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Quote from: adarqui on August 24, 2011, 10:23:25 am

so if t-dub has a 51" vert, and stefan holm has a 51" vert, or area-51 has a 51" vert, or even adam linkenauger has a 50" vert, why the god damn fuck do you keep idolizing t-dub compared to everyone else?.

If they all have 51' verts fair enough but I still believe T-DUB possesses the better athleticism & elastic energy which separates him from the rest. Like I have said, how he goes about doing this 'I believe' lays a lot to his technique/the elastic energy being produced/developed just from dunkin' & his single-minded dedication, more than genetics.

Quote from: adarqui on August 24, 2011, 10:23:25 am

if he has the most "elasticated" (lmfao) tendons on the planet, then why do you keep referring to his style of plant? if t-dub is in fact more like a kangaroo, why does his plant matter at all? his plant becomes a biproduct of his genetic advantages, not the other way around.. his plant didn't create his freak-like tendons..... his freak-like tendons created his plant.

anyway.. t-dub is hardly the most reactive athlete on the planet, single leg jumper's with similar verts will ALWAYS win that battle.. t-dub is freaky strong & very reactive, sure, but "most elastic athlete on the planet" ? not even close.

I keep referring to his style of plant because it puts a greater coil/torque through the whole body. I'm witness to this having included it my own program & it will stay, I believe it is that good.

I disagree with you saying, 'his plant didn't create his freak-like tendons' & it's just genetics. Tendons have to be developed like everything else.

T-DUB IMO is certainly up there as one of the most elastic athletes on the planet.



High Jump World Record 2.45 - Javier Sotomayor.



<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM24YXSpidU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM24YXSpidU</a>



Does anyone else see the similarities between T-DUB & Sotomayor's plant/coil/angles?.

This comes from an advertisement not scientific study:

www.somatics.de/FascialFitnessTerraRosa.pdf


The advertisement is pretty dishonest as well.  Kram and Dawson's paper is about whether hopping is favourable in arid climates, their paper never mentions the word catapult, nor do they mention gazelles.   The statement is quite silly because most mammals (including humans) can jump farther than can be explained by just the force of muscular contraction.  This is why we jump father after an approach, we are able to store energy in our tendons.  This is why plyometric training in addition to strength training allows people to jump higher. 

If you believe that this tdubs athlete is able to jump high because of some technical prowess that is fine.  But to claim he is able to twist his myosin filaments and then severely misquote an advertisement  which severely misquotes some scientific papers is unnecessary and does a disservice to those who read your posts. 

It also makes people refuse to consider the possibility that this athletes take off mechanics allow him to store more energy from his approach, something which is entirely possible.  However, I will tell you that I have extensively studied long jump mechanics and even written papers concerning the long jump and that Carl Lewis and Mike Powell both jump close to 30 feet and have drastically different takeoff mechanics and takeoff velocity.  So even if this athlete uses this take off to achieve his high leap, it does not suggest at all that this is the only way to do it.