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Just another software engineer. Longtime outdoor sports enthauist. Avid rock climber.
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Feb 1 |
answered | How long warm-up before gripper training? |
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Jan 28 |
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Wrist Wraps on both wrists? I do, however, do some rock climbing (but no gymnastic exercises). My experience there is that trying to patch over joint pain with a brace just never works out the way I'd want it to. Its always better to just be patient and address the underlying issue. YMMV |
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Jan 28 |
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Wrist Wraps on both wrists? I hesitate to officially answer, because I can't do either HSPUs or weighted chins (with any significant weight). But if it were me, I'd focus on fixing my wrists. And either doing these feats of strength less frequently, and / or supplement them with exercises that don't hurt your wrists (barbell press, dumb bell rows, so forth) until you've sorted out your wrist issues. My $0.02. |
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Jan 28 |
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Wrist Wraps on both wrists? Are you feeling pain in your weaker wrist when you workout without the wrist wrap? |
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Jan 28 |
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Wrist Wraps on both wrists? what kind of workout are you trying to do? What are you wrapping your wrist for? I.E. pullups, deadlifts, benchpressing, basketball ? |
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Jan 26 |
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Bouldering Routines for Lunch Breaks could you do ab work in your lunch break? That's the one real climbing-relevant thing you could do without any equipment, that you may not be doing. P90X abs, V-ups, planks, L-sits, that sort of stuff? |
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Jan 24 |
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Jan 24 |
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Bouldering Routines for Lunch Breaks You may find this question useful: fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/11416/… Although your's is arguably distinct because bouldering is more strength / power oriented than sport or traditional climbing. I'm just a sport / trad guy, and a terrible boulderer, so I couldn't give great advice. |
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Jan 24 |
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Jan 22 |
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Exercises with one hand There's an argument to be made for just chilling out, letting your injured arm heal, and accepting that you're going to be injured and maybe weak for a little while. I've personally made things worse by trying to "work around" an injury too aggressively. I don't have any great or consistent guidance... When I lift hard, I tend to subconsciously tense up a lot of the muscles in my body. Once, doing a hard set on a leg press machine I felt like I was irritating an injured elbow. |
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Jan 21 |
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Exercises with one hand pushups leaning against a wall? They're usually a rehab exercise, but with one arm, it may be a challenge. to do with one hand |
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Jan 21 |
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What is the simplest way to measure strength? You could also look at sprinting at a test of leg strength. (sorry to keep adding comments) |
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Jan 21 |
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What is the simplest way to measure strength? You could look at military physical fitness tests. The branches of the military all do fitness tests that involve some combination of pushups, pullups, situps, and running (usually 2-3 miles, I think), and publish a lot of information about what is / isn't considered good for a given person's age. If you wanted to compare yourself to the baseline fitness requirements for a soldier the same age as you. |
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Jan 21 |
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What is the simplest way to measure strength? Your question is slightly flawed - one major characteristic of being strong is being able to apply force to an external load (pushing stuff, pulling stuff, carrying stuff). That would imply some kind of equipment. :) |
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Jan 20 |
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Home exercises for training for indoor rock climbing emphasised my support for other answers, improved formatting. |
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Jan 20 |
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Jan 20 |
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Home exercises for training for indoor rock climbing just a note - bicep curls won't help with climbing. Pullups and rows (where you're engaging your lats and the larger muscles in your upper back) will be more applicable. When you're in the hand positions in climbing (like in a pullup) you're biceps can't engage all that much. |
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Jan 20 |
answered | Home exercises for training for indoor rock climbing |
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Jan 13 |
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How to train with grippers to avoid finger joints injuries? I'm a climber with decent finger strength, and I've had a similar problem with grippers. I find that subtle changes in my hand position can make my fingers get loaded at bad angles, and lead to minor pain. I've had better luck doing finger curls with a barbell. That seems to lead to a more consistent movement pattern, incremental weight progression, and longer range of motion (holding the barbell with my finger tips, then pulling it into a closed fist). That's what I did, instead of fixing the issues I had with grippers. My $0.02 |
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Jan 9 |
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How do I get higher in a pullup? can you describe what muscles you're using when you're holding your chest to the bar statically? I think I'm missing something there. I had been trying to use my biceps, and was focusing on pulling my biceps into my forearms to get the extra distance, and injured my elbows doing so. Was I doing it the wrong way? In that range, is the pullup still being driven by the lats / teres / rhomboids? Thanks. |
