The Takeoff | A Parkour Podcast

Are Gyms Killing the Spirit of Parkour? | The Takeoff feat. Adam McClellan

This week's guest is Adam McClellan - a longtime friend and fantastic coach/gym owner from Lehigh Valley, PA. Adam has been a fixture in the US parkour community since the mid-2000's and brings a calm, professional vibe to the scene that I've always respected. His most recent project - Parkour Professionals - aims to help other parkour business owners find a working mix of stoke and professionalism that will help them connect better with students, parents, and their local communities...without sacrificing the values that make training parkour feel so empowering. I hope you enjoy this episode and get as much from it as I did! Find out more about Parkour Professionals here: www.parkourprofessionals.com [http://www.parkourprofessionals.com] Adam's Recommendation: The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter See y'all next week! - Max

Is He the GOAT of Spotmaxxing? | The Takeoff feat. Nico Vanhole

On this week's episode we have Nico Vanhole of Leuven, Belgium chatting about life, the state of Hal 5's parkour scene, and why there may be no such thing as a bad spot. I finally got to meet Nico in person a few years back and since then he has been one of my absolute favorite people in the community to train or hang with. In addition to being one of the ultimate "parkour athlete's parkour athletes," he also manages the parkour program at Hal 5 - one of the most recognized and well-designed parkour facilities in the world. On this episode, I wanted to catch up with Nico and see where things are at in the Belgian scene, talk about some coaching and design tips, and dive into how he developed his unique vision for a style of parkour that is equal parts technical and creative. Follow Nico at ⁨@SPRINGSTOFParkour⁩ [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCDptA5EbtqwTawbFfebR1Vw] here on YouTube and @nicovanhole on IG...and make sure to check out Swings And Other Things if you can make it Belgium for the last weekend of August! See y'all next week - Max

Is Parkour the Next Plyometrics? | The Takeoff feat. Matt McInnes Watson

Welcome back to The Takeoff! In this week's episode, we're digging into plyometrics with The Plyo Guy @mcinneswatson himself. It was such a cool experience to dive into all things plyos with Matt while coming at it from slightly adjacent angles - myself from (obviously) an extensive parkour background with a decade plus obsession with track/plyometrics and Matt being someone whose plyometric-specific content I have mined for years and incorporated into my training regularly. We cover the differences between plyometrics and parkour, trends we are seeing in the GPP space with how plyometrics and "parkour"/play are being incorporated, why it's important for athletes to create a clinical space to isolate plyometric work, and what parkour can ACTUALLY contribute to the broader fitness conversation. Check out Matt's work at https://www.plusplyos.com [https://www.plusplyos.com] and follow him on socials at @mcinneswatson and @plusplyos Catch you next week! - Max

What It Takes to Run America's Top Parkour Gym | The Takeoff feat. Dylan Polin

This week, we sit down with Dylan Polin - owner of @HUBPTC [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCB4cCh3bKcXeohnLzZvwGuw] and one of the minds behind Sport Parkour League. Dylan has run the East Coast's most successful and influential parkour facility for almost a decade now, and after expanding into two new locations in the past year is making a run for the United States' top parkour facility. In this episode, we chat about creating a community that has helped produce phenomenal athletes like Brandon Hooper, Will Hess, James West, Z Zoromba, and others...all while making space for parkour to be a fulfilling hobby to many children and adults who don't want to make it their lifestyle. Dylan has a ton of great insight to add to the ongoing conversation around what a parkour gym should look like moving forward - particularly when it comes to embracing competition and integrating it in a healthy, positive way. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks as always for tuning in! Dylan's Recommendation: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

From Brazil's Backstreets to Parkour's Biggest Stage | The Takeoff feat. Camila Stefaniu

Hey y'all, I hope you are managing to make it through what has been an incredibly rough week here in the parkour community. I address all of the recent revelations regarding Callum a bit in the intro (and have shared on Instagram as well) but want to let viewers know there may be mentions of him or his book in this and the following episode, which were both recorded before this information about Callum was known. On a lighter note, this episode with Camila was a joy to record and I hope you enjoy it. You may notice a few pauses or cuts - Camila was having some storage issues during the recording and I had to splice around it once or twice. My apologies to anyone that finds it distracting and I hope it doesn't stop you from finding this episode as fun and informative as I did! If you aren't already, go show Camila some love on socials: ⁨@CamilaStefaniu⁩ [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCT9X6IK6zkkyBGFFsTEz0aw] Camila's Recommendation: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Thanks as always for listening and I'll catch you next week! - Max