Power training is an exciting way to enhance your strength and speed simultaneously, making it particularly beneficial for activities like parkour. The goal here is to maximize your effort and speed in exercises, allowing you to perform explosive movements more effectively. This tutorial will walk you through the concept of power training using a technique called the double tap, which involves pulling yourself up to a higher bar using maximum strength and speed.
To get started, you'll need two bars set at different heights, which can be fixed in place like rails or wall-mounted. The first exercise is the one-arm double tap: begin on the lower bar, pull yourself up quickly while transferring your grip to the upper bar, then return. Next, try the two-hand version, where you pull up rapidly with both hands before coming back down. The essence of these moves—and indeed, all power training—is to push yourself as hard and as fast as possible. To help with this, a proper warm-up is vital. Begin with resistance bands for two sets of two reps each before diving into your training. Keep your repetitions low, aiming for about 2-3 reps over 5 sets, focusing on generating maximum power each time.
Incorporating power training not only enhances your performance in parkour but also builds functional strength that applies to many physical activities. By mastering moves like the double tap and understanding the interplay between strength and speed, you’ll find that you can access higher bars, perform muscle-ups, and execute more advanced movements with ease. The key takeaway is that this approach makes you a more capable and versatile athlete, transcending the limits of mere strength training to achieve impressive leaps in your overall ability.
- Power training combines strength and speed for better performance in activities like parkour.
- Use two bars at different heights, focusing on explosive movements with minimal repetitions.
- Incorporating this training will enhance functional strength, enabling you to perform advanced techniques more effectively.
0.14this is video number six and today we've3.899got something a little bit different we5.879are going to be working on power8.4the idea behind power training is you're11.04going to incorporate strength with speed13.86and that means you need to put all of16.47your strength in your maximum amount of18.69strength and you need to do the exercise20.699as fast as possible so for this example23.82we are going to do something that's very25.74popular in parkour and that is doing28.41something called a double tap and that31.109is the reason I have two bars here33.48you will need somewhere where you can35.67get both bars at different heights38.129this can be rails outside or against the41.52wall to a rail but this type of setup is44.7what you will need the idea behind the47.82double tap is you will start on the50.7bottom bar and you have to dynamically53.85pull as fast as you can as hard as you56.76can so you can then try to get to the60second bar and we can do this in a62.579number of ways the first example would65.729be with one arm only so you would start69.33underneath on the bottom one and when71.939you pull you grab to the top and then74.76you come back down and then obviously76.83the other arm in the second example what80.07happens is you are going to now use both82.56hands transfer them onto the top and85.56then back down86.82so from here underneath grab and come91.229back this requires a maximum amount of94.53strength and a maximum speed to try to97.409launch your hands on to the second bar100.079in another example to understand what103.799power training is look at your broad107.579jump108.329so to travel the furthest distance you111.42can in a jump you need to put in your114.99maximum amount of strength you also need118.74to try to push as fast as you can with122.399the maximum amount of strength if you125.79weren't going to put the maximum amount127.77of strength in you won't get as far and130.289similarly if you try to push with133.31or your strengths but you did it slowly135.29you also won't get as far so the138.349incorporation of speed and your maximum141.5strength is going to give your maximum144.14power output because of we're doing146.959maximum amounts of strength we want to150.26reduce the number of reps again and152.81increase the stress so instead of155.87increasing weight what you have to do is158.84increase the distance of the bars and161.84this means that in as well as trying to165.44use a maximum amount of strength you167.33have to go faster as well as be stronger170.9so bigger this gap becomes the more you174.35have to do this type of program what I178.01would do is incorporate179.569a warm-up that consists of what would182.03happen with a normal strength based183.98warm-up so you would do say for186.65potentially the blue band and then you189.17would do the red band two sets two reps191.569of each and then you would go into your194training session now with the training196.459session you don't want to do too many198.98reps but you if you're trying to get201.89further and further with the bar what204.41happens is you reduced the reps increase206.989the size therefore I would recommend210.59roughly five sets of potentially having213.98to do two or three repetitions of this217.94that means that you're going to be219.769trying to generate as much strength as221.78possible and you're gonna be doing it as223.94fast as possible power training is going226.37to be very very useful especially in228.98parkour this is gonna translate into231.98being able to pull harder you're going235.43to be reaching your absolute full range238.34of motion and functionally you are going241.85to be able to do this type of action in244.609the real world double taps is something247.37we do it allows us to get into a higher250.13type position with our hands onto a253.28higher wall or a higher bar and it also256.28allows us to do something called climb258.59ups it translates into helping us being261.979able to do the muscle up because the263.84muscle264.389ups require a lot of speed as well to be267.75able to launch ourselves above the bar269.969and it all-around means that you are273.27much much more functional so I would275.46highly recommend putting power training277.949into your sessions because you are280.919functionally becoming a much much more283.56able person that can get higher onto a288.02bar or an upper wall or something that291.419is higher than where you started301.129you
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 this is video number six and today we've 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,000 got something a little bit different we 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000 are going to be working on power 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 the idea behind power training is you're 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,000 going to incorporate strength with speed 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,000 and that means you need to put all of 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,000 your strength in your maximum amount of 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,000 strength and you need to do the exercise 9 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:25,000 as fast as possible so for this example 10 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,000 we are going to do something that's very 11 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,000 popular in parkour and that is doing 12 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:33,000 something called a double tap and that 13 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,000 is the reason I have two bars here 14 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,000 you will need somewhere where you can 15 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000 get both bars at different heights 16 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:44,000 this can be rails outside or against the 17 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:47,000 wall to a rail but this type of setup is 18 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:50,000 what you will need the idea behind the 19 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:53,000 double tap is you will start on the 20 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:56,000 bottom bar and you have to dynamically 21 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:59,000 pull as fast as you can as hard as you 22 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,000 can so you can then try to get to the 23 00:00:60,000 --> 00:01:05,000 second bar and we can do this in a 24 00:00:62,000 --> 00:01:08,000 number of ways the first example would 25 00:00:65,000 --> 00:01:11,000 be with one arm only so you would start 26 00:00:69,000 --> 00:01:14,000 underneath on the bottom one and when 27 00:00:71,000 --> 00:01:15,000 you pull you grab to the top and then 28 00:00:74,000 --> 00:01:19,000 you come back down and then obviously 29 00:00:76,000 --> 00:01:21,000 the other arm in the second example what 30 00:00:80,000 --> 00:01:25,000 happens is you are going to now use both 31 00:00:82,000 --> 00:01:26,000 hands transfer them onto the top and 32 00:00:85,000 --> 00:01:30,000 then back down 33 00:00:86,000 --> 00:01:33,000 so from here underneath grab and come 34 00:00:91,000 --> 00:01:37,000 back this requires a maximum amount of 35 00:00:94,000 --> 00:01:39,000 strength and a maximum speed to try to 36 00:00:97,000 --> 00:01:43,000 launch your hands on to the second bar 37 00:00:100,000 --> 00:01:47,000 in another example to understand what 38 00:00:103,000 --> 00:01:47,000 power training is look at your broad 39 00:00:107,000 --> 00:01:50,000 jump 40 00:00:108,000 --> 00:01:54,000 so to travel the furthest distance you 41 00:00:111,000 --> 00:01:58,000 can in a jump you need to put in your 42 00:00:114,000 --> 00:01:61,000 maximum amount of strength you also need 43 00:00:118,000 --> 00:01:65,000 to try to push as fast as you can with 44 00:00:122,000 --> 00:01:67,000 the maximum amount of strength if you 45 00:00:125,000 --> 00:01:69,000 weren't going to put the maximum amount 46 00:00:127,000 --> 00:01:72,000 of strength in you won't get as far and 47 00:00:130,000 --> 00:01:75,000 similarly if you try to push with 48 00:00:133,000 --> 00:01:78,000 or your strengths but you did it slowly 49 00:00:135,000 --> 00:01:81,000 you also won't get as far so the 50 00:00:138,000 --> 00:01:83,000 incorporation of speed and your maximum 51 00:00:141,000 --> 00:01:86,000 strength is going to give your maximum 52 00:00:144,000 --> 00:01:90,000 power output because of we're doing 53 00:00:146,000 --> 00:01:91,000 maximum amounts of strength we want to 54 00:00:150,000 --> 00:01:95,000 reduce the number of reps again and 55 00:00:152,000 --> 00:01:98,000 increase the stress so instead of 56 00:00:155,000 --> 00:01:100,000 increasing weight what you have to do is 57 00:00:158,000 --> 00:01:104,000 increase the distance of the bars and 58 00:00:161,000 --> 00:01:106,000 this means that in as well as trying to 59 00:00:165,000 --> 00:01:110,000 use a maximum amount of strength you 60 00:00:167,000 --> 00:01:114,000 have to go faster as well as be stronger 61 00:00:170,000 --> 00:01:117,000 so bigger this gap becomes the more you 62 00:00:174,000 --> 00:01:119,000 have to do this type of program what I 63 00:00:178,000 --> 00:01:122,000 would do is incorporate 64 00:00:179,000 --> 00:01:123,000 a warm-up that consists of what would 65 00:00:182,000 --> 00:01:126,000 happen with a normal strength based 66 00:00:183,000 --> 00:01:128,000 warm-up so you would do say for 67 00:00:186,000 --> 00:01:130,000 potentially the blue band and then you 68 00:00:189,000 --> 00:01:133,000 would do the red band two sets two reps 69 00:00:191,000 --> 00:01:135,000 of each and then you would go into your 70 00:00:194,000 --> 00:01:138,000 training session now with the training 71 00:00:196,000 --> 00:01:141,000 session you don't want to do too many 72 00:00:198,000 --> 00:01:143,000 reps but you if you're trying to get 73 00:00:201,000 --> 00:01:146,000 further and further with the bar what 74 00:00:204,000 --> 00:01:150,000 happens is you reduced the reps increase 75 00:00:206,000 --> 00:01:152,000 the size therefore I would recommend 76 00:00:210,000 --> 00:01:157,000 roughly five sets of potentially having 77 00:00:213,000 --> 00:01:158,000 to do two or three repetitions of this 78 00:00:217,000 --> 00:01:160,000 that means that you're going to be 79 00:00:219,000 --> 00:01:163,000 trying to generate as much strength as 80 00:00:221,000 --> 00:01:165,000 possible and you're gonna be doing it as 81 00:00:223,000 --> 00:01:168,000 fast as possible power training is going 82 00:00:226,000 --> 00:01:171,000 to be very very useful especially in 83 00:00:228,000 --> 00:01:174,000 parkour this is gonna translate into 84 00:00:231,000 --> 00:01:177,000 being able to pull harder you're going 85 00:00:235,000 --> 00:01:181,000 to be reaching your absolute full range 86 00:00:238,000 --> 00:01:184,000 of motion and functionally you are going 87 00:00:241,000 --> 00:01:186,000 to be able to do this type of action in 88 00:00:244,000 --> 00:01:189,000 the real world double taps is something 89 00:00:247,000 --> 00:01:192,000 we do it allows us to get into a higher 90 00:00:250,000 --> 00:01:196,000 type position with our hands onto a 91 00:00:253,000 --> 00:01:198,000 higher wall or a higher bar and it also 92 00:00:256,000 --> 00:01:201,000 allows us to do something called climb 93 00:00:258,000 --> 00:01:203,000 ups it translates into helping us being 94 00:00:261,000 --> 00:01:203,000 able to do the muscle up because the 95 00:00:263,000 --> 00:01:206,000 muscle 96 00:00:264,000 --> 00:01:209,000 ups require a lot of speed as well to be 97 00:00:267,000 --> 00:01:212,000 able to launch ourselves above the bar 98 00:00:269,000 --> 00:01:214,000 and it all-around means that you are 99 00:00:273,000 --> 00:01:217,000 much much more functional so I would 100 00:00:275,000 --> 00:01:220,000 highly recommend putting power training 101 00:00:277,000 --> 00:01:222,000 into your sessions because you are 102 00:00:280,000 --> 00:01:227,000 functionally becoming a much much more 103 00:00:283,000 --> 00:01:230,000 able person that can get higher onto a 104 00:00:288,000 --> 00:01:235,000 bar or an upper wall or something that 105 00:00:291,000 --> 00:01:234,000 is higher than where you started 106 00:00:301,000 --> 00:01:243,000 you