Click beetles use complex systems of springs and latches to generate extremely high accelerations (from 10² m/s²) and bend their body around a thoracic hinge very rapidly in a “clicking” fashion. When unconstrained, this fast bending motion results in a legless jump. The clicking motion can be divided into three phases: latching, loading, and energy release. In this presentation, we answer the following question: How is power transmitted and dissipated throughout the click beetle’s body during the fastest and most dynamic phase, i.e., the energy release phase? We develop a novel modeling framework based on impedance and mobility methods to model the power flow in click beetles. The click beetle body is modeled as a global structure with coupled substructures. We consider different levels of fidelity for each body substructure and various connectivity and constraints between the substructures and the substrate. For example, initially, the click beetle prothorax and abdomen are modeled as rigid masses. Then, the body masses are modeled as beam elements to account for strain energy storage. The overall goal of this modeling approach is to determine the power transmitted and dissipated through each substructure. Experimental and analytical methods, such as high-speed x-ray recordings and non-linear system identification models, are combined to uncover the governing physics of the energy release and inform the substructures’ design for the mobility power flow approach. The mobility framework developed here aims to understand the energy dissipation strategies click beetles use to mitigate damage during ultra-fast energy release.