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mikeyo
Jul 28, 2004, 4:49 AM
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I just put up a hangboard in my house and am loving it. It is the Metolius Simulator. I was wanting to find out just how effective they can be. I've been doing the 10-minute workout every night from the Metolius website. What type of workouts do you do?? How often?? Can you tell any difference when you hit the wall or crag???
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the_antoon
Jul 28, 2004, 5:24 AM
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Just make sure you always get a good warm up before you start to put excessive strain on your fingers. A couple weeks ago I had a few friends over and decided to impress them with mono pullups...ya, well i hadn't climbed or worked on the board at all that day. So needless to say I wasn't warmed up. I heard a loud pop and couldn't climb for two weeks. Now I have a bum finger and can't climb worth sh1t. Moral of the story...always warm up and never over do it.
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korntera
Jul 28, 2004, 5:52 AM
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Although i don't have a simulator yet, my friend does and he said he has noticed improvement for his 10 minute workout from the website. After hearing tht i decided to save up for one so i should be able to tell my personal results soon.
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mikeyo
Jul 28, 2004, 6:04 AM
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antoon, that suuccksss about your finger. What does your warm-up consist of?? Do you actually use the hangboard to warm-up or just stretching or doing a handstand or running around the block or twiddling your thumbs...
And korntera, I really like the Simulator. I haven't really looked at a lot of other hangboards but I haven't found a need for something that it doesn't have. Although my roomie bought it, I think it was a great buy and I have thoughly enjoyed his purchase. :wink:
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zacrobinson
Jul 28, 2004, 6:13 AM
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Ha ha ha i wish I could have gotten my roomies to buy my hangboard. Then maybe I would have gotten the siimulator. As it is, I like mine alot. The first few weeks I had it I worked it too hard and had to rest up alot. Now I just use it primarily on the big holds for reg. pull-ups and on the big slopers to develop contact strength.
now enough about that, Mikey lets go climbing soon
zac
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overlord
Jul 28, 2004, 8:49 AM
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just make sure you warm up properly and youll love it.
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dredsovrn
Jul 28, 2004, 12:55 PM
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Yea....Oh, i mean yay.
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grayrock
Jul 28, 2004, 3:14 PM
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Mikeyo - Thanks for the tip on the metolius site: http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/howto%2Dsimulator%2Dtrain.htm
I read the meterial and I think it's great. I have the finger board and I am going to start on the 10 min sequences today.
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the_antoon
Jul 28, 2004, 7:52 PM
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I usually just climb real easy stuff for a bit. You normally have a pretty good feel of when you can push yourself. At home it's the same thing. Just hop on the jugs and do a few sets on those. Then gradually get smaller and smaller. After that, start the workout.
The workouts that I have seen actually put some of that into them. They start out on the jugs and get harder and harder...I would do a few sets to warm up even before that though.
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mccarthykm
Jul 28, 2004, 8:05 PM
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i concur with the warmup and the love for the simulator.
my warmup usually consists of just hanging for a while in the wide deep three finger pockets. after that i'm usually pepared for whatever. don't be affraid to mix it up with pushups and free-weights to improve overall strength.
as far as the 10min workout goes, you should change it up, otherwise your body will condition to only that workout. i try to do a variety of holds with a variety of time on each.
my strength improved drastically when i incorporated all of these features.
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jlc325i
Jul 29, 2004, 7:53 PM
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how often do you guys do a board workout?
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cin
Jul 29, 2004, 8:20 PM
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I could do one finger pull-ups after training on
my Nicros Warrior Board for only a few weeks !
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mikeyo
Jul 29, 2004, 9:09 PM
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I started doing them every night but soon realized that was a problem. I guess it just depends on how often you climb...I wouldn't want to do a work-out after climbing at the gym and such things. I guess it depends on you.
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scubasnyder
Jul 29, 2004, 9:10 PM
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yay there good
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cgailey
Jul 29, 2004, 10:08 PM
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Yay...
can't get in endurance workouts geared for climbing any better way...with the exception of climbing itself. :wink:
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therealdeal
Jul 29, 2004, 10:22 PM
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Hangboards are the way.
the simulator is a good one too...but far too textured for training. I've sanded mine down to make it smooth. Easier on the skin and WAY harder to hold on to....which is the point, right.
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