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If i were to grip 13' on a 13'6 pole, i would reach in my last 2 steps and jump at 6 feet again, causing me to be inside when really at around 13' my take off mark is around 7'. unless your sliding down the pole or your 8' tall it's impossible to grip 13' and take off at 6' without falling flat on ...

coachjvinson wrote:What is your run distance?

for 6 steps, its around 68 ft

my body is so used to jumping off at the 6 ft mark that i cant seem to jump above 6 feet at my takeoff. If i were to grip 13' on a 13'6 pole, i would reach in my last 2 steps and jump at 6 feet again, causing me to be inside when really at around 13' my take off mark is around 7'. it just feels like...

powerplant42 wrote:Do you have any sort of access to any sort of poles?

Also, do you have a high bar? This is essential.

Unfortunately, I do not have access to any poles or high bars

Depending on your PR, you should probably not be lifting much at all, especially in high school. :idea: Far more important to be working on your plant and take-off than on your pectoral strength. If you can't help it and feel like you really have to lift, VP's general concept works. The further awa...

It depends on what your goal is. But yes, high weight and low reps is more beneficial to building strength. But usually you would want to start with something with a few more reps and a lower weight like 3x8 for a month to get conditioned and used to lifting, then switch to the higher weights. So g...

I've read that a pole vaulter should lift low reps and high weights for strength.
Is this true? Also, should I incorporate this low rep high weight method into all my weight lifting such as bench press and squats?

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It looks like I have good speed and plant but then
Everything after that goes wrong.

Height: 9 ft
Pole: 140 - 12 ft pole
Gripping 10 ft 2

Topic. I thought pole vaulters did not need to train these areas

Hello forum, I just read the Manifesto post by agapit and now I feel like everything I learned was incorrect. I've been trying to picture myself using this method but cant seem to get it right. Are there any videos of people vaulting using the 6.40 model?

-aznvaulter