Sentences with word «traceur»

Called traceurs after the French word for «tracer fire» (a connection this writer is still trying to understand), Toorock and other top practitioners follow a unique training program that is one of the most comprehensive in all of sports.

Jumping off boxes helps traceurs develop techniques like the roll, which distributes the force of landing so that joints are protected from the shock of hitting the ground from an eight - foot leap.

Many of the most advanced traceurs also train in acrobatics.

The Human Alley Cat traceur Mark Toorock If you watched the 2006 James Bond flick Casino Royale, you saw the sport of parkour in the opening chase sequence.

For the stamina needed for long free running exploits traceurs should try interval running consisting of 5 x 100 metre sprints with each sprint followed by 100 metres of slow jogging before repeating the sequence.

So one of the first aims of all ambitious traceurs should be to follow a diet and exercise plan that allows a gradual reduction of fat until your fat percentage lowers to a maximum of 10 % (The good news is that once you achieve this you will also have a great six pack).

District B13 is a jolt of kinetic energy and the impressive, seemingly impossible stunts performed by traceurs (practitioners of parkour, in this case David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli) are on display front and center, surrounded by a silly but suitable story.

For explosive power and co-ordination new traceurs should focus on multi muscle or compound exercises (exercises that involve many muscles) because all free running movements including vaults such as the monkey vault, roll vault, reverse vault and all wall ups require complex multi muscle movements.

The Take Flight brand and parkour store is made by and for parkour and traceurs, so it's probably already obvious why their Ultra parkour shoe made our list!

(3) Flexibility All traceurs should strive to develop a high level of flexibility throughout the body not just to assist in basic movements like the wallhop, catleap and tic - tac but also to help prevent injuries caused by positions outside the traceurs normal range on movement.

(4) Stamina Although practising basic moves does not require a high level of stamina any traceur wanting to put together decent free run will certainly have to be very fit to complete it.

Now is is quite common to see participants or «traceurs» as they are known free running through the streets practicing the Monkey vault, kong vault, tic - tac and the other spectacular moves that parkour consists of.

However, for any traceur just starting out without this advantage there are still a number of bodyweight exercises that you can incorporate in your training program to ensure that you make quick progress in the tic - tac, wall run, precision jump and other moves that traceurs love.

Walker was not a traceur and the movie suffers because of it.

Being a traceur myself wasn't the only reason that this title got me squealing and fidgeting in my seat for.

Inspired by the practice and principles of Parkour, Vector \'s intuitive controls please players of all levels, and sophisticated level designs challenge the most demanding players with fast - paced timing puzzles as the traceur «flows» over the dystopian rooftops.