February 2010
1 post
Bye Tumblr! →
Hey folks,
I’m going to be shelving my Tumblr account. If you want to keep up with my wacky adventures in fitness, nutrition, and dangerous stunts, you can find me at Fifth Ape. Check it out!
December 2009
2 posts
WatchA compilation of two training days. Enjoy!
November 2009
3 posts
Why am I just now finding out about proem? ...
WatchA beautiful day for doing fun things outside…
October 2009
5 posts
Lawrence Halprin Dies, Age 93 →
Lawrence Halprin, urban planner and architecht, designed some of the best parkour training hotspots in the world, such as Freeway Park in Seattle (pictured below). He passed away yesterday. Zachary Cohn has written up a very nice tribute on behalf of all the traceurs who have benefited and will continue to benefit from Mr. Halprin’s work.
WatchIt finally stopped raining - time to train!
WatchA little bit of Parkour/climbing fun yesterday…
September 2009
4 posts
WatchMonday morning - quick conditioning & skill training before class. Trying to work on some static gymnastic holds.
WatchAfternoon parkour training in the Forest Theater.
WatchNatural Method training in a beautiful spot.
August 2009
3 posts
July 2009
4 posts
WatchAnother long day of training in CT. Not shown here is a particularly long and grueling conditioning session - I was exhausted by the end of the day. Notes: A lot of progress was made on cat balance. Pop vaults are still giving me trouble, but wallruns are beginning to feel more comfortable.
WatchSome training while visiting my mom in CT. My back is still a little stiff from a lifting strain earlier in the week, but otherwise I felt pretty good. Not shown here is a lot of pop vault training in the back of a local school. Notes: The wallruns are feeling a bit better… I am going to make it up that brick wall tomorrow. For some reason, my rolls were problematic today.
WatchA little training after a relaxing weekend with my sister. I ate a few too many waffles during my visit and felt pretty slow out there - but I found a few fun new places to train. Notes: kongs weren’t going very well - took me a while to get back into them. Not shown here is a long session of cat leaps.
June 2009
5 posts
WatchHad to work late today, so night training was necessitated… Notes: Running up the slick aluminum siding of that building while holding the camera in the dark was a TERRIBLE idea. I nearly fell. Not shown: A lot of balancing work on an inclined rail.
WatchThe video diary continues… I whacked my knees pretty good yesterday, so I was a little slower than normal today. Today was my first attempt at wallruns - they definitely need some work… I look like an idiot on the approach.
WatchGonna try to do this every few days or so. Hopefully it’ll be interesting to chart my progress.
Notes from today: Did a lot of balancing work, only some of which is represented on video. Also not shown: turn vaults, and side vault from a cat hang position.
YAAAAAAAAAAA
Finally have internet in my apartment.
Oh dear...
Up and running in Saratoga Springs - GE begins on Monday. In other news, my thoughts exactly…
May 2009
10 posts
WatchIf you liked Ong Bak… well, this is pretty much the same thing, but with Silat instead of Muay Thai.
April 2009
1 post
ooh...
right… tumblr. forgot about this…
July 2008
3 posts
nature red...
I just watched, from my deck, an eagle fighting an entire squadron of smaller birds. I almost got a picture of it but the battle carried into a deeper part of the forest and I lost sight of them.
"Anxious in America" →
Op-ed piece by Thomas Friedman…
June 2008
1 post
Well, here I am....
In Chapel Hill, waiting for my stuff to arrive sometime between the hours of 3:00 and 6:00. I am listening to the rather amazing variety of songbirds and generally feeling pretty awesome about life over here… especially now that I have Internet. Oh, I am 90% certain that a squirrel has made a nest in my chimney. I’m inclined to leave him be for the moment… after all, he was...