A Rad Ptossing and Parkour Network
Pterminology
Ptossing has its own terminology. Here are the terms you will need
to know: Standard Terms
Types of Pterrain
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| ptoss run | one complete session of ptossing |
| ptosser | one who engages in ptossing |
| moves | bodyweight exercises used in ptossing |
| ptask | exercises, or tasks, that must be completed during a ptoss run |
| ptrack | the route one runs |
| pterrain | the environment and everything it contains which is used for exercise |
| freestyling | incorporating exercises "on-the-fly" as opportunities present themselves during a ptoss run |
| kink | a random parameter thrown into some ptoss runs to enhance the experience or increase intensity |
| ptacking | when exercise requiring weights is added (ptacked) onto a ptoss run, either at the beginning or at the end. |
| bracketing | when exercise requiring weights is thrust into the middle of a ptoss run; the presses/lifts/etc. are essentially "bracketed" by two ptoss runs. |
| Pterrain | Description |
|---|---|
| shelving | platforms and ledges |
| inclines | hills and stairs |
| expanse | soft--grass, sand, etc. hard--concrete, asphalt, hard dirt (parking lots) |
| railage | rails, bars, and poles (rails are lower height than you, bars are higher, poles are vertical) |
| jumpers | anything that is used to jump over or that you jump up and touch, and gaps |
| walls | any wall |
| ptransitions | anything that you "transit" (crawl under or pass through) |
| roughage | indigenous plantlife (trees, etc.) |
| weavers | things used to "weave" in and out of or for doing agility drills |
| ptrash | pterrain that doesn’t fit into any of the other categories (cars) |
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