Things You Can Do With Your Body

I have asthma, and I'm having one of those weeks where climbing a flight of stairs or running to catch the CTA is a challenge. Maybe that's why I'm so riveted by videos of parkour, freerunning, gymnastics, and stunts - I like to see joyful people flying through space with nothing but their own bodies and fearlessness to catch them.

• Beautiful Parkour - athletes navigate urban and mountain environments almost without touching the ground.
• Sascha 'Cionn' Hauser from Austria jumps around his favorite training ground.
  
• Watch French stuntman's Cyril Rafaelli's reel here.
• Noah Mittman tracks his progress with A Year Into The Journey.
• A similar effort, Onii's Other Ways.

Warning: There is a high correlation between parkour and loud Eurotrash techno. Maybe there should be a combination of parkour and that other French craze, tektonik.