IggyxNoir
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- Posted: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:05:33 +0000
So a friend of mine offered to teach me free running, and my first thought was, 'Why on earth is he asking me this?!' But instead of saying 'no thanks' like I had intended, my mouth betrayed me with the words, 'Sure, I would really like that!'
We haven't started yet, (we will in a couple days) but I'm apprehensive, to say the least.
I'm a pretty outdoorsy person, like hiking and camping, but I'm not particularly active/athletic, so I feel like this is going to hinder my abilities to do the required flips and the like.
Also, my friend asked me, 'Can you do a front flip?' In the back of my mind I was like, "Psh! What are you talking about? People don't do those in real life' and 'I can do a somersault...? sweatdrop '
Now I'm just rambling, so to get to the point, can anyone give me any helpful tips? Like:
What clothes and shoes should I wear?
How can I overcome my fear of embarrassing myself when I don't do something right?(I find it weirdly amusing that I'm more afraid of embarrassing myself then getting hurt.)
Is there anything I can do to physically prepare myself in such a short before I start learning?
Any advice would be very welcome!
We haven't started yet, (we will in a couple days) but I'm apprehensive, to say the least.
I'm a pretty outdoorsy person, like hiking and camping, but I'm not particularly active/athletic, so I feel like this is going to hinder my abilities to do the required flips and the like.
Also, my friend asked me, 'Can you do a front flip?' In the back of my mind I was like, "Psh! What are you talking about? People don't do those in real life' and 'I can do a somersault...? sweatdrop '
Now I'm just rambling, so to get to the point, can anyone give me any helpful tips? Like:
What clothes and shoes should I wear?
How can I overcome my fear of embarrassing myself when I don't do something right?(I find it weirdly amusing that I'm more afraid of embarrassing myself then getting hurt.)
Is there anything I can do to physically prepare myself in such a short before I start learning?
Any advice would be very welcome!