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Post by jtcragger on Jun 12, 2015 9:26:49 GMT -7
I'm shopping for system board holds sold in sets of two, either symmetrical or mirror image pairs, for building a place for training lock-off laps (as shown on p.124 in the RCTM). So far I'm leaning toward some system jugs I found from Atomik holds. Anyone have other suggestions?
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Post by joshvillen on Jun 12, 2015 9:56:30 GMT -7
Wouldn't using the hangboard make the most sense, its symmetrical, and you presumably already have one
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Post by jtcragger on Jun 12, 2015 10:27:53 GMT -7
The lock-off lap workout as shown in the book is a series of moves up and down a wall. There's a photo at the bottom of p.124 showing what it looks like.
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Post by jorgemendoza on Jun 12, 2015 11:12:01 GMT -7
If you are willing to put some work on doing holds, this is something that I found in tedwelser's blog (boulderingathenscounty.blogspot.com/p/bouldering.html), which I think is a pretty cool idea, which will implement soon.
My climbing gym has atomik holds in their system board, and they are nice, but rough on your skin. But when they get caked up, they become more comfortable.
FWIW, I am training lock-offs with offset gymnastic rings. There is this interesting read below about lockoff. She has a series of articles where lock-off is analyzed in the realm of climbing. Any thoughts about this series of articles?
en-eva-lopez.blogspot.com/2013/05/lock-off-training-for-climbers-v-goal.html
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Post by joshvillen on Jun 12, 2015 13:14:07 GMT -7
The lock-off lap workout as shown in the book is a series of moves up and down a wall. There's a photo at the bottom of p.124 showing what it looks like. I understand which workout you're referring, I am just suggesting a hangboard with optional foot chips would be just as effective and more symmetrical |
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Post by Chris W on Jun 12, 2015 17:36:19 GMT -7
I'm shopping for system board holds sold in sets of two, either symmetrical or mirror image pairs, for building a place for training lock-off laps (as shown on p.124 in the RCTM). So far I'm leaning toward some system jugs I found from Atomik holds. Anyone have other suggestions? My first foray into climbing training was a small system wall. That was back in 2009. I used system holds from e-grips, but I didn't actually use the wall as a system wall. It quickly devolved into a how-the-heck-should-I-train-with-this wall and then became a I-hope-my-landlord-doesn't-catch-me larger wall in my apartment that I used to "boulder" at the time. I tried the HIIT strips from Nicros but kept getting hurt using that system. Now that I have the RPTM I haven't bothered with any system wall type training. Those holds mentioned above, though, are symmetric and should work for you. |
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Post by tedwelser on Jun 18, 2015 15:02:01 GMT -7
I have some Atomik system holds on my 55 degree wall, including the large green tiles, several of the jugs, pockets and pinches. The wall is part of the larger wall, and is not strictly a system wall, but I do use the system holds to do some lock off moves and to vary the move difficulty systematically via foothold selection. you can see some of the atomik system holds in this shot. tiles and jugs are green, pockets are blue, pinches are red, and the sloping edges are orange.  |
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