As a beginner to it I wasn’t sure whether I could justify extending the rest but reckon it would definitely allow better quality time under tension. My FB is suspended off a pull-up bar so need a second to get off safely without pinging off and a second to get my fingers back on right afte a little shake. Feels pretty panicked towards the end of a set.
What's everyone fav timer for custom stuff?
Quote from: Fultonius on April 11, 2020, 11:44:19 amWhat's everyone fav timer for custom stuff?On android i use a free one called interval timer. Very simply but has a nice colour scheme and counts you in and out of each rep with beeps. Allows you to save and name workouts snd has unobtrusive ads.
Quote from: tomtom on April 11, 2020, 10:05:04 amrepeaters near my limit
repeaters near my limit
Yeah on this particular subject I think my money is behind Carlisle rather than Shark
why not the BM app? You can create and save custom workouts which seem to work for me
What do you think it’s training
and why do you think it’s useful?
I find standing on the floor and bearing down hard one handed is a good way to train and in your case it might be more practical too.
Quote from: shark on April 11, 2020, 01:36:46 pmI find standing on the floor and bearing down hard one handed is a good way to train and in your case it might be more practical too.Good thinking, will give that a try this evening. My impression was that repeaters and density hangs would be a good way of ‘easing in’ to FBing and adds resilience. Am sure consistent stimulus way more important for my finger strength level (weak!) than specific protocols.
So do you think everyone out there recommending repeaters (Varian, Andersons, Bechtel, Maisch, Lettuce, Horst(?) etc., etc.) is wrong Shark?
I’ve found (again N=1 obvs) that when I move into repeater style hangs from max I need a few sessions at sub max before I can start increasing the intensity, otherwise I just seem to hit a brick wall and can’t add any more weight or complete more sets.
P.p.s like teestub says, starting too easy on repeaters and working up over the sessions seems to work better than diving in at your pb.
Personally if you said I could only do one style from now on I'd do repeaters, based around an Anderson's session. Why? Because I feel like I've had the best gains from them. Also others have had good gains from them (e.g. Stu, Siegrist) It's basically a giant ancap session on a fingerboard. What does ancap get me good at? Med/long boulders. What are the hard parts of most routes? Med/long boulders. If you prefer the weights analogy then view them as your hypertrophy sets etc.
P.p.p.s. Reeve - I can see why you'd be disappointed in yourself for wanting to be like me I've had good gains from long duration hangs in the past toow, I don't think there's anything magical about repeaters vs long hangs