Quote from: Nibile on August 03, 2011, 05:51:38 amwelcome to your future!What do I do now? Current temperatures preclude sweating. I've tried lightly moistening with spit & water: no joy. Not foolish enough to try chalk. Not keen on coarse sandpaper as I don't want to wear my new toy away / inadvertently change the angle. But what then? If I can't even begin to hang it how can I break it in?why wouldnt you use chalk? i always find it grips better with a bit of chalk ground in. when brand new the damp fingers thing doesnt seem to work as well as when its been used for a few weeks with chalk. they are all different though, mine at home is far harder than the one down the wall but its just going to make me stronger if i can do hangs on mine.
welcome to your future!
QuoteQuote from: boulderingbacon on February 08, 2012, 10:24:22 pmQuote from: Muenchener on February 08, 2012, 09:33:18 pmQuote from: Nibile on August 03, 2011, 05:51:38 amwelcome to your future!What do I do now? Current temperatures preclude sweating. I've tried lightly moistening with spit & water: no joy. Not foolish enough to try chalk. Not keen on coarse sandpaper as I don't want to wear my new toy away / inadvertently change the angle. But what then? If I can't even begin to hang it how can I break it in?why wouldnt you use chalk? i always find it grips better with a bit of chalk ground in. when brand new the damp fingers thing doesnt seem to work as well as when its been used for a few weeks with chalk. they are all different though, mine at home is far harder than the one down the wall but its just going to make me stronger if i can do hangs on mine.Thats easy for you to say
Quote from: boulderingbacon on February 08, 2012, 10:24:22 pmQuote from: Muenchener on February 08, 2012, 09:33:18 pmQuote from: Nibile on August 03, 2011, 05:51:38 amwelcome to your future!What do I do now? Current temperatures preclude sweating. I've tried lightly moistening with spit & water: no joy. Not foolish enough to try chalk. Not keen on coarse sandpaper as I don't want to wear my new toy away / inadvertently change the angle. But what then? If I can't even begin to hang it how can I break it in?why wouldnt you use chalk? i always find it grips better with a bit of chalk ground in. when brand new the damp fingers thing doesnt seem to work as well as when its been used for a few weeks with chalk. they are all different though, mine at home is far harder than the one down the wall but its just going to make me stronger if i can do hangs on mine.
Quote from: Muenchener on February 08, 2012, 09:33:18 pmQuote from: Nibile on August 03, 2011, 05:51:38 amwelcome to your future!What do I do now? Current temperatures preclude sweating. I've tried lightly moistening with spit & water: no joy. Not foolish enough to try chalk. Not keen on coarse sandpaper as I don't want to wear my new toy away / inadvertently change the angle. But what then? If I can't even begin to hang it how can I break it in?why wouldnt you use chalk? i always find it grips better with a bit of chalk ground in. when brand new the damp fingers thing doesnt seem to work as well as when its been used for a few weeks with chalk. they are all different though, mine at home is far harder than the one down the wall but its just going to make me stronger if i can do hangs on mine.
why wouldnt you use chalk? i always find it grips better with a bit of chalk ground in. when brand new the damp fingers thing doesnt seem to work as well as when its been used for a few weeks with chalk. they are all different though, mine at home is far harder than the one down the wall but its just going to make me stronger if i can do hangs on mine.
Quote from: Nibile on August 03, 2011, 05:51:38 amwelcome to your future!I finally bought one, rigged a hanging arrangement for it, and started the beginners' repeater programme for a test drive. And quickly discovered a problem.On well broken-in beastmakers at walls, I can hang the 35 sloper well in control. I haven't tried rigorously timed repeaters, but I can do multiple several-second hangs. On my new shiny one, I can't hang the sloper at all What do I do now?
Couldn't see on the beastmaker website any mention of timings for the exercise
Repeaters consist of hanging a grip type for 7 seconds then resting 3 seconds and then holding for another 7 seconds, this should be done for 6 to 7 reps so if you’re on a stopwatch and you start hanging at 3 seconds the finishing line is at 1 minute 10 seconds.