By: Randal Setzler

Randal Setzler sheds light on Parkour and how it relates to CrossFit training and everyday life.

"When in a Parkour run you may find yourself quickly approaching a 6ft. wall, a gap to jump, or a series of railings to get over, around, or under. Making Quick decisions and confidence become crucial. Mastery of Parkour technique prepares the practitioner to handle any and every situation that stands before them in any given environment." Randal Setzler, Parkour practioner and CrossFit Central coach.

Is it possible to improve your run training without running? The answer is Yes. This is a little bit of an exaggeration; however, it is possible to improve your running by adding on a training component that involves very little running. It is called Functional Fitness - this is CrossFit.

This May Rogue Training Systems and CrossFit Central are teaming up to bring functional fitness to runners in the Austin area. Ruth England, CoFounder of Rogue and Jeremy Thiel CoFounder of CrossFit Central gave me their take on working together and the hybrid program called CrossFit Central Rogue Training.

The 3rd Event in The Fittest Games Challenge was intense and fun! Participants took on a MetCon workout comprised of medicine ball work, kettlebell swings, and a one mile run on "the hill" at the Dynamax Facility in Buda, TX.

"I really liked this challenge, it worked out that a MetCon Challenge plays to all of my strengths." Ian Mosher, CrossFit Atlanta, who finished with the best Coach Time.

One mile run. 100 kipping pull-ups. 200 push-ups. 300 squats. One mile run. No sweat. Or so we thought. Students from the University of Texas met their fitness match on Saturday, March 29 with CrossFit Central owner and CoFounder, Jeremy Thiel ordering-up the “Murphy” workout for the first official CrossFit Club meeting on campus. Despite the over-cast weather, a handful of warrior ROTC members, book-worms needing a study break, and one eager little lady (yours truly—the club co-founder and CrossFit Central intern) gathered at Clark Field to learn the CrossFit basics and break a good sweat. And sweat we did. Thirty-minutes later, our group was huffing, puffing, panting and loving it all the same! “This is just so much fun!” club co-founder and Navy ROTC representative, Andy Lewis said lying on the ground to recover from the intensity. We four core UT students (Andy Lewis, James Dooley, Drew Anderson and myself) are determined to spread this method of fitness like wildfire, and share this with our fellow Longhorns.