--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > [...] > > > > Thicker foam would provide far less support for the > > > > initial push-off. And no-one woulkd want to fall from > > > > two feet up onto a regular wrestling mat. > > > > > > Not sure what you're getting at here. Foam doesn't > > > seem to interfere with the initial push-off in > > > yogic flying. > > > > Resiliancy means some level of give. A thicker piece of foam has > more give. Pushing down > > against something that "gives" yields less upward momentum than > pushing against > > something that doesn't give. > > Yes, I understand that. But as I said, it doesn't > seem to interfere with yogic flying liftoff, so I'm > not sure what point you're making. Once you come down > the first time, the resiliency helps get you back up > again so you can build up some momentum. > > The gymnast guys weren't able to, er, get it up for > a connected sequence of hops using the mat. >
An interesting aside, I sometimes practice yogic flying in an office chair. I've noticed that even if I have my feet tucked under the chair with only my two largest toes touching the floor or chair, there still seem to be periods when my butt flies up almost all the way off the chair (which has one of those pneumatic lift thingies in the seat) and yet my toes don't feel overly stressed. Given that I weigh 300 lobs right now, this is a rather remarkable thing. No idea if it is simply due to me not paying much attention to the body at this point, of course.
