminar – helping others to use and to be excited by their own skills and abilities.Two women have already emailed me expressing interest in continuing with their Parkour practice. I can only say hooray for more traceuses!
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