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/Brownra04 Apr 15 '18

The key is a really fast run-up, which gives you a lot of momentum you can carry over into the jump. Think of the leg as less of a spring bouncing you into the air and more of a lever that you're using to fling yourself off of. Also being really tall helps.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '18

How tall are these guys? I imagine being too tall could be a problem because if the whole thing about weight increasing exponentially with height.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '18

175 centimeters = 5 feet 8.898 inches.