Post by mclay on Jan 24, 2017 7:31:49 GMT -7
Has anyone that doesn't have access to a good gym experimented with unusual ways to ARC and perform PE workouts? I have a pretty limited home gym that I make work, but for a real feel of milage I don't have a great option.
One of the buildings near my work has a back wall with no windows and old-style brick work. I keep looking at it and wondering how it would go as a training wall. The brick and mortar is solid and it is wide enough you could traverse or climb up several feet with out anything hindering. The depth of each edge is pretty uniform and would have to likely be held with an open-hand crimp. It would be pretty boring but you would have tons of options for variable body positions and move difficulty. I'm guessing it would be somewhere between an ARC traverse workout and a PE set as far as workouts go.
The real potential downside I see is that you would mostly be training one grip type and repetitive use might lead to tendonitis more quickly. I'm interested to hear if anyone else has trained on a similar building structure. Also how do you think it would benefit one's overall climbing progress. My goal-routes are mostly on crimpy/edge near-vertical walls.
One of the buildings near my work has a back wall with no windows and old-style brick work. I keep looking at it and wondering how it would go as a training wall. The brick and mortar is solid and it is wide enough you could traverse or climb up several feet with out anything hindering. The depth of each edge is pretty uniform and would have to likely be held with an open-hand crimp. It would be pretty boring but you would have tons of options for variable body positions and move difficulty. I'm guessing it would be somewhere between an ARC traverse workout and a PE set as far as workouts go.
The real potential downside I see is that you would mostly be training one grip type and repetitive use might lead to tendonitis more quickly. I'm interested to hear if anyone else has trained on a similar building structure. Also how do you think it would benefit one's overall climbing progress. My goal-routes are mostly on crimpy/edge near-vertical walls.
