My name is Ann Kaczka, I've been practicing
Parkour since 2007.
My first day training was with David Belle
at the New Yorker festival.
And since then I've trained solo in Thailand,
climbing trees on the streets of London and
Paris.
And now I'm back in New York City.
And today I'm here to talk to you about Parkour.
So what to wear when your training Parkour:
It does depend and vary from person to person.
Some people feel comfortable exercising in
really baggy sweatpants while, others like
myself, I do prefer to exercise in sort-of
tights, spandex bottoms and tight tops just
so that it doesn't snag on things.
But It does vary, wear whats right for you
and what works for you.
Ladies, please just do yourself a favor and
buy a really good sports bra.
The importance is so paramount; those tissues
stretch and they do not stretch back.
So try and find one with molded cups that's
going to support you, thats made for a high
impact activity like running or horse-back
riding-Spend a little bit of extra money,
replace it every six-twelve months.
Your going to find, the investment is so worth
it.
Stay away from low-impact Yoga tops.
Stay away from regular sports bra's that won't
support you as much as you need.
Jump around in the fitting room, go try a
whole bunch on; make it into a day-wide adventure.
It doesn't really matter but, just buy one
that really fits and don't wear a normal bra
when training.
Its going to completely destroy the bra and
its not going to give you as much support
as you need.
As far as shoes go again, buy what works for
you.
There have been a lot of shoes out on the
market lately that are specifically marketed
and tailored towards people who are training
Parkour but like I said, find what works for
you.
Generally, you want to find something thats
pretty flexible, you want to find something
thats light fit-obviously something that fits
your foot and something thats grippy as well.
