What’s free running?

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Free running is an urban stunt style that involves jumping, flipping, and climbing, focusing on aesthetics rather than practicality. It differs from parkour, which prioritizes efficiency. Free runners use techniques from other physical disciplines and must interact with their environment. It is an aerobic activity and has become popular as an exercise program.

Free running is a style of urban stunts that incorporates jumping, flipping, wall climbing, and other activities to traverse an urban landscape. Unlike its close relative, freerunning, it is less about utility and practicality than about the aesthetics of body movements. It requires an area that is arranged with numerous types of obstacles and multiple directional capabilities, both horizontal and vertical.

Sebastien Foucan developed parkour and free running. Parkour was created as a discipline with which a person, using only his body, can travel unimpeded and safely through any urban environment. The focus of parkour is efficiency, while free running is a practice that developed as a mode of individual expression. It gives an individual the opportunity to add her own personal flair and flair to any urban landscape, on a non-permanent basis. Although the two are often confused, due to visual similarities, they are in fact quite different.

The term free run was originally an attempt, in various films, to translate parkour into the English language. However, the two words began to acquire separate definitions and are no longer used to denote the same style of urban stunts. Free runners and parkour enthusiasts alike are quick to point out the difference.

Free runners use techniques and skills from other physical disciplines. His movements are designed to highlight the freedom of the individual, as well as the attractive visual effect that the movements convey. A free runner’s movements may not be as efficient as those of a parkour practitioner, but efficiency is not the goal.

An environment rich with obstacles and twists and turns is the ideal place to show the skill of a free runner. In addition to tailoring their techniques to their own individual preferences, free runners are also subject to the environment. A free runner must interact with the environment around him instead of moving through the area as quickly as possible. Flips and turns are common in free running along with a number of jumping and climbing techniques.

Free running uses the whole body and is an aerobic activity. These characteristics have led to its adoption, by some, as an exercise program. The desire to use acrobatic techniques and get in shape has made it popular.




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