One of my clients has been having difficulties with the
vault since we started training together months ago. We've been working on
jumping over the bar versus simply trying to step and lunge over it. There was
a few months though where we didn't even touch the vault, as I wanted to focus
on improving her strength and her cardio.
Recently I reintroduced the vault into training. One of
the ways I get clients to gain confidence with the vault is I use a step and a
couple risers to jump off of. I'm effectively making the vault a lower height
to jump over when using the step. As they gain confidence, the step goes lower.
It's been a few months but yesterday we were working on
the vault and her first few approaches weren't bad; she was getting over the
bar, albeit awkwardly. In the early days when we tried this method, she played
mind games with herself and had trouble going over the bar, even with the
steps.
Then finally she had that "Aha!" moment.
She had that pop off the step and sailed over the bar
like a pro, no awkwardness at all. And she was able to replicate it several
more times.
It was amazing to see, especially the confidence it
instilled in her.
What seemed impossible became possible.
If you've been having trouble with your training and not
seeing results, don't give up. It just means you have to try different
strategies to reach your goals. If one method doesn't work, try another method.
Keep trying until something clicks.
All else fails, hire someone to help. They can come in
with a fresh perspective and see things you don't see.
