Training while camping
|
Hey folks, |
|
This is an awesome question, I have been in the same situation for the last year working on trails and trying to keep climbing strength. Depending on the type of work you'll be doing, its been my experience that you get pretty strong, especially while doing rock work. Doing finger rolls or similar exercises with a rock bar also works. I also have carried rock rings in during certain hitches and have enjoyed having them out there. I definitely feel like i loose endurance out there and not quite sure how to maintain that. |
|
I have played with these at the gym, but never trained on them. |
|
I work the same 8 on 6 off trail shift, there are a couple things that can help with training. Does your crew operate out of a trail cabin or is it a spike camp type setup? Where I'm at, we operate on trail sections that are approachable from the back country ranger's cabin, and have access to it as a communal kitchen / living room. Rock rings are great, but if there's a place to mount it, I would recommend packing up a campus rung or small home made hangboard. (something like the Sonny Trotter V-Board comes to mind) Do pullups and core exercises, and fingerboard repeaters. You can make a bachar ladder and hang it from a tree to work power (not quite as nice as a campus board but way easier to fit on a mule). If you don't have a structure, maybe figure out a way to hang a board from a tree? Grip master type tools are good for warming up, but they don't typically give you great gains in finger strength, at least not like hangboarding will. Where are you doing your trail work? |
|
Thanks, |
|
Mark E Dixon wrote:I have played with these at the gym, but never trained on them. sicgrips.com/HOME.htmlI haven't used those (the "G-string") either, but I've seen some good reviews. They seem to be a big step up from the Rock Rings in terms of design and versatility. I never found the Rock Rings to be too useful...the holds are just too big to be of much use for finger strength. Doing pull ups off of jugs isn't too different from just doing pull ups. The "G-string" seems to offer a better small edge/crimp option that you could do hangs from...this is probably you best option in terms of versatility for a given weight/bulk. If you are at Charleston, make sure to do some 2-finger pocket training too! |