Author Topic: How high can you monkey vault? (Read 3531 times)

Metahead · « **on:** August 21, 2009, 08:30:43 AM »

What is the highest gate, wall, whatever that you can monkey vault in relation to your height? I can monkey vault about to my waist i guess. I'm just starting, so i dont know what to expect to be able to do. what is possible? in working to get higher, is it more in the legs or arms/chest?

Stephanie Belle Hagan · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2009, 09:21:59 AM »

So far the highest I've gone is about a 8 inch higher than my waist. But I've seen people monkey/kong pretty high in relation to their height... like, collarbone high.

Metahead · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2009, 10:30:45 AM »

so... people can jump gates that come up to their collarbone??? *mind explodes*

bryan jordan · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2009, 11:08:15 AM »

to be completely honest. right below my nose... i tried at my nose and caught my feet.. hah

Jack Kendall · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2009, 11:50:34 AM »

I can monkey about chin level, and the highest I can vault without tac-ing is the top of my head.

Jacob Carter · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2009, 12:57:47 PM »

i can personally do up to my collarbone on monkey vaults. i can kong a little higher than that. but ive seen a person kong a something a couple inches taller than they were

David Johnson · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2009, 01:41:23 PM »

Comfortably? A bit below the waist, I suck at monkey vaults.
EDIT: I jump before I put my hands on the obstacle, so it's more like a short kong I guess..

Jereme Sanders · « **Reply #7 on:** August 21, 2009, 07:18:50 PM »

On a bar I've seen people do standing over head height, and myself after warming it up a bit can do standing as has as my nose, and running around head height without a tac, though doing it that high without a tac isn't the most useful thing I'd say, if you can use extra leverage why not use it.

Metahead · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2009, 07:10:10 AM »

yesterday i monkey vaulted a bar at about my pecs. it was tight. i thought i was going to die, but i easily make it. that is when i realized that it is so much more in the arms then legs. my mind opened up so much

Adam McC · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2009, 09:05:55 AM »

I can monkey at about my mouth level. It's all about upper body and core, at that point. On a lower, waist high monkey, you can use your leg power to lift your hips up high enough to clear the obstacle. But once you start getting chest height and above, you really need to rely on your arms to support your weight, and your core to tuck the knees in and lift the hips behind you. It's all about rising the hips up, to give you enough room to pull your legs through the gap between your arms and the bar. Theoretically, with enough strength, and athlete could monkey anything he could reach.

Clinton Swaim · « **Reply #10 on:** August 22, 2009, 10:21:14 AM »

My highest was around neck level. I NEARLY clipped, but made it. After a few tries, it was easy. I should try higher gradually.

turtlekarma · « **Reply #11 on:** August 23, 2009, 04:15:46 AM »

eye level woot....geez overhead, that's kind of ridiculous...

Cody Goodman · « **Reply #12 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:12:00 PM »

Well to test this I found the highest object I could, which was this rail fence around nipple level

(i'm 6'3 btw).

I couldn't run and monkey it (probably because of mental block, but still trying

)... so instead I just grabbed it,
sqautted down, pulled up, and jumped over

Columbus PK · « **Reply #13 on:** September 19, 2009, 12:35:37 PM »

hmm idk ill have to see

Matthew Wang · « **Reply #14 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:15:51 PM »

I can easily do a monkey over something chest height. And struggle a bit with something shoulder height.

It's all about pushing off with your feet and then pulling with your arms. Bring those knees in too

For a more complicated discription of what I just said, refer to Adam's post:

Quote from: AdamMcC [Feng] on August 22, 2009, 09:05:55 AM

I can monkey at about my mouth level. It's all about upper body and core, at that point. On a lower, waist high monkey, you can use your leg power to lift your hips up high enough to clear the obstacle. But once you start getting chest height and above, you really need to rely on your arms to support your weight, and your core to tuck the knees in and lift the hips behind you. It's all about rising the hips up, to give you enough room to pull your legs through the gap between your arms and the bar. Theoretically, with enough strength, and athlete could monkey anything he could reach.

Hazim Salem · « **Reply #15 on:** September 29, 2009, 08:53:02 AM »

i tried a kong over an obstacle belly high, but i think it was more of a monkey vault

but i did clear it, it was about 2 feet wide. what i noticed is that i dont have enough momentum for a kong, so i have to push with my arms, down and back.

Nick :D · « **Reply #16 on:** September 30, 2009, 07:46:17 PM »

Quote from: Metahead on August 21, 2009, 08:30:43 AM

What is the highest gate, wall, whatever that you can monkey vault in relation to your height? I can monkey vault about to my waist i guess. I'm just starting, so i dont know what to expect to be able to do. what is possible? in working to get higher, is it more in the legs or arms/chest?

collarbone, but im only 5ft. 2in. gimme some credit

Brandan Mendenhall · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2009, 01:49:54 PM »

Post some vids/pics, for all you folks saying you're monkeying collar-bone/shoulder high obstacles. I would be very interested in seeing that, cause that is some insane height for a monkey vault.

Adam McC · « **Reply #18 on:** October 01, 2009, 03:43:40 PM »

Sure thing. I'll film it next chance I get for ya.

Brandan Mendenhall · « **Reply #19 on:** October 01, 2009, 03:51:10 PM »

Actually I just tried it. Not as high as I thought it was >.>

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