hangboard training on rock rings
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hangboard/training gurus, |
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yur gunna die! |
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The thing is, I would rather just go to the gym and use their hangboard than go through the trouble of trying to rig a way for the rock rings to face front. Just not worth the effort to me. But it's nice to do a hang session while I'm just hanging out at home. |
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Jon Zucco wrote:The thing is, I would rather just go to the gym and use their hangboard than go through the trouble of trying to rig a way for the rock rings to face front. Just not worth the effort to me. But it's nice to do a hang session while I'm just hanging out at home.You're probably right - putting two screws in a board would take a long time. |
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it's the mounting of the board that poses the problem/pain. I live in a very old house (that i rent) with the original plaster walls and don't really feel like paying for and constructing a frame for a board to mount anything, let alone a couple of rock rings.. |
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Jon Zucco wrote:it's the mounting of the board that poses the problem/pain. I live in a very old house (that i rent) with the original plaster walls and don't really feel like paying for and constructing a frame for a board to mount anything, let alone a couple of rock rings.. I also use them for trx and other types of exercises, so mounting them doesn't make sense. Just wondering about whether hanging on them in their current orientation is a problem. If it is, I won't do it. If it isn't, great.I think he meant to leave them hanging in place, but screw them to a rigid board or something to force them to face forward. Wouldn't have to mount them to the wall. Would that work? |
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Yes, they are attached by the original cordellette that they came with, tied short, and slung over the pull up bar; hence the sideways orientation. What you suggest would work, Jake, but introducing any more distance between the rock rings and the bar decreases the space between my knees and the floor, negating the two sets of smaller pockets at the bottom. Which pretty much renders them useless for hangboarding (I've tried this already). |
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Jon Zucco wrote:Yes, they are attached by the original cordellette that they came with, tied short, and slung over the pull up bar; hence the sideways orientation. What you suggest would work, Jake, but introducing any more distance between the rock rings and the bar decreases the space between my knees and the floor, negating the two sets of smaller pockets at the bottom. Which pretty much renders them useless for hangboarding (I've tried this already). They are actually quite comfortable where they are for pull ups and lock off routines, and the little I've used them for hangboard sessions. I'm just curious to see if there are any potential negative effects on the wrists, shoulders, elbows, etc.Maybe ask the Rock Prodigy guys? My sense is that this would represent a MAJOR deviation from what is established as the right way to do the hangboard stuff...I guess not necessarily wrong, but different. It seems like it would be really hard to get a reproducible load time after time with the movable rungs... What about one of those blank slate hangboard mounts? |
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Yeah, this is one of the possible negative effects I was thinking about. It may not be bad for my joints, but may not actually be all that great for emulating proper arm positioning for climbing strength. |
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Adam Burch wrote: I think he meant to leave them hanging in place, but screw them to a rigid board or something to force them to face forward. Wouldn't have to mount them to the wall. Would that work?Yeah, that might work. Thanks for clarifying that for me. I would still have to deal with screwing and unscrewing them from the board when I wanted to use them for other purposes. I'll toy with this idea though. |
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I also hang my rings from a pull up bar. I just used two loops of cord around the bar and a carabiner through the loop and hang the wrings from the carabiner faces them as you desire. |
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Jon Zucco wrote:hangboard/training gurus, I'm approaching that point in the cycle where I'll be hangin' around a lot more often. I have a set of rock rings at home that are hanging from a pull up bar in a way that positions them so that the holds face away from each, and the backs toward each other, so each one is rotated 90 degrees in either direction from facing the front. When hanging on them, my hands face each other instead of forward. I have been using them more for pull ups and lock off training using the jugs/sloper on the top, but am considering using them for general hangboard sessions when I don't feel like heading up to the gym. I haven't noticed any so far, but will this orientation have any adverse effect(s)? Am I gonna die? Thanks, -JonI don't see how the orientation is going to significantly effect the finger training (which isn't ideal on RR, but definitely better than nothing.) Doubt it will bother anything else either, but if you start feeling tweaks in your elbows or shoulders, just stop using the rings. Get strong though, Sucking my will to live is calling! |
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girth hitch the rings to your pull up bar. |
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I put a biner through the cord, throw it over the bar and clip back around the cord. End up with an edge loaded biner and the rings face the correct way. |
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I think a major issue, rather than which way they face, is the lack of stability having them suspended by a cord. For me the biggest deal with getting my hangs right is the liftoff part of the hang and controlling the weight from swinging too much and pulling me off the hold during that liftoff and immediately after. An unstable hang surface seems like it would really complicate/exacerbate that problem. |
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Will S wrote:You might try something like this: I assume your pullup bar that the rings are strung from is in a doorway? Maybe you can leave them hanging from the bar, but mount them to a board, and just drape the board across the door opening, so it spans the entire doorway.This is exactly the solution I thought of on the train ride home. Haven't implemented it yet, but probably will. I'm now trying to think of a way to make it quickly interchangeable between modes. I still want to be able to dismantle the set up, as it is in a well-trafficked area (that my girl friend would not want a board strewn across). Plus I still really like using them as free hanging sloper jugs for Atomik Bomb-esque workouts. |
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Mark E Dixon wrote:Get strong though, Sucking my will to live is calling!awww yeah! Don't forget Ken T'ank -- that's my jam. |
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Jon Zucco wrote: I had to order a different one that mounts to metal brackets I've screwed into the sides of the door frame.The doorways in my place are too wide to use the commercial or homemade versions of blank slate so I rigged it off the same type of pullup bar you have. The hooks were bought from home depot and cost maybe a buck each. hangboard hangboard 2 |
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actually the external rotation you get when palms are in a neutral position is much healthier for your shoulders. one of the main drawbacks to hang board training is that it internally rotates the shoulder. this is not an optimal position to load the shoulder and hypergravity training like you do hangboarding. |
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will a, thanks for posting up pics. That set up is what I had envisioned when thinking about getting the rock prod board. Which i guess I'll probably end up doing in the end. The rock rings are just rock rings, and really not ideal to use as a hangboard too. |
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Jon Zucco wrote:will a, thanks for posting up pics. That set up is what I had envisioned when thinking about getting the rock prod board. Which i guess I'll probably end up doing in the end. The rock rings are just rock rings, and really not ideal to use as a hangboard too. 5.sama, sorry, I'm a bit slow; are you saying that hanging on them the way I am is better than if they were facing the same direction, like a hangboard?palms neutral ie facing each other is a healthier position to train your shoulders in especially if you are adding weight. |