Climbing with weight belts always feels like it should be beneficial as its so much harder. Just the above, and a few comments by Serpico who is definitely more clued up than I am on this kind of thing got me thinking. !
i spent a few months campussing with a weightbelt, and deadhanging with weight. i have climbed above V3
There is some guy who comes to the wall thats meant to be the 'army climbing champion', and he goes on the campus board with this massive weighted vest. He has some sort of tens machine strapped to his forearm
Quote from: a dense loner on October 12, 2008, 09:37:45 pmi spent a few months campussing with a weightbelt, and deadhanging with weight. i have climbed above V3we want witnesses!
There is some guy who comes to the wall thats meant to be the 'army climbing champion', and he goes on the campus board with this massive weighted vest. He has some sort of tens machine strapped to his forearm I haven't seen him do anything above v3 either
you up for some climbing your way this wknd saltus?
I'm a BIG fan of the weight belt, although I'm fundamentally mediocre, so don't take too much notice. I often find if I can't do a move on a link, if I do the move individually with a weight belt, I can then do it on the link. I also use mine on a campus board (4kg) - again, I think it really helps with recruitment.
What you doing exercise wise on the campus board with the belt? ie sets, routine, duration...?
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Quote from: St Hubbins on October 15, 2008, 05:04:52 pmWhat you doing exercise wise on the campus board with the belt? ie sets, routine, duration...?I generally don't do anything too ballistic (i.e. nothing 2 handed). Working on 1-4-7 for example, I'll do 1-3-6 with 4 kg attached. I don't tend to have a specific campus routine, but rather have goals that I set for each session. I find that after warming up, doing a few things with the weight belt like touches (both hands on 1, pull up and touch 4 with one hand and back down to 1, swap hands and repeat), or just plain old 1-3-5-7. Good for recruitment I think. Doing 1-4-7 on bigger rungs (with weight belt) seems a good way to get the shoulders and arms going - I try to be dynamic on the big rungs, rather than just trying to lock it. Just experiment and gradually increase what you do.