Gimme Kraft training book & DVD now on pre-order (Read 19526 times)

jstrongman · September 17, 2013, 10:57:14 am

The Gimme kraft (Give me Strength)

training book and DVD is now on pre-order to be shipped October the 5th, 35 euros with shipping to the UK.

http://gimmekraft.com/

With all the interest in Megos and Patrick Matros training reckon it will sell fast.

standard · September 17, 2013, 02:09:35 pm

ordered. if i'm not a onsighting 8c in one year i'm demanding a refund.

krymson · September 17, 2013, 02:20:24 pm

The training will be excellent I'm sure. Ze Germans know what they're doing

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"You can find the answers to all these questions on this DVD, which comes completed with an easy-to-under- stand practice-book. We have decided in favor of an additio- nal learning-video because we believe that it is the best way to communicate the complex forms of our exercises in a didac- tically appropriate manner. "

The English on the oth-er ha-nd...

jwi · September 17, 2013, 05:08:48 pm

...is awesomely German, with proper Germanic sentence length...

Dr T · September 17, 2013, 05:50:48 pm

Trailer...

Jaspersharpe · September 17, 2013, 08:10:16 pm

Quote from: jwi on September 17, 2013, 05:08:48 pm

...is awesomely German, with proper Germanic sentence length...

And proper German linking wordstogethertomakeoneword. Quality!

krymson · September 18, 2013, 03:29:14 am

those of you who know German, is the climbing literature significantly different from English? or mostly a rehash of what's published in English?

I thought we had it all, until one day my German friend told me about the "Standardbewegung", which we dont even have a word for in English. And that renowned "one more move" book was originally in German too.

Makes me feel like there might be a whole-world of climbing-info out there if one could just-understand what they-are-say-ing.

jwi · September 18, 2013, 06:54:09 am

Köstermeyers book is the best concise training manual I've read, and is the only training manual for climbers that is organised around wave periodisation, afaik. Neumann wrote in English helpfully enough (his german language version of Performance rockclimbing is not much different from the original). Allegedly there is nothing yet known about training for climbing that cannot be found in Güllich training manual “Sportklettern heute” (but I haven't read that myself).

Muenchener · September 18, 2013, 08:17:16 am

There's also Udo Neumann's other book "Lizenz zum Bouldern" that appears to focus more on movement & technique, but it's in such a right hemisphere photo-scrapbook-trying-to-be-a-video style that my left hemisphere, linear text please brain can't get to grips with it.

There are also some very good articles by Reini Scherer (Austrian team coach) on the website of the Tivoli wall in Innsbruck.

cheque · September 18, 2013, 11:03:46 am

Quote from: jstrongman on September 17, 2013, 10:57:14 am

Gimme kraft (Give me Strength)

Can also refer to the desire for processed cheese after a training session.

shark · September 18, 2013, 12:39:55 pm

I never knew Kraftwerk meant "Power Station"

though I did know that Einsturzende Neubauten meant collapsing new buildings

duncan · October 11, 2013, 08:04:02 am

Reviewed (by who?) on The Arch website.

mctrials23 · October 11, 2013, 11:16:07 am

Anyone else received theirs yet. Still waiting here.

Muenchener · October 11, 2013, 02:58:55 pm

Quote from: mctrials23 on October 11, 2013, 11:16:07 am

Anyone else received theirs yet.

Nope. Am a little nonplussed by post taking a week to get from Nürnberg to Munich.

Oldmanmatt · October 11, 2013, 04:46:19 pm

No sign as yet. Is it actually released? Had the mail confirming order, but nothing since...

honroid · October 11, 2013, 06:12:22 pm

Saw this on the site:

Please note: Gimme Kraft! shippings take a while as the shipping method "Books" takes longer. Please be patient!

Guess we have to wait a mo...

HaeMeS · October 11, 2013, 07:55:35 pm

Got to see the book this week and can't think of anything to add to the review by archclimbingwall. Looks good, makes training look like fun which might be its biggest asset. Nothing revolutionary

mctrials23 · October 12, 2013, 12:51:49 am

I would be a little surprised if we get any sort of shipping confirmation on these orders. I don't think they used a "service" to take payments and control the shipping stuff so it will probably just turn up.

Muenchener · October 12, 2013, 08:07:35 am

Quote from: honroid on October 11, 2013, 06:12:22 pm

Gimme Kraft! shippings take a while as the shipping method "Books" takes longer. Please be patient!

If this means "Büchersendung", then that is indeed a cheap and untracked Deutsche Post service. I've never noticed it being particularly slower than normal post though.

Anyway, they exist 'cos on their blog there's a a pic of Melissa Le Nevé signing them at the wall in Nürnberg on 1st October.

Oldmanmatt · October 12, 2013, 11:12:12 am

Ours arrived this morning! We've been open for an hour now and Kieron hasn't put the book down yet...

Keeps saying "Holy Shit" and "How?" A lot...

davej · October 16, 2013, 09:42:07 am

Hi does anyone know if its available from any outlets in the uk?

mctrials23 · October 16, 2013, 04:23:27 pm

I assumed that OldManMatt works at a shop that got in a load of these. I still haven't received mine so I have no idea when they are likely to arrive in the country en-masse.

davej · October 16, 2013, 05:17:59 pm

thanks not sure what shop he works at but if OldManMatt reads this is it possible for oldmandave eg me to order a copy from your shop!!!

slackline · October 16, 2013, 05:50:41 pm

Matt works at (owns?) the Boulder Bunker in Torquay.

robertostallioni · October 16, 2013, 06:03:05 pm

rang the arch this morning, and the lovely lass is posting their last copy NextDD on her way home from work. Boom!