Parkour and the Muscular System

Stephanie Hagan
 What is parkour?

• Parkour is the physical

discipline of training to
overcome any obstacle
within one's path by
adapting one's movements
to the environment.
 The Muscular System
The bodily system that specializes in movement of the body or of
materials through the body, maintenance of posture, and heat
production.

• Cardiac
• Smooth
• Skeletal
• Flexors
• Extensors
• Abductors
• Adductors
• Tendons
• Ligaments
 The Muscular System and Parkour
• Strong upper body for pulling
yourself up over ledges,
supporting your body during vaults
• Strong tendons/ligaments in your
ankles, knees and wrists due to
high impact
• Strong legs for take off from a
jump/leap/lunge/vaults
• Your abdomen to support you and
for balance
• Even goes as far as finger and wrist
strength to be able to climb
building sides
The Movement and the Muscle
Cat Leaps, Wall Climbs

• Biceps

• Triceps

• Pectorals

• Deltoids

• Quadriceps
The Movement and the Muscle
Tic Tacs

• Sartorius

• Bicep Femora

• Gastronomies

• Achilles Tendons

• Quadriceps
The Movement and the Muscle
Cat Balance, Rolls
• Latissimus- Dorsi

• Transverse Abs

• Internal Oblique

• External Oblique

• Quadriceps

• Rectus Abdominis
 The Movement and the Muscle
Vaulting

• Latissimus- Dorsi

• Trapezius

• Internal Oblique

• External Oblique

• Muscles in fingers
 Stress on the Muscles, Tendons, and Ligaments

• Due to high impact, the tendons and

ligaments in the knees and ankles
are torn and strained
• Without proper training, it’s easy to
strain or tear the muscles
• With lots of conditioning and
gradual increase in learning, the
muscles, ligaments, and tendons will
be healthy for a long time. One of
the main points of parkour is être et
durer, meaning ‘to be and to last’.
Parkour is meant to be long-term at
any time and any place.
Parkour and the Skeletal System
• Radius
• Ulna
• Humerus
• Carpals
• Metacarpals
• Phalanges,
• Tibia
• Fibula
• Femur
• Tarsals
• Metatarsals
• Patella
• Spine
 Parkour and the Nervous System
• Cerebellum, the part of the
brain that affects balance and
coordination
• Practitioners of parkour tend
to have an extremely high
spatial awareness, or spatial
temporal reasoning
• Sensory Nervous System
- pressure touch
- light touch
• Motor Nervous System
Fin.