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Interview with Johnny “Sticky” Budden: Professional Freerunner

John — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:25:57 +0000

Johnny “Sticky” Budden is one of the UK’s most high profile Freerunners, having made numerous appearances in adverts, films, TV and live performances around the globe. With a degree in Graphic design, Sticky is no dumb jock .

We decided to get into the mind of this professional Freerunner with Commando Conditioning’s very own roving reporter John. John caught up with Sticky for a quick chat about fitness training the Commando way.

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Plyometric Training

Sean — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:50:42 +0000

Plyometrics is a training technique that uses the stored up elastic energy of a muscle to make the contraction more powerful. Using running as an example, the strong muscles in the upper leg are slightly stretched prior to contracting to drive the body forward. As the muscles are slightly stretched, elastic energy is ‘stored’ within them. When the muscles contract, this elastic energy is released, which makes the contraction that much more powerful.

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Parkour Vs Marines Black Ops Part3

Sean — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:05:30 +0000

The final part in this series sees a night stealth run lead by Urban Freeflow and current Free Running World Champion Tim (Livewire).

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Parkour Vs Marines Revisited

Sean — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:07:28 +0000

This time the athlete of Urban Freeflow are put through their paces by Sean and the other Royal Marine PTI’s at the commando training centre in Lympstone. The free runners tackled both the Royal Marines assault course and the endurance course carrying full 21 lb of kit and a 10 lb SA80 rifle.

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Parkour Vs Marines Black Ops Part2

Sean — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:18:08 +0000

The second day saw Urban Freeflow’s Ez, Neil and Sticky attack the endurance course. Outside of the filming (as per usual when free runners are involved) pranks and games were in full effect.

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Parkour Vs Marines Black Ops Part 1

Sean — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:13:54 +0000

A large number of Urban Freeflow athletes returned to the commando training centre for a Marines Parkour training day.

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Parkour Vs Marines

Sean — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:02:23 +0000

Checkout our very own Commando Conditioning instructor Sean, mixing it up with some Parkour training in London.

Parkour is French in origin and involves participants running along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible, as if moving in an emergency situation, using skills such as jumping and climbing,