For those who are not familiar with Parkour, it's kind of like the athleticism of a gymnast meets the gracefulness of a dancer meets Spiderman as he scales and leaps across New York City. And for anyone who's ever tripped over their own two feet, well, Parkour is nothing short of a serious physical challenge.
With the help of New York Parkour's Exo, however, we decided to give this workout a whirl. Watch on as our own senior global editor, Connie, learns to jump, leap, and climb over and around every obstacle in her way — and earned the bruises to prove it, too!
Shot by Jack Pearce and Nora De Broder; Edited by Christopher Michael Beer