[SA Chris]

I have in my hands a finely chiselled work of art, hewn lovingly from a once living tree by the hands of a craftsman.

Bring it.

[fatdoc]

Oh Lordy,

Email
says shipped... Very very excited!!!

[tomtom]

OK, I've been toying with getting one of these for a few months...
But.. I'm a bit confused by the beastmaker site.. should I go for the hard core version (2000..) or punter version (1000..) I'd hate to get the harder one and find it too thin/slopey to use (would that really be the case?) conversely, to get the punter model and find its all too large! I've got a few 7a's ticked but nowt harder than a 7a+...
Any advice from beastmaker keepers welcome...
T

[Steve R]

I reckon you'd be fine with the 2K tom.  A couple have made it to our flat lands now and mine should arrive soon if you wanted to try one out?  I'd toyed with getting one for a while too.  Then I had a session on Tom M's and I ordered one the next day...

[fatdoc]

Me gone punter...

Me old...

Me happy with a cautious training aid that will help without ripping my fingers off..

Me just want to be a little better, try hard to get there and not get hurty...

[robertostallioni]

Me Tarzan, you Jane?

[fatdoc]

Me thinks you wrong...

[Stubbs]

Tomtom if you can get to the depot when you're in/near Leeds we've got a 2000 at the Depot you could have a pull on and see what you think. The 1000 still has some pretty small holds on with the befefit of some comfy jugs for warming up

[tomtom]

Tomtom if you can get to the depot when you're in/near Leeds we've got a 2000 at the Depot you could have a pull on and see what you think. The 1000 still has some pretty small holds on with the befefit of some comfy jugs for warming up

Doh - 

Why didnt I think of that! Great idea Stubbsy..

[SA Chris]

I think unless you are solid at above 7a the 1K will do you fine. I like the two slopey jugs for warming up on and doing normall pullups.

[tobym]

But will the 1k make you a beast? is there a flaw in the Boys' company name?

[SA Chris]

Beastation is all relative.

BTW, can anyone tell me what a "french pull-up" is

see http://www.beastmaker.co.uk/Grip-article.htm

(is this an open goal for funny responses?)

[SA Chris]

weak dave inadvertently answered my question?!

http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,12866.0/topicseen.html

[galpinos]

BTW, can anyone tell me what a "french pull-up" is

Often called a Frenchie.

Pull up an lock off chin above the bar/hold. Hold position for 3 secs, lower down to straight arms (slightly bent and engaging shoulders obviously). Pull straight back up to chin above bar and when lower down to half way (arms at 90 deg), hold for 3 secs then finsh lowering down to straight arms. Pull straight up again to chin above bar then lower down to arms at 120 deg, hold for three seconds then lower to bottom.

This is one rep.

Basically pull ups with a lock off on the way down starting at the top, then at arms 90 deg then at arms 120 deg.

Fun.

EDIT: Beaten to it!

[SA Chris]

Cheers anyway - feel free to edit for comedy value!

[fatdoc]

Mines here.

Fast delivery.

Wood feels great, getting installed as a stand alone on rafters but above board ( old school finishing hold) and to do the frenchie pulls on.

A beautiful piece of wood.

I'm well psyched, hoping not to hurt myself.. Will be cautious, as the holds are soooo not painful need to be sensible or I could hurt my tendons.. Huge temptation to go mad!!

[chris05]

Aggghhh this is torture. Had an email saying mine had been dispatched last Tuesday but still dont have it. Guess its due to the postal strikes but keen to get beasted up.....

[fatdoc]

I've been stroking mine... a lot. final resting place getting sorted tomorrow...

[chris05]

I finally have it in my hands, just need to get strong now... oh and develop some technique

Looks great tho

[SA Chris]

Just had first wall session in about a month - fingers felt noticeably stronger than last session, after 2 weeks of light beastmakering. Had to stop session as skin on fingers was raw.

Not to say it's revolutionary, just better than it would have been had I done fuck all for the last 2 weeks.

Breaking myself into the routine gently - need to start pushing it a bit now.

[SA Chris]

..... but not too much. Had a go at deadhangs on back 2, don't think I will try that again in any hurry. Leave it for a week for fingers to recover

[Jaspersharpe]

Careful.

[SA Chris]

Indeed. I blame keith for getting me too psyched

I don't really, just be being a fucking nugget and letting curiosity get the better of me.

[Barratt]

If you can't count - and you have an iphone - this might be of help.

"Round Timer" find it on itunes store. Not a freebie, but only £0.59.

In essence, allows you to set number of rounds, a countdown time to start, round time and rest time. Makes a noise (you can set it to whatever or record you own) at each change point.

So for beastly types:

Rounds 6
Countdown time (to get ready) 5 secs
Round time 7 secs
Rest time 3 Secs

[slackline]

If you can't count, don't have an iPhone but do have a Nokia SymbianOS phone then similarly you can try RoundTimerX....for free 

(I suspect they're one and the same application as this one is written in Java).