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Work It
produced by: Bradley Rothenberg
featuring: Sergei Bubka
directed by: Sebastien Foucan
support: Abebe Bikila, Colin Jackson, Randy Barnes, Eddi Ellwood
Plot Line:
Sergei Bubka pivots between two limits, flexion and extension. Known as the best pole vaulter in the world, Sergei is attempting to constantly move through these two states through a number of scales. On a macro scale, as a pole vaulter, he must maintain a high level of built fitness (a fitness analogous to that of Randy Barnes, world record shot-putter) to help him explode through the vault. However, he must try and balance this with a leaner, endurance fitness (analogous to Abebe Bikila, the first athlete to win consecutive Olympic marathons, interestingly enough, the first one he ran barefoot) in order to be able to do repetitive jumps in competition.
On a micro scale, in the pole vaulting event, Sergei moves through flexion and extension from the repetitive flex/extend of the sprint down the track, to the explosive flex of the pole driving him up to pivot his extended body hopefully over the standards. Maybe he messes up a jump and knocks the standards over? Was his built fitness more like that of Eddi Ellwood, 5-time Mr. Universe? Was his endurance fitness more like that of Colin Jackson, anorexic Olympic hurdler?
Script:
The basis unit (Sergei Bubka) is formed through imputing a pivot level. This pivot level controls the amount of flexion and extension per side of the unit. Three levels of pivot are highlighted, p1, a fully extended unit creates an equal amount of flex and extension on both sides, p2, a 30 degree pivot creates a medium amount of flex on one side, and a medium amount of extension on the other side, p3, a 60 degree pivot creates a large amount of flex on one side, and a large amount of extension on the other side. For better health, it is recommended to move through p2 when attempting to transition from p1 to p3, or the other way around. Sergei Bubka can move through three highlighted fit levels: Napoleonic complex, an all around playa‚ and You mess with him and you mess with me too. An all around playa‚ can obtain all three pivot levels, while, Napoleonic complex can not be in a p1 state, and You mess with him and you mess with me too, struggles to be in a p3 state. Napoleonic complex, can, through achieving a pivot level 2, transform and become, An all around playa‚ You mess with him and you mess with me too, can also through achieving a pivot level 2, transform into, An all around playa‚ Again, for better health, it is not recommended for a Napoleonic complex, to transform directly into a, You mess with him and you mess with me too, or the other way around. Over the field there will be some imperfections, maybe a Sergei‚ Napoleonic complex, wants to immediately become a You mess with him and you mess with me too? What if Sergei falls and hurts himself? Although these moments could be considered unhealthy, it is not immediately deadly (although a whole field of this probably would be).
notes:
Sergei Bubka, World record holder in Pole Vaulting
Abebe Bikila, Ethipian Marathon runner, who set the world record running barefoot in 1960 Rome Olympics, and winner of 1964 Tokyo Olympic marathon
Randy Barnes World record holder in the shot put
Eddi Ellwood Mr. Universe 1997-2001
Colin Jackson - the former hurdler, has admitted that, at the peak of his track career, he was secretly starving himself leading up to the 1993 world championships, where he smashed the world record for the 110 metre hurdles to take the gold medal. At the time Jackson was surviving on just several hundred calories a day.
Sebastien Foucan, Founder of Parkour. Parkour is said to be l'art du déplacement, or the art of moving (from A to B), consisting of uninterrupted forward motion over, under, around and through obstacles (both man-made and natural) in one's environment.
.: brad 15:40
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