Omega v1.1 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 A parkour group in South London have started doing free parkour sessions for the over sixties in an effort to increase their mobility and give them confidence, what a fantastic idea! It looks like it's pretty stripped down to cater to their older customers but it gets them practicing balancing and jumping over small objects like park benches and gets them out of their homes and socialising in a much healthier way than just sitting down and drinking endless cups of tea and scoffing biscuits. Just ignore the idiots in the comments section though... Quote I believe that the definition of definition is reinvention. My returning challenge Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 LOVE this! It just shows that it's never too late! Quote Link to comment
Gobnait Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 I actually did some very low-grade parkour when I went canal-boating with the in-laws. A lot of it was walking across one-foot boards with a handrail, but they were usually wet. There was also a point where we had to climb a chest-high wall, drop onto a canal boat, shimmy several feet on the narrow ledge that runs along the boat, then transfer from that to a floating platform. We observed some people having to travel quite a distance by creeping on a guard rail because we flooded the towpath. If MiL had said "but I'm over sixty," she would have missed out on the fun. Quote I have conditions that affect my social awareness. If I am rude, tell me what I could do better. 5'8" & 220 260 pounds | Miles Walked: X 2019: | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pre 2017: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | * | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Link to comment
Huntress Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Oh man, this is SO awesome. I hope there's something like that out there for me when I'm old! Quote HuntressCurrent challenge - Rebels - Huntress lays the foundations"The effort yields its own rewards" - Data, Star Trek: TNG. Link to comment
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