my name is Robert and I'm 59 years old
I've been training parkour for almost
two years almost to the day it's a year
here at SPF training
i started in parkour after i pick my son
up from his class at parkour
we're in columbus ohio at a rec center
picked him up and I saw after his class
that there was an adult class that
started it sparked my interest and I i
started that following week for me
mostly the personal challenges
enjoy the physical aspect of it the
mental challenges of different obstacles
and gaps and heights and all that it is
something that I enjoy
well i started and an adult class
without any idea of parkour or what it was
about later after that you know started
looking at youtube videos and seen some
rather crazy extreme stuff but you know
as I progressed which parkour is all
about progressions you take it to the
level you want to take it you don't have
to do anything
that your mind and body doesn't want you
to do
the extreme things that the younger
youth are doing that is their choice
they progress that far they feel
confident enough to do that
more power to them
I think anybody can benefit from doing
parkour any age as you go through the
progressions
you take it no to the level as you want
it can be as much as just balancing on a
beam or jumping up on a box
you don't have to be able to walk on 8 foot
rails or you know makes a large gap
jumps and as far as an age limit there
is
no age limit
myself i try to stay in shape and fortunately
starting at a later date and live I've
been able to you know progress through
parkour and
be very happy
and challenged by it
I guess I'm impacted every day by parkour just in
moving through space moving through the
city
I like to be aware of everything that's
going on parkour challenges you that
way and makes you more aware and
hopefully you'll never have to use it
but it does prepare you for the ability
if there was ever an emergency or
anything that might happen that you
could physically maybe handle a
situation differently because of the
parkour training
fortunately it doesn't happen every day
and maybe it never will but at least you
at least you know that you probably could  if you had to
