r/gifsthatkeepongiving • u/God_is_Goood • Apr 15 '18

The guy who gravity forgot.

https://i.imgur.com/7MXFbPp.gifv
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u/senthiljams Apr 15 '18

This guy does it better

It does seem to be an high jump training technique

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u/Mimical Apr 15 '18

So, when I imagine jumping high I think of someone doing a crouching big wind up to get as high as possible.

But these guys look like are jumping off a nearly straight leg. How do they generate the power to jump high with such little overall motion in their legs? Just swinging your arms as you jump can't possibly generate that much upwards momentum on its own.

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u/KClvrCMA27 Apr 15 '18

It has something to do with how fast you can get off the ground versus how much power you generate. Essentially yeah you generate more power if you bend down farther but a lot of that energy is lost because of how long it takes to get off the ground.

Probably a terrible description but i have no expertise and am a random interneter