Hang Board

What do you look for in a Hang Board?

If you could create your own, what would you incorporate into it?

I think Sonnie Trotter's V-Board nails it. Wood construction. Simple, aesthetic design. Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

The problem is they're pricey and damn hard to get ahold of.

sonnietrotter.com/the-v-board/

Spiders. Seriously, if those boogers are those deep pockets I ain't using it. (whoa spell check accepts ain't)

If Metolius, So Ill and a campus board had a... well, you get it... then the result is probably real close.

Happy with the Project board... 'cept for the whole gotta-check-for-spiders-and-bees-prior-to-use thing.

i like hangboards that are cambered so that your arms aren't pulling straight down which seems to really hurt my wrists. hanging from a flat rail seems very un-natural to me...the camber makes it feel much more ergonomic.

JacksonLandFill wrote:Spiders. Seriously, if those boogers are those deep pockets I ain't using it. (whoa spell check accepts ain't) If Metolius, So Ill and a campus board had a... well, you get it... then the result is probably real close. Happy with the Project board... 'cept for the whole gotta-check-for-spiders-and-bees-prior-to-use thing.

am i the only one that had a difficult time understanding this post until the last sentence?

I couldn't understand that post either. Sam - that's a great idea, save your joints from damage.

Ben Beckerich wrote: So long as the board has the features you're wanting to train for, there really isn't much else to it

Actually, there is a whole lot "else" to it. Which has been covered over and over in the countless hangboard threads we've had. OP: try reading some of them.

Dual tex, variable shoulder width, edge radius/cant, pocket clearance, pinch design to minimize compression effects, and on and on. Which to his credit, Mark has incorporated in his design:

This is the droid you're looking for Jedi:

trango.com/paraphernalia/Ro…

Sam Latone wrote:i like hangboards that are cambered so that your arms aren't pulling straight down which seems to really hurt my wrists. hanging from a flat rail seems very un-natural to me...the camber makes it feel much more ergonomic.

hopefully the new trango board that mark and mike designed will be out late this fall. obviously i am a bit biased, but this will be without a doubt the best hangboard available. the amount of thought that they put into this thing is a testament to how much they know about a hangboard and how to use it. i hope it comes with an awesome user's manual, because there are so many features to it that will be really helpful to everyone; from the beginning hangboarder to the guys that can hang a one arm half pad mono while curling a 50lb dumbbell.

i just moved, and my garage is jammed full of stuff right now, so i am spending the fall in the gym. probably bouldering/system board/campusing. but come christmas, if i haven't got my garage cleaned out i am tossing everything so i can build my new torture chamber.

Ben Beckerich wrote: But I forget that many of you here are compulsively ultra-geek 22 year old engineering students that haven't lived long enough to realize this shit absolutely doesn't even toss pebbles at the window of mattering.

Except, according to your profile, you are younger than both Slim & Will S, in addition to being completely clueless on how to climb hard (which may or may not matter to you, just like the shit you do matters little to the rest of us).

reboot wrote: Except, according to your profile, you are younger than both Slim & Will S, in addition to being completely clueless on how to climb hard (which may or may not matter to you, just like the shit you do matters little to the rest of us).

You just got rebooted!

Nate Reno wrote: You just got rebooted!

huehuehue. For realsies though Ben, hangboarding isn't just for pros, and there is plenty of research and science that anyone engaged in sport specific training should be familiar with. Why train unless you are doing it right? Otherwise you're wasting your time and might injure yourself.

Ben Beckerich wrote:Did the OP say "looking to send the first ever 5.23f before the summer is out, despite the fact that I don't know which hang board is right for me... So can you recommend for me something that will allow me to eek out that last .000051% of strength I am going to need?" I missed that part

at the 5.9 level the most bang for your buck will probably be just getting more experience on rock, particularly trying to climb on different types of rock. this will help develop your tool box the quickest. some people say you shouldn't hit the hangboard until you are climbing in the 5.12 range. i don't fully agree with this, i think if you are climbing in the 11 range on crimpy/fingery stuff a hangboard can help out.

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Locker wrote: I HOPE Will slings another beauty... LMAO!

Nah, I mostly try to behave on MP. Don't always succeed, but I do try. I wish I were still a 22yo engineering student though, my how time flies.

Ben Beckerich wrote: No, dude... You're confusing all that for stuff that matters. But I forget that many of you here are compulsively ultra-geek 22 year old engineering students that haven't lived long enough to realize this shit absolutely doesn't even toss pebbles at the window of mattering. .

Is this what you tell yourself to be able to look in the mirror?

Very cute, no wonder you can't climb very well.

Have no fear, many people can learn how to climb in their 30's, even you.

Everyone knows the best hang-board:

www.beastmaker.co.uk/ Get em both.

then get some more.

Variety is key

Hangboards need to have width adjustment. I've got a 6'6'' wingspan so working out on hangboards helps some with finger strength but does nothing for developing very useful arm and back strength. In fact, I have to bring my arms so far in towards to the center of my chest to perform a pull-up on a hangboard that it's quite unnatural. As a result I've lost power and strength when gripping things from in a wider position when I've used hangboarding vs. a pull-up bar a fitness center. Even dead-hangs are a little strange with everything feeling a lot like hanging as though matched on a hold.

SO, a hangboard made of two or three pieces that could be made wider or narrow would be wonderful! I've modified cheaper boards by cutting them in half and then mounting them wider but I've always been too afraid to buy an expensive board and do that. And of course it's nicer boards that have some of the more useful grips, etc.

you should check out the trango board that will hopefully be out soon. that is one of the things i am looking forward to, is being able to adjust the width. i have pretty long arms, so most hangboards are a bit narrow for me, particularly the smaller edges/pockets.

Three more weeks boys, you can wait that long! Check out my blog for all the grizzly details.

The Rock Prodigy Training Center by Trango is now available for purchase here

More information about the board, including pics and videos, can be found here

RPTC

Rajiv Ayyangar wrote:http://www.beastmaker.co.uk/

Seconded

Monomaniac wrote:The Rock Prodigy Training Center by Trango is now available for purchase here More information about the board, including pics and videos, can be found here

hallelujah!