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contact David Butler @ Rice University. He has a great video for beginning vaulters. It focuses on learning to steel vault first and then transferring those techniques to fiberglass vaulting. It also has alot of Bubka's vaults on there.

Email him at stavhop@houston.rr.com

if you are using Dave Johnston's mid chart then the mid mark is not based on approach length, but on grip. So if the vaulter is gripping in the same place (I'm assuming a 13'5' grip for that mid mark) then the mid will still be 45' whether it's a 12step or 14 step approach.

I used pilates in training and it has helped me alot. The combination of stretching and strengthing you get from doing pilates you can't get from weights or stretching alone. I find it keeps away the nagging injuries and stregthens the smaller muscles in your body. Good stuff, I recommend trying it ...

3 misses at 5.01...she still got that diamond though

she made 4.79 on her second, passing to 5.01m

Anyone know where to find it or have a copy of it?

-Beth

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Here is the video of her jumping 5.00 meters

http://folk.uio.no/perel/Isinbajeva5m.mpg

It's cutting off before she clears it

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contact David Butler. He may have workouts going on at Rice University in August. PM me for his contact information

If you don't want to do towels, invest in some rock climbing straps(you can get them at an outdoor supply store) and have them sown together. Then you don't have as much bulk under the hood and the straps are super strong. I have to use straps because towels are too bulky and my hood wouldn't shut a...

Our guys have a 14ft Spirit warm up pole that someone put a sticker on that says "Always swim near a lifeguard" and so they named the pole "Pamela" ( as in Pamela Anderson from Baywatch )

trail mix is a great way to get in alot of calories. You can mix it yourself with different kinds of nuts, dried fruits, pretzels, chex, etc. It's very dense in calories. Assuming you are trying to gain some weight and don't have any health problems (like high cholestrol, blood pressure, etc) then t...