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www.americanparkour.com
sign up for workout of the day emails. they're a crossfit affiliate.

www.crossfit.com
you can watch their WOD vids on the main page. they ain't no cakwalk.

www.mattfurey.com
check out teh books combat conditioning and combat abs if you're really really a noob. they'll get you motivated and on the right track to building endurance.
plus, as you progress, there's more exercises in the book you can supplement your workout with.
they're about $30 each.

www.stewartsmith.com
check out his book "navy Seal Fitness, the 12 weeks to BUD/S program"
this workout could quite possibly kill you.
if you think you can condition like a navy SEAL (or want to) this book is awesome.
it's also great for a few new workout ideas to keep you from getting bored. it's also available on amazon.com
just look up Stew Smith

WillWayland wrote:

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Matt Furey has been proven to be a fraud,

link?
source?

WillWayland wrote:

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Numerous, Furey is a prolific internet sales man
http://www.scientificwrestling.com/public/93.cfm?sd=2
http://www.ironlife.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59578
http://www.bullshido.org (search around)

I used to follow the JKD approach to training but i ended up with a morass of conflicting methods, sure ill use methods that can fit within what Im doing, but alot of time cherry picking things will lead to missing the overall aim set out by the original author. I believe Christian Thibadeau wrote about the issue of people picking choosing training methods and mixing them.
See you used the term functional and this makes me switch off, if a training method is not conductive towards training goals then it could be considered nonfunctional.

Crossfit seems to be very en vogue at the moment and for alot of people it works (weight training meets energy systems work means condensed training times). But still certain strength/speed/power qualities that are crucial to traceurs/freerunners are not being trained. The same thing with Navy Seal fitness, traceurs are not navy seals so why should they train like one. Will these methods get you fit, yes. Will they make you the best you could be for pk/fr, no.


Inisant
http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/masseating_2.htm
Basically the evidence suggest a ratio of 2 carbs to 1 protein works really well. Usually i recommend 60g carbs to 30g protein

i read a lot of different posts online about the matt furey controversy. i didn't kno it was that big a deal. anyone that goes to his website can see that it is structured like any of a number of "sales" sites. and i haven't sampled all of his material (i wouldn't want to. some it sounds too good to be true... and it most likely is.), but i can speak for the combat conditioning. the exercises in it do their job.
is the book overpircied and is he taking advantage of people by selling it at that price?
yes, absolutely. but you can't fault him for being a capitalist.

as for the fraud stuff, that seems to be only related to his dealings with karl gotch and his other wrestling claims.
it's not about the techniques in combat conditioning (or apparently combat abs, which i don't have.). those techniques were around long before matt furey, and certainly work.

do i think he's a chub that doesn't take his own advice and just wants cash? mos def.
do i think the exercises work? yup.

as for the navy seal book, i think tracuers can certainly benefit from it. the workout involves a ton of running, and almost all bodyweight exercises. both running and lifting/moving one's bodyweight are essential to a tracuer. and if you have never conditioned or had a regemented routine before, the book is certainly helpful (which was my point in recommending it).

as for crossfit... i just found out about it this year, and i'm not sure if i like it or not yet. their WODs are certainly challenging. (way above my level) but i don't do them. some of their routines occasionally have an exercise or a variation that interests me and i'll try it. but... meh.
APK ( crossfit affiliate) uses tehir WOD format to put out workouts for tracuers, and they are just as challenging and geared toward endurance, running, and strength training with mostly bodyweight exercises.

and as for JKD method of learning, i must say that i don't like to just pick and choose parts of a discipline. i enjoy learning the basic skill set (from a martial artto gymnastics to parkour) because, IMHO, only after leanring the basics and sitcking with a discipline for a year or so can you really get a feel for it. as well as having enough knowledge about it to start deciding what's working and what's not.
i don't think people should just start cut and pasting workouts from teh internet if they have no idea what they're doing.
so i guess i agree with ya on that, for sure. cherry picking = teh suck.

thanks for the matt furey info. i had that gut feeling he was shady (anyone who makes that many awesome claims is obviously lying anyway), but the exercises do work. and i was willing to risk $30. stupid? yes.