Whose the heaviest vaulter out there?

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Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:53 pm

One of my coaches was around 230 or so
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Unread postby Mecham » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:55 pm

Im about 125, thats pretty huge... i guess... maybe
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Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:58 pm

is the dry or soaking wet?!? jk
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Unread postby cdmilton » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:42 am

I'm 185 and the biggest pole I got on was a 15-195 and I jumped 16-0.
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Unread postby nessa_pv » Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:37 am

vaultguru6 wrote:i weigh 160. But i think the world record for most mass over a high bar goes to Scott Wenholz. This guy weighs about 250 and jumps 17'2" :confused: . I hear he's on 10.'s, same size poles as bubka was on.

Dang!!.. I know I am not the biggest vaulter but I go ahead and say I was about 120 and used a 130 pole now I am like 127-130 and I think I migh move to a bigger pole..not sure yet...
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Unread postby Texasvaulter07 » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:15 pm

Im 145 vaulting on a 13,3/160
Vault Old School wrote:Hey I was just wondering if anybody out there knew Bubka's Height, Weight, Body Fat%, etc. when he was competing?


bjvando wrote:i heard he was 7 ft tall, with a negative body-fat percentage......

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Unread postby CrossBarHOpper » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:43 pm

well I am a massive 5'9" and a 1350 pounds minus one zero on the end yea just 135 and uses a 13 150
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Unread postby TreyDECA » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:44 am

6'5 209lbs.
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Unread postby VTechVaulter » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:21 pm

yeah i was about to say, trey is prolly the heaviest of the 'in shape' vaulters mentioned here. plus the tallest and most likely one of the strongest.

when i was vaulting well last year
i weighed 182

and i was using a 16'9 205 holding at 15'9. So if we go by 20 lbs per foot

thats like weighing 182 and using at 225 lb pole, so thats about 43 lbs

the sad thing is little lindsey regan was poles almost 40 lbs over her weight
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Unread postby LHSpolevault » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:29 pm

lol i'm the heaviest on my team... weighing in at a WHOPPING 140lbs.

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Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:39 pm

VTechVaulter wrote:yeah i was about to say, trey is prolly the heaviest of the 'in shape' vaulters mentioned here. plus the tallest and most likely one of the strongest.

when i was vaulting well last year
i weighed 182

and i was using a 16'9 205 holding at 15'9. So if we go by 20 lbs per foot

thats like weighing 182 and using at 225 lb pole, so thats about 43 lbs

the sad thing is little lindsey regan was poles almost 40 lbs over her weight


I always thought it was 5 lbs per 6 inches?????
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Unread postby VTechVaulter » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:22 pm

yeah thats what i used to think as well. But the latest thing i heard via jan johnson was 20lbs per foot. i dunno though.
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