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TKXII

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The Jumping Masai
« on: December 05, 2010, 09:50:19 am »
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I haven't been here in awhile, but I found no posts on the Masai tribe... well some of them could be high jumpers.

Note that they do not use much arm swing. In fact, any arm swing they do use goes in the opposite direction of what we think of as an arm swing; they swing thair arms slightly back and up, shrugging the shoulders a bit. Some get pretty high!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJElkJNZnY4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJElkJNZnY4</a>

Guy at 00:27 looks pretty nimble - more so than any one else in the other vids on youtube. I'm sure there are many more specimens like him


Compare with Ced Norman, masai descendant (just kidding), i'm sure many have seen this video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCSKHgLykQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCSKHgLykQ</a>

With proper arm swing that guy at 00:27 maybe jump just as high as Ced?
Also, notice some of them bend their knees inward a bit to jump higher
« Last Edit: December 05, 2010, 09:52:07 am by tkxii »
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"Performance during stretch-shortening cycle exercise is influenced by the visco-elastic properties of the muscle-tendon units. During stretching of an activated muscle, mechanical energy is absorbed in the tendon structures (tendon and aponeurosis) and this energy can subsequently be re-utilized if shortening of the muscle immediately follows the stretching. According to Biscotti (2000), 72% of the elastic energy restitution action comes from tendons, 28% - from contractile elements of muscles.

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Re: The Jumping Masai
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2010, 03:33:50 pm »
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Quote from: tkxii on December 05, 2010, 09:50:19 am
I haven't been here in awhile, but I found no posts on the Masai tribe... well some of them could be high jumpers.

Note that they do not use much arm swing. In fact, any arm swing they do use goes in the opposite direction of what we think of as an arm swing; they swing thair arms slightly back and up, shrugging the shoulders a bit. Some get pretty high!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJElkJNZnY4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJElkJNZnY4</a>

Guy at 00:27 looks pretty nimble - more so than any one else in the other vids on youtube. I'm sure there are many more specimens like him


Compare with Ced Norman, masai descendant (just kidding), i'm sure many have seen this video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCSKHgLykQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCSKHgLykQ</a>

With proper arm swing that guy at 00:27 maybe jump just as high as Ced?
Also, notice some of them bend their knees inward a bit to jump higher

that's the first impressive massai vid i've seen, the guy at :27 definitely has hops.. i'd say with arm swing he probably could get close to norman's level on pogos. impressive

nice link
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