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It was a busy day at Balance for me spending 2 hours with parkour and free running athletes from the massive Free Run and Parkour Network – an truly international organistation.

Ez came along with 3 of their athletes: Cali, Kirby and Jonny who had the full tour and acquaint of what this technology can provide.

As is the experience of most people we put on the G-trainer they had a satisfying and eye opening time. Kirby in particular who was told he should not run again due to a parkour induced ankle fracture loved it when he found himself running, using a 50% reduction in his bodyweight.

For Cali and Jonny we used some interval training protocols that really seperate the G-trainer out as the ultimate tool for aerobic, anaerobic running based interval training either for “hills” and strength, or speed.

For those who know little about Free Running or Parkour take a look at the Urban Free Flow website, You Tube or Face Book Group, alternatively watch the opening scene of James Bond movie Casino Royale or watch the movie District Thirteen.

Impressively Claudio the videographer filmed, edited and posted the footage he took in the morning by early Tuesday evening…