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by Edo
Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:32 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - Training
Topic: New to PV- Upper body strength?
Replies: 28
Views: 24130

nope, bicep and triceps are to impress the ladies, and believe you me i do a lot of em, but if you wanna vault high, you need power and explosion on the runway, do squats, cleans, and snatches. You need tricept's for holding your arms out straight to increase the amoun t of bend, and you need bicep...
by Edo
Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:09 am
Forum: Pole Vault - Training
Topic: New to PV- Upper body strength?
Replies: 28
Views: 24130

Yes, bicept/tricept and abdominal muscles.
by Edo
Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:06 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - Beginning Technique
Topic: No bend pole vaulting..
Replies: 12
Views: 11601

I started bending my pole fairly early in my first year of vaulting, I was actually wearing a cast when I first bent it. Stiff-poling basically looks like a straight-up pole with someone sticking out their legs out fairly horizontaly, it doesn't look too good, but that's how you start. Keep your arm...
by Edo
Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:22 am
Forum: Pole Vault - Beginning Technique
Topic: Never PV'd before...
Replies: 2
Views: 3386

Go out there and do it. Vaulting is great fun. If you want to build muscles for vaulting work on tricept, bicept, abdominal, and leg workouts. You want the triceps for holding your arms out straight, your bicepts for rowing pass your pole as you initiate your turn, you need your abs to lift you up i...

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