ULBS Topic 5

Everybody has this one thing that had always been on their minds which they always wanted to learn in their life. In the end, they couldn't achieve what they wanted to do as it just wasn't within their capabilities. They either don't have the money or time to do so. Some of their wishes are so absurd it is almost impossible to make them happen. I mean, in the end, we are still humans. We have limits. There are bound to be things that we can and cannot handle unless we go through many years of tedious and tiring training, repeating over and over again to get used to the movements that are required to learn a specific skill. But if we were granted the chance to learn one skill free of charge perfectly mastered, what would that skill be? In my own personal opinion, I would want to gain the skill to perfectly do parkour.

One of the reasons why I would choose parkour as my skill of preference is because I can feel the adrenaline rush in my body when doing it. People tend to do drugs or drink alcoholic beverages or just do whatever it is that gives them a hormonal rush, but for me it's parkour. I mean, the gust of wind as you swing from a bar onto a platform is just so cool. It gives you a sensation of being free, like as if you have a pair of wings attached to your body.

Another reason why I would choose parkour as my skill of preference is because I can look cool. I mean come on, who wouldn't look cool when doing parkour? Seriously. The creative and imaginable way of moving one's own body to travel from one point to another is so cool. And it's out of the ordinary, which is why it attracts so much attention. Imagine people just walking normally, and you will be the only one doing vaults over hand rails, or doing precision jumps from one railing to another. The crowd would stare at you with awe, wishing that one day they too will be able to do the thing you were doing.

I can also use parkour as an easy fat burning sport as it is as intense as high intensive training interval workouts. It's like trying to do a 5 kilometer run in like 10 minutes. It wears down our body quite a lot, which is why people tend to not do parkour. It takes months and months of working out just to get your body the correct shape you want it, and with the daily routine most people have these days, it's almost impossible to fit in any time for gym visits or even a 1 hour jog in the nearest park. But as a student, I can always do a few exercises after school time to keep my body in check and up to par. This is another reason why this exercise is up my alley and suitable for me.

As a side point, I also love parkouring because I can pick girls up easier than most people. As stated in my second paragraph, parkouring makes me look cool, which in turn directs more attention from girls onto me. Guys need girls, so it's normal for me to do things that can attract a girl's attention. Don't judge me.

The conclusion is that I love parkouring, and that no one else can stop me from doing what I love. Haters gonna hate, parkour is my fate.