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sarahann
Jun 29, 2002, 3:04 AM
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Hey,
Just wondering what everyone does to strengthen their hands in between climbs? This seems to be my biggest problem when working on problems, but I dont want to overdue it and hurt one of my fingers.
cheers!
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jconcannon
Jun 29, 2002, 3:11 AM
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A hangboard will work wonders. Also, an old tennis ball seems to strengthen the forearm.
Good luck
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r1skate
Jun 29, 2002, 3:49 AM
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The best thing is to climb every day or as much as you can. Find some close boulders, even if they are not too hard, and just hit them for half and hour 5 - 6 times a week or more. Trust me. I climbed every day for over a year. It works great! If you want to strenthen your arms and hands then try this. Hold the wall and bend over so your arm is fully extended and you are bent over about half way. Then put your feet out in front of your body and push against your arm. You can pull in to the wall, but you have to oush as hard as you can with your legs. It should take about 10 seconds before your arm is all the way in. The key is to push with your legs. Do this 5 times. The first one should be ahrd and by the 3rd one it should be pretty hard. The last two should be hard and the last should be done so that you are just about at your end by the time you finish it. You can do it opened handed or crimp the wall or close yopur hand or however to help strenthen your fingers, but the climbing will take care of hand strength. Remember to climb routes that are easy for you and hard for you and with different types of holds amd long and short routes. As long as you climb you will get stronger. You may not get bigger for a long time, but your core strength and climbing will just get better.
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jono13
Jun 30, 2002, 5:21 AM
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yes, a tennis ball or a forearm trainer ring work really good. finger board work well to, not only do they strengthen hands, but fingers, forearms tri's etc. now if ur talking by keeping ur hands warm in between climbs when your at the crags? pair of mits, it works really well, and keeps your tendons and fingers warm. but im pretty sure u werent asking about that
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elmohoof
Jun 30, 2002, 6:33 AM
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Hand strengthening is what happens to me naturally when my wife gets a headache.
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jono13
Jun 30, 2002, 6:40 AM
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sarahann
Jul 1, 2002, 8:39 PM
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thanks for the advice!
I dont have anywhere to put a hangboard right now, so I'll have to try some of the other suggestions.
cheers,
sarahAnn
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