It seems a lot like parkour or free running. Whats the difference?
In short: with parkour, the fundamentals include running, jumping, and climbing in order to build the fundamentals to improve the ability to pass over, under, around and through obstacles with more complex movements. So where a traceur might approach an obstacle with complete intentions of going over, under, around, or through it–to be free and clear of it–a ptosser will approach the same obstacle and utilize it to perform some exercise. Ptossing is markedly different from freerunning and parkour, in that the focus is entirely on fitness, rather than the negotiation of obstacles by efficiency (parkour) or elegance (free running). In fact, the only similarity is in that in each activity, running and spontaneity are involved. With ptossing, the goal is to maintain constant movement for purposes of elevating the heart rate, and the performance of advanced bodyweight techniques to develop high strength-mass ratio; the whole essence of ptossing exists to offer participants a way of achiev
