....and another

People keep sending me jumps...here is a 60" one......

Another big jump

Steve Langton standing box jump to 62"

Wow.

This was recommended by Tyler Micheli in a comment on the last post:

Here is 102 kg Steve Langton, USA Olympic bobsledder and World Push Champion, doing a standing box jump to 62".


Cruise his channel for other impressive feats.

54" Reactive Box Jump!

I am also still a sucker for videos of big jumps....

Insane jump - from 36 ft into 12 inches of water

Darren Taylor, aka Professor Splash, jumping from a 36-foot platform into a kiddie pool with only 12 inches of water. To boot, the water is near freezing. Somehow after jumping, he remains unhurt.

...and another big jump

nice jump

Here is Norik Vardanian jumping over 5ft box




and lifting big weight


and this is his Dad:

More Jumps

Some pretty impressive jumps from big guys in this video

Another jump.....

In the comments to yesterday's post, someone pointed to a video of them doing another big leap:

Big Jump

I haven't posted a big jump no here for a while.  How about this one:

lateral box jumps......

indulging my interest in big jumps....

Pool Jump

I like vertical jumps

this is an interesting variation. Jumping out of a pool......


update

someone just pointed me to this one!

Skyler's big jump

You know that I can rarely pass the opportunity to put up a video of a big jump! Here is Skyler - who writes a superb blog - with a 55" box jump. (the still shows the vid sideways, but it plays normal.)

All in Vibrams too

55" Box Jump from Skyler Tanner on Vimeo.

51" box jump...from foam

Jumping from foam is much harder than jumping from a hard surface because your force is absorbed into the foam (which obviously has much more "give" to it than a hard gym floor).

explosive jump

Olympic weightlifter jumps....

an oly lifter called Shane Hamman

Jumping Gates

This superb clip comes courtesy of Asclepius . Even computer geeks can jump!

Cotter jumps

You know I like jumps.

These look amazing. Steve Cotter is using these moves to help prepare his legs for an upcoming kettlebell contest.





He says

Trying to prepare the best I can for the first-ever Arnold Sports Festival Kettlebell Championship on March 7th. It has been awhile since I’ve trained like an athlete, for an event that I want to perform well in. Any serious athlete is going to have to train the legs and kettlebells is definitely a serious sport.

Gymnastic Bodies

Inspired by Asclepius I've bought a copy of Chris Sommer's book Building the Gymnastic Body.

I might put a proper review up soon, but I am really enjoying the book. you can tell he publishes it himself in that it is not the best quality printing or binding, but it is good enough. His contention is that gymnastic training is actually the most effective means of building strength and he provides a series of progressions to get you to be effective at a range of gymnastic moves.

What I really want to achieve is a planche....just because they look so cool. I'm currently using the progression in the article here. It will take a while but I am progressing.

There are some amazing articles on YouTube from Sommer. For all you jump fans,check out this one:

Stretching doesn't help the jump.....

Here is a fun video of a jump, then the news:




I have put lots on here previously about stretching - the general idea being that stretching does not tend to improve athletic performance. Here is another one in a similar vein. It might improve flexibility but doesn't improve performance.

Investigation into the long-term effects of static and PNF stretching exercises on range of motion and jump performance.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the long-term effects of two different stretching techniques on the range of motion (ROM) and on drop jump (DJ). DJ scores were assessed by means of a contact mat connected to a digital timer. ROM was measured by use of a goniometer. The training was carried out four times a week for 6 weeks on 10 subjects as passive static stretching (SS), and on 9 subjects as contract-relax PNF (CRPNF) stretching. The remaining nine subjects did not perform any exercises (control group). One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) results indicated that the differences among groups on DJ were not statistically different (F(2,27)=.41, p>.05). ROM values were significantly higher for both stretching groups, while no change was observed for the control group. In conclusion, static and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching techniques improved the ROM, but neither of the stretching exercises had any statistically significant effect on the DJ scores.