Initial impressions of Trango Rock Prodigy Training Center (RPTC) hangboard
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Love this board. it is so damn awesome. Especially using pulleys etc and taking off/adding weight and making improvements nearly every session, even if it's by 1 or 2 kg (I'm british). |
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Quick question -- what's the height of the rptc hangboard? |
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Here's a picture of my RPTC on my Tribrid Tower. It's a squat rack/gymnastic rings pulley system/hangboard tower all in one! |
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PlanchePRO wrote: Here's a picture of my RPTC on my Tribrid Tower. It's a squat rack/gymnastic rings pulley system/hangboard tower all in one!That is sweet! You have an interesting pulley setup. Is that something gymnasts use to practice rotations? |
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Monomaniac wrote: That is sweet! You have an interesting pulley setup. Is that something gymnasts use to practice rotations?No, my tower wouldn't be strong enough to sustain any swinging movements like that. I'm using it to learn how to do a Butterfly Pull (Straight Arm Pull Up). In this article : Also, the legendary rock climber John Gill credits his strength training on the rings for his boundary-breaking strength in the world of rock climbing. Interestingly, Mr. Gill didn't begin training on the still rings until his freshman year in college; yet in only two years he was doing crosses, levers and butterflies (a straight arm pull-up). In this article He claimed could do two in a row: youtube.com/watch?v=yNKgrxV… This is me testing it out: youtube.com/watch?v=t0RSo6N… I'd like to match his skills one day seeing I started around his age and he's 6'2" and 170-180 lbs. |
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PlanchePRO wrote: Here's a picture of my RPTC on my Tribrid Tower. It's a squat rack/gymnastic rings pulley system/hangboard tower all in one!Interesting setup! What height do you have under the hangboard? I'm trying to decide if I should setup in a low-ceiling basement (enough clearance for hanging with knees bent, probably not ideal) or go freeze my nads off on the garage... Does anyone have experience with a "low-clearance" setup? Say, 6' ceiling? Edit: nevermind, the video show the board being much higher than I thought from the picture. |
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Boissal wrote: Interesting setup! What height do you have under the hangboard? I'm trying to decide if I should setup in a low-ceiling basement (enough clearance for hanging with knees bent, probably not ideal) or go freeze my nads off on the garage... Does anyone have experience with a "low-clearance" setup? Say, 6' ceiling? Edit: nevermind, the video show the board being much higher than I thought from the picture.The horizontal post the hangboard is on is 80" off the ground. The top of the jug measured from the bottom is 82". |
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Monomaniac wrote:For those interested, I finally got around to building an adjustable mount for my RPTC, based on the French Cleat idea suggested on this thread. Here's a short video of the rig in action: youtu.be/BnEobt_C1kU You can read a tutorial/trip report about the project hereI'm anxiously awaiting my RPTC in the mail but already making plans for a French cleat installation system. From the wording in the tutorial linked Monomaniac linked, it sounds like the relative height of the fixed and floating cleat is somewhat arbitrary -- but I'm wondering if anybody knows what the truly optimal geometry is. To me, it seems like it would be best to have the fixed cleat relatively tall and the floating cleat short, such that the RPTC hangs mostly below the mating interface. Seems like the forces on the mounting system would then be mostly down, rather than down as well as out, particularly when using holds high on the RPTC. Is there a reason not to make the floating cleat shorter, say only 1-2", with the fixed cleat say 8-9" tall? Within the limit of maintaining the structural integrity of the floating cleat, it seems like the shorter the better, right? (To be perfectly clear, above I'm only asking about to the vertical dimension of the two cleats -- although I also wonder whether going with a 14"-long floating cleat would help reduce some flex when using the pinches). I posted this same question on Monomaniac's tutorial page, but thought I might see if anybody here had any feedback for me. Physicists, engineers, folks who've made their own cleat system for the RPTC... your feedback would be most welcome! Oh, and one more question... any thoughts on whether 3/4" plywood would provide a sufficiently deep cleat, or if using 2x lumber is really better? |
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we have a total of 4 french cleat set ups at our place (back deck setup with one for me and one for my wife, and a garage setup with one for me and one for my wife). she is quite a bit shorter than i am and we didn't want to deal with a platform for her to stand on. she already has a foot injury and the platform seems like an opportunity to turn an ankle. |
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Thanks for the great feedback. I ended up going with a single piece of 2x10 lumber, ripped at a 45° lengthwise (using the table saw at my local lumber yard... there was no way my circular saw skills were up to that task!). I chose to cut it such that the floating (upper) cleat was 3" tall (so 4.5" on the long side), and the fixed (lower) cleat was 5.5" (so 7" on the long side) -- see image. That way, all three upper screws holding the RPTC go through both the plywood and the 2x lumber. The screws are about 2.5" from the top, so my previous idea of using a 1"-2" cleat would preclude you from screws through both plywood and cleat when mounting the RPTC itself, and that seemed key. However, I do think the physics of the forces are better with a larger lower cleat and smaller upper one. The 3"-7" split seems just about ideal. Due to lumber not actually being the nominal size, and after ripping and sanding, the total height of both cleats came to just about exactly 9" -- which is the exact height of the RPTC. |
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Been using the basic workouts in the book and just now got the board. Will be setting it up next week. Is everyone of the same thought that the French cleat is the way to go? |
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Gunks Jesse wrote:Been using the basic workouts in the book and just now got the board. Will be setting it up next week. Is everyone of the same thought that the French cleat is the way to go?Yes, French cleat is awesome, it doesn't have to be a French cleat, just make sure that it is moveable and stable. |
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Yep. French cleat. I'm adjusting the width of the two boards during the workout. When using pinches and wider holds I slide them in. Brilliant. Wouldn't mount them any other way. Particularly as my shoulders and elbows are rubbish. |