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the shizzle => diet, training and injuries => Topic started by: jjjj on November 26, 2012, 03:54:26 pm
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Has, anyone ever tried rope climbing training as in climbing up a rope not climbing with a rope ive read a couple of things that sugested it was the best excersise for forearm/grip strength.
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8m in 4.87 seconds is the world record to beat...
Rope climbing on 8 m long rope - world record (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4llXf3tTRf4#)
(Never tried it myself though)
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I think it would depend how you did it, how that man in the video does it is very different to the way I was taught to climb a rope (in a trapeze / circus skills class). The way I was taught would be of very little use as most of it's done with your legs, just dragging yourself up a rope, like in the video, would probably be more effective climbing wise but I'm not sure it would be the best sort of training...
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According to Wikipedia rope climbing used to be an olympic sport (under gymnastics) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_climbing). :???:
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It's fuckin useless
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That's how Gill got into it, isn't it?
I couldn't find an image of him doing that to link to, so have a look at a one-arm front-lever pull up instead.
(http://www.beastskills.com/wp-content/uploads/manual/image/OneArmLeverPullup5.jpg)
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Have a look at this:
http://www.selfcoachedclimber.com/2011/10/program-design-for-climbing-part-4/ (http://www.selfcoachedclimber.com/2011/10/program-design-for-climbing-part-4/)
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That's how Gill got into it, isn't it?
I think Gill did them because rope climbing used to be a gymnastics discipline back in the day (50's?) thus a regular part of his training at some point, I'll have a nosey in Master of Rock when I get chance but I have read that somewhere recently, not surprisingly he was pretty good at it
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I think Gill did them because rope climbing used to be a gymnastics discipline back in the day (50's?) thus a regular part of his training at some point, I'll have a nosey in Master of Rock when I get chance but I have read that somewhere recently, not surprisingly he was pretty good at it
You could read it on the Wiki page I link below which states that it was a gymnastic discipline, but was phased out as it wasn't felt to be "artistic" enough.