Art of Retreat - SPARKs

Laurence Mitchell

I find interest in what Dan Edwardes says about over training and Dan says one has a tendency to over train in Parkour. Im not qualified in parkour by any means of the imagination but I involve myself where overtraining is almost necessary to gain the training I wish to achieve. But at the same time being aware my immune system can get depleted. Even before I knew about Parkour but when I had just changed my fitness routine a, year into indoor bouldering at the age of 63 and then I found out about gymnastics. I would attend stretching classes and do moves where I believed I was pushing my body beyond its limits. There was a downside that was quite uncomfortable. This discomfort was especially worse at night while I tried to sleep and would have to be on permanent pain killers. However on the plus side, my body eventually learned how to move around the pain and I stopped taking pain killers. I am often aware of injuries that plague my everyday life. However, I find alternatives, I have