[SA Chris]

Club swinging, is a great aerobic upper body workout. Clubs can be improvised with dumbbells, if you have them.

Make a slosh pipe?

https://www.fitnessblender.com/articles/slosh-pipe-workout-the-best-slosh-pipe-exercises

[monkey boy]

I debated whether to upload this video but all the problems were climbed before the government lock down on March 23rd and before the BMC asked us to not go climbing or hill walking. During my times visiting Doll Tor I didn't see another person walking in or out and definitely not whilst at the crag. I am also pretty sure no one else visited on the days I wasn't there.

Anyway, disclaimer out of the way here are a few new mantle's and Brain Storm, a brilliant low start to Gathering Storm. I hope people enjoy the video; the quiet, the sounds, the scenery and the climbing and can use it for a bit of training motivation in these strange times.

The rock will still be there when all this is over, although maybe a little more moss covered. Enjoy!

[steveri]

Make a slosh pipe?

https://www.fitnessblender.com/articles/slosh-pipe-workout-the-best-slosh-pipe-exercises

They're really good from my brief go. I think the instability of the water sloshing around probably translates to climbing - holding positions and fine tuning the minor muscles you don't get from machines. A friend of mine invented the 'aquatube' and worked on it for years. It's a lovely idea but always struck me as too easily copied/DIYed. I reckon there's a better version using gels of various 'viscosity/flows' so you'd get the effect of balancing the shifting weight but in a more controlled manner. Wonder if you could do this with some home cooking, like those silly putties the kids were into a while ago?

[Falling Down]

I made one a few years back - they’re absolute bastards and great fun.  Just holding it above your head is a full body workout.

I’ve unpacked the weights for the first time in years - gonna get 

[andy popp]

I debated whether to upload this video but all the problems were climbed before the government lock down on March 23rd and before the BMC asked us to not go climbing or hill walking. During my times visiting Doll Tor I didn't see another person walking in or out and definitely not whilst at the crag. I am also pretty sure no one else visited on the days I wasn't there.

Anyway, disclaimer out of the way here are a few new mantle's and Brain Storm, a brilliant low start to Gathering Storm. I hope people enjoy the video; the quiet, the sounds, the scenery and the climbing and can use it for a bit of training motivation in these strange times.

The rock will still be there when all this is over, although maybe a little more moss covered. Enjoy!

Great fun Dave! I'm confused by what becomes Palma Violence (great name!) and the problem shown from above immediately before. They appear to be the same problem but you're wearing different clothes. Am I confused?

Harry Palma would be another good know (old Michael Caine character).

[Murph]

Really enjoyed that David. 3:10 looked like it could have ended badly!

Thanks for posting. I doubt any of us will take getting out on a rock for granted again.

[monkey boy]

I debated whether to upload this video but all the problems were climbed before the government lock down on March 23rd and before the BMC asked us to not go climbing or hill walking. During my times visiting Doll Tor I didn't see another person walking in or out and definitely not whilst at the crag. I am also pretty sure no one else visited on the days I wasn't there.

Anyway, disclaimer out of the way here are a few new mantle's and Brain Storm, a brilliant low start to Gathering Storm. I hope people enjoy the video; the quiet, the sounds, the scenery and the climbing and can use it for a bit of training motivation in these strange times.

The rock will still be there when all this is over, although maybe a little more moss covered. Enjoy!

Great fun Dave! I'm confused by what becomes Palma Violence (great name!) and the problem shown from above immediately before. They appear to be the same problem but you're wearing different clothes. Am I confused?

Harry Palma would be another good know (old Michael Caine character).

Haha they are the same problem. The day I brushed the boulder up I did Palma Violence (shot from above) from one move in, I then tried to add the first move but couldn't repeat the mantle. I then came back and managed to repeat the mantle with the first move before. So both are Palma Violence, just thought two angles was good. That make sense? When it's shot from above I can technically pull on there from the ground but I thought most people wouldn't be able to and so added the first move as I thought it was a better/more obvious starting place.

Glad you enjoyed it, I loved brushing them up and figuring them out.

[Will Hunt]

Please can we have names and grades for all problems in future? Ta 

[SA Chris]

Just so Will can downgrade them before he even tries them, let alone does them

[monkey boy]

Please can we have names and grades for all problems in future? Ta 

There are names. Grades wise they are mantles so quite specific. Palma Anderson and Palma Ham are in the 6's and Palma Violence is somewhere in the mid 7's. It felt harder than other mantle's I have done with the exception of Raw Deal.

[gme]

I made one a few years back - they’re absolute bastards and great fun.  Just holding it above your head is a full body workout.

I’ve unpacked the weights for the first time in years - gonna get 

I remember pissing about with that thing in your garden after a load of beers with Giles. Desperate.

[Falling Down]

Yeah that’s it.  It’s surprisingly difficult to even pick the damn thing up and put it over your head never mind hold it there for any length of time (especially after beers !)

[mrjonathanr]

I debated whether to upload this video but all the problems were climbed before the government lock down on March 23rd and before the BMC asked us to not go climbing or hill walking. During my times visiting Doll Tor I didn't see another person walking in or out and definitely not whilst at the crag. I am also pretty sure no one else visited on the days I wasn't there.

Anyway, disclaimer out of the way here are a few new mantle's and Brain Storm, a brilliant low start to Gathering Storm. I hope people enjoy the video; the quiet, the sounds, the scenery and the climbing and can use it for a bit of training motivation in these strange times.

The rock will still be there when all this is over, although maybe a little more moss covered. Enjoy!

Great fun Dave! I'm confused by what becomes Palma Violence (great name!) and the problem shown from above immediately before. They appear to be the same problem but you're wearing different clothes. Am I confused?

Harry Palma would be another good know (old Michael Caine character).

Palmistry for the superstitious. Charterhouse of Parma for the Stendhal fans out there. The palmed off etc puns are endless. 

[Fiend]

No space nor hanging options for a punchbag. Have tried yoga several times with well-reputed classes / tutors, can't stand it.

Just went for a sort of run. 5 mins running, 2 mins walking, x 3, horrendous. Worst run for a while. Had just been getting my fitness back up noticably and essentially recently via regular days out climbing and occasional gym sessions.

[teestub]

Hi Fiend

What do you have at home to use? There are plenty of interval/HIIT/tabata style workouts you could do just focussing on upper body and/or core and not using your legs so much. These should be sufficient to get your CV system working hard. There’s tonnes of variations of these that could be equipment free too.

[tomtom]

We’ve been doing the Joe Wicks kids PE thing every morning at 9 on YouTube. It’s quite good fun and gets my ticker going (162 today...). Quite a nice way to start the day actually. Always feel better after.

I hate exercise too.

[gme]

My 16 year old super fit rugby playing son has just told me hes got a training program from his S&C coach that we are going to do together starting tomorrow when i get home.

This frightens me a lot and will either make me into some kind of athlete or dead. Another reason i hope this thing is over quickly.

Any competitive dads with young kids enjoy doing sport with them now as it gets hard when your in your 50s and they are 16+. I can just keep ahead of him on squats and DL despite me weighing nearly 30kg more than him and cardio i might as well just give up.

[tomtom]

I’ll be 62 when our lad is 16 😂😂

No point in trying then 😃

[gme]

I assure you the fact there is no point wont stop you trying.

I can still burn both of mine of climbing but they win at that by refusing to go.

[Muenchener]

Mine had just started to burn me off at the bouldering wall at 15 (me 58) when he decided to quit & go & lift weights with his mates instead. Phew. 

[Paul B]

Any competitive dads with young kids enjoy doing sport with them now as it gets hard when your in your 50s and they are 16+. I can just keep ahead of him on squats and DL despite me weighing nearly 30kg more than him and cardio i might as well just give up.

When I started hiding from rugby at school (around the time others started getting bigger and I, didn't  ) squash was my savior. We had a great team TBH (one went on to be professional rugby player who has now retired and returned to the school as a coach) and went unbeaten for ages until a certain Scottish school came to visit and left us all distraught.

Anyhow, despite this (being pretty handy) and other training, I've never managed to beat my Dad at squash. Similarly, he had a heart attack the other year and I still think I'd struggle to keep up with him on a bike on anything but descents (where he's more self-aware).

[mrjonathanr]

Anyone recognise their vehicle...
http://twitter.com/i/status/1243168931503882241

[tomtom]

We have the odd situation in our road. Where one house in isolation (family of 4) one is now 8 days from symptoms and feeling better so getting out and about. But two in her house are still quite ill. So obvs still in the 14 days. Yet she can walk in and out of the house with no restrictions. Is this Ok? Does this mean she can leave fomites transferred from the house she’s in - despite not being infectious herself?

[Oldmanmatt]

Ooph!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/coronavirus-lockdown-uk-arrest-fine-police-rules-latest-a9428196.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1585235469

[Paul B]

there are two things that the PM can never instruct, one being something illegal, the second being something unsafe.

Neither of which apply when the Government guidance is that construction sites can remain open if social distancing is carried out. The simple fact is that if businesses are debating whether to stay open or not they're highly likely to come down on the side of staying open unless forced to close either by HMG or public pressure as with Sports Direct this morning.

This is pretty much what I was trying to say (and failing), in that if you follow the hierarchy of the legislation (HSAW, The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, PPE etc.), you simply can't comply with what the government is saying (you won't be able to justify it on a risk assessment):
https://www.building.co.uk/news/site-shutdowns-prompted-by-health-and-safety-legislation-lawyer-says/5105225.article?fbclid=IwAR03ESx4TDnVXWO5BRnJASvDUFGMjG5kQTeqWN4atwuaga8ZnOjsniXWR3M