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Step Vault Technical Details
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In this tutorial, we’ll delve into the step vault, a dynamic and essential movement in parkour. The step vault involves transitioning your body over an obstacle, showcasing not just agility but also a variety of muscle engagements. Understanding the biomechanics—how various muscle groups work together during the movement—can significantly enhance your technique and efficiency. By examining the movement’s three phases and key concepts like mobility, torque chains, and recovery, you can build your confidence and skill in performing this movement effectively.

To start, let’s break down the movement into three key steps: the entry phase, the isometric hold, and the exit phase. The entry involves a brief muscle contraction followed by lengthening, while the hold focuses on maintaining body structure to navigate with your back leg. The exit combines both eccentric and concentric movements, resulting in a powerful descent. Throughout this process, it’s critical to maintain internal tension in your shoulders and legs to ensure stability. The goal is to keep your body aligned in a straight line, minimizing unnecessary movements and focusing on core engagement for hip stability. Remember to breathe correctly, holding your breath during crucial phases for added stability and strength.

In conclusion, practicing the step vault effectively requires dedication to both strength and technique. Focus on maintaining tension throughout the entire movement, supplementing your training with stretching and conditioning exercises to address muscle imbalances. Always be mindful of common mistakes to prevent injuries, such as catching your knee or misjudging hand placements. With these guiding principles, you'll not only improve your step vault but also enjoy your journey in parkour.

  • Break down the step vault into three phases: entry, hold, and exit for clarity in execution.
  • Maintain tension in your muscles throughout the movement for better control and stability.
  • Incorporate recovery and conditioning exercises to enhance strength and flexibility, addressing any muscle imbalances.
Note: This video summary is generated by AI from the video transcript and may not always be accurate.

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hey everybody we are looking at
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technical details today in this fourth
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video of the step vault series we're
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going to be looking at everything from
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biomechanics mobility flexibility we're
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going to be looking at torque chains and
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a lot of other bits and pieces to do
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with the step vault
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part one is biomechanics in this video
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we're going to go and dissect the
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movement down into its component parts
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it's important to understand that the
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step vault is what we call a
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contralateral movement which means that
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the opposite limbs are used the main
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muscle groups will depend on the
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situation and the environment
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but you will find that
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a lot of the muscle groups are going to
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be used so tricep deltoids biceps are
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going to be used for the arms your
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hamstrings your glutes your quads your
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hip flexors are all going to be used for
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the legs
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we can break down this vault into three
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steps number one is the entry phase this
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is generally a short concentric so we
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are going to contract muscles make them
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shorter and then in eccentric which is
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lengthening of the muscles where we're
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going to go up here
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phase number two is an isometric hold so
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we're holding our body structure to be
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able to get that back leg
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through
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phase three is the exit so the x6 stage
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again is going to have eccentric and
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concentric so from the back leg and the
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front arm are going to bend but the
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front leg is going to extend
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out to land and then you're going to
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push away again and that they're going
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to have an eccentric phase where they're
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extending again
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range of motion and mobility
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as mentioned in the first video the step
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vault doesn't require a huge amount of
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range of motion to be effective which is
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one of the reasons for its low
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requirements to perform
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however having better range of motion
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gives you more adaptability to smaller
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spaces and awkward scenarios if you
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can't get into the correct positions
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then mobility is usually the issue as a
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quick example
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of the difference between flexibility
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and mobility
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you can get into the step vault position
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where you have the flexibility to get
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onto the wall in a very very wide stance
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so for instance you could put your foot
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way down here and your hand here
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that's your flexibility you you know you
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could get into this position but the
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problem is you don't have any power and
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control in this position so your
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mobility is not this range so
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flexibility range i can
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i i can't really hold that position but
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as soon as i bring back the flexibility
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a little bit
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this would roughly be my mobility range
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so my mobility max mobility is a roughly
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there because now i can actually create
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power and control behind this range so
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from here i can now get up and through
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that would be the difference between
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flexibility and mobility so this next
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part we are going to be talking about
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torque chains and tension
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so we're going to be talking about
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torque chains and tension
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the pushing action so when you're
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pushing something this requires an
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internal torque or an internal type
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tension on the shoulder so when we're
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pushing up we want an internal tension
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okay
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not rotation so no rotation is required
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the legs also have an internal tension
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for stability
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so from here and here you want to
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imagine that you are twisting the wall
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inwards so from here
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there's an internal talk
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not an external torque so if you were
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pushing externally this would be wrong
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you're not going to create as much as
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much power but if there's an internal
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torque so you're turning inwards without
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actually rotating inwards the tension is
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there but the movement is not there
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that is what you want to look for
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so don't worry about what you look like
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just worry about what muscles and what
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muscle groups are feeling the strain
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trajectory
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so the initial idea is to move in a
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straight line with minimal up and down
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motion so efficiency really just means
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less wild and unnecessary movement and
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using the power you're generating to do
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the job that's needed but only that
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body position
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so hip stability and control from the
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lower abs the erectors and your glutes
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basically play a large part in
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positioning your hips they should always
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be working to be facing forwards and
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driving towards that straight line path
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so if you find that the hips are moving
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and twisting a lot so you're kind of
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coming up and turning and coming through
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you want to reduce that
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the way to reduce that is contracting
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everything so squeeze your butt squeeze
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your abs your quads your hamstrings and
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the way that you want to do this is if
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you are going into this contracted
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your hips are going to be less wild
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moving around
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a strong and stable body structure will
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give you more confidence in performing
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the step vault there should always be
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tension within the whole movement try
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not to release at any stage and a
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contract release contract action will
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take more time and you'll lose power and
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control
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so when the three stages of the entry
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the hold and the exit if you are
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contracting with this part of push up
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and then you kind of relax and then
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tense again to push through
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and then down
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you're losing control and power
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what you really want to be doing is
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contracting everything so on the entry
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the hold and the exit you are not losing
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any body structure or contraction so
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contract here come up still holding and
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release i'm still holding and then you
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can release
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if you have issues holding the body
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structure or shape then try holding your
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breath during the holding phase
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this is going to create what we call
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inter abdominal pressure and spinal
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stability
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similar to power lifters both the
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concentric and eccentric phase needs
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full stability you can breathe out on
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the eccentric part of the movement so
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the exiting of the vault but this will
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also help remove the kind of contract
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release contract mistake so as you're
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doing this so you're going to contract
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before you do the movement remember and
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as you're going to go into it take a
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breath in and hold it so
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here you're keeping your breath
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and breathe out recovery work make sure
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you spend time on recovery work
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the primary muscle group to focus on for
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stretching which is always done after
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your training
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are
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so number one is the triceps so behind
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your arm here
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this is because we do pushing a lot with
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the step vault and one way of doing this
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is placing the arm behind your head
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using your other hand here and don't
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forget that this is the muscle group
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that you are stretching so really try to
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feel that number two is your deltoids
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and this is because we use them for
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stabilization a quick way of using a
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stretch is across the arm here but try
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and drop the shoulder and pull out
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across
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then as long as you're feeling the
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stretch in the shoulder that's all that
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matters
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number three is your forearms and this
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is because we hold our body
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up on the wall with your hand back like
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this so our forearms here
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can get tired
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the way that we stretch them is you can
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turn your hands back and lean into it
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you should feel the stretch along the
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forearms you can move them around
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number four is going to be your calf
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muscles
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so from holding the foot position on the
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ball of the foot and keeping the toe
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high when we're up on the wall so here
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is here
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the calf is doing work
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so the way that we stretch them
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facing the wall you can place your foot
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up and bring your hip towards the wall
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number five is the quads so this big
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group of muscles here this is because
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again we're stabilizing of the body on
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top of the wall in an isometric position
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these get used a lot so the way we're
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going to do that is just grab the foot
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behind you and instead of just holding
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this to this position you are going to
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try and bring the heel to the bum and
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then we're going to actively try and
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push the hip forwards so there and you
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should feel the stretch on the quad
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lastly number six we're going to focus
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on the hamstrings so from here you're
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going to place your foot up on top of a
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wall
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and you want to pivot from the hip so
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you don't want to just lie forwards with
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the spine bending you want to come up
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straight and try and keep your body
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aligned upwards and then we're going to
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tilt forwards from the hip so you're
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pivoting forwards at the hip and this is
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where you should feel the hamstring you
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don't need to worry about going too far
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forwards just try and bring the chest
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and the whole body forwards towards the
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knee
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imbalances
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make sure you spend more time on your
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weaker side otherwise over time you're
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going to build up more and more
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imbalance within your body
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at best this can lead to being less
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functional within certain situations
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and at worst it can cause postural
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issues and difficulty when it comes to
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harder vaults when there's more stress
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applied
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so you'll see this with a cat pass where
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you'll lean towards your dominant side
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so for instance a lot of people are
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right-handed so when they try to do the
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cat pass
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it will look like that for a long period
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of time because their more dominant side
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is taking over
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this is similar for the climax so as the
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person comes up onto the wall you'll see
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one arm and then the other arm coming up
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because again the dominant side is doing
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the work
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assistance work
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here are some examples of assistance
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exercises that you can use as
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conditioning that will increase physical
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attributes such as power strength
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mobility to help make the stepfall
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easier at all ability levels
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number one single leg box jumps so from
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here
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up and down
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up
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down
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number two step ups on a box
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number three lunges make sure you're
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pushing up on the front leg
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number four is dips on a wall
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number five is hip mobility in squat
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position
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so getting down here
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moving around
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and number six is wrist mobility so you
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can use the backs of the hands
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and trying to put more weight on them
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you can move them around
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this is going to help when you're in
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that position on the wall
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this is a very uncommon topic for people
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to acknowledge and talk about but it's
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wise to be aware of the most common
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mistakes and injuries made
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so number one is something we've already
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covered and that's clipping your foot
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this generally happens from fatigue or
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mobility issues or reduced concentration
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either way the foot clips the wall
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when you come up you kick the wall
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because it hasn't been raised high
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enough and the person falls over the
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wall in front of it
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injury to
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the shin
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and from the wrist from catching
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themselves on the floor are the most
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common injuries
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number two is the hand slips off the
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front of the obstacle
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misjudgment of the hand position
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accuracy usually from either going too
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fast or with reduced concentration again
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can cause the person to slip and
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basically go head first this time
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over the obstacle
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this happens more on things like
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railings and thinner walls because
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obviously your accuracy has to improve
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number three is catching your knee
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lastly this comes from not raising the
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hips up high enough and not judging the
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required amount of space and mobility
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needed to get the back leg through
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so as you come up here
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this is basically catching the knee
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right here as you bring it through
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back knee clips the corner of the wall
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and usually causes either a bruise or a
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cut on the knee itself at worst
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if you're coming up and you catch your
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knee again this is you going forwards
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so that's it for this video
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try and just go out and have some fun
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and do some parkour don't worry about
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commenting subscribing or liking or any
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of that stuff just go and try and get
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better at doing parkour and getting more
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practical and functional
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hey everybody we are looking at

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technical details today in this fourth

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video of the step vault series we're

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going to be looking at everything from

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biomechanics mobility flexibility we're

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going to be looking at torque chains and

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a lot of other bits and pieces to do

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with the step vault

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[Music]

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part one is biomechanics in this video

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we're going to go and dissect the

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movement down into its component parts

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it's important to understand that the

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step vault is what we call a

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contralateral movement which means that

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the opposite limbs are used the main

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muscle groups will depend on the

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situation and the environment

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but you will find that

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a lot of the muscle groups are going to

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be used so tricep deltoids biceps are

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going to be used for the arms your

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hamstrings your glutes your quads your

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hip flexors are all going to be used for

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the legs

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we can break down this vault into three

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steps number one is the entry phase this

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is generally a short concentric so we

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are going to contract muscles make them

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shorter and then in eccentric which is

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lengthening of the muscles where we're

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going to go up here

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phase number two is an isometric hold so

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we're holding our body structure to be

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able to get that back leg

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through

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phase three is the exit so the x6 stage

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again is going to have eccentric and

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concentric so from the back leg and the

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front arm are going to bend but the

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front leg is going to extend

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out to land and then you're going to

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push away again and that they're going

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to have an eccentric phase where they're

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extending again

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range of motion and mobility

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as mentioned in the first video the step

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vault doesn't require a huge amount of

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range of motion to be effective which is

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one of the reasons for its low

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requirements to perform

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however having better range of motion

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gives you more adaptability to smaller

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spaces and awkward scenarios if you

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can't get into the correct positions

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then mobility is usually the issue as a

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quick example

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of the difference between flexibility

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and mobility

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you can get into the step vault position

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where you have the flexibility to get

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onto the wall in a very very wide stance

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so for instance you could put your foot

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way down here and your hand here

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that's your flexibility you you know you

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could get into this position but the

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problem is you don't have any power and

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control in this position so your

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mobility is not this range so

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flexibility range i can

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i i can't really hold that position but

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as soon as i bring back the flexibility

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a little bit

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this would roughly be my mobility range

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so my mobility max mobility is a roughly

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there because now i can actually create

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power and control behind this range so

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from here i can now get up and through

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that would be the difference between

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flexibility and mobility so this next

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part we are going to be talking about

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torque chains and tension

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so we're going to be talking about

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torque chains and tension

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the pushing action so when you're

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pushing something this requires an

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internal torque or an internal type

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tension on the shoulder so when we're

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pushing up we want an internal tension

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okay

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not rotation so no rotation is required

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the legs also have an internal tension

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for stability

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so from here and here you want to

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imagine that you are twisting the wall

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inwards so from here

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there's an internal talk

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not an external torque so if you were

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pushing externally this would be wrong

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you're not going to create as much as

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much power but if there's an internal

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torque so you're turning inwards without

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less wild and unnecessary movement and

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the job that's needed but only that

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lower abs the erectors and your glutes

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everything so squeeze your butt squeeze

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structure or shape then try holding your

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the exiting of the vault but this will

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release contract mistake so as you're

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the primary muscle group to focus on for

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stabilization a quick way of using a

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ball of the foot and keeping the toe

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weaker side otherwise over time you're

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this is a very uncommon topic for people

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mobility issues or reduced concentration

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either way the foot clips the wall

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commenting subscribing or liking or any

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of that stuff just go and try and get

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