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Post by peterpack on Sept 18, 2013 18:46:09 GMT -5
Even the commentators were gently hyping up the rivalry which is great for the event. Just about every name in elite American Parkour gives ANW a go nowadays. Will we see more guys from the elite rock climbing world give it a go ? I'm talk about guys placing in IFSC events. Check out some of the speed climbing events here www.youtube.com/user/ifscchannel/videosGenerally the parkour guys are going to be quick and great overall athletes but most will agree that the rock climbers are best suited to get through stage 3. I think stage 3 will be changed a bit for next year, maybe to add more obstacles which are still upper body centric but maybe not as familar movements to climbers. |
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Post by kangaroo on Sept 18, 2013 20:41:29 GMT -5
I think that is where the Parkour guys need to train is their grip strength something most rock climbers have built up over years upon years of climbing
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Post by dch on Sept 18, 2013 22:11:07 GMT -5
Yeah grip strength takes a while to build up - tendons and whatnot dont get much blood flow and it takes forever to get stronger compared to muscles. I think its easier to make an avid rock climber who didnt freerun into a ANW champ than a avid freerunner who didnt rock climb. I would even guess rock climbers self-select for being light even more than freerunners.
I would say most people into ANW are doing things to enhance both their agility and grip strength, though, so its really a false choice.
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Post by KinnikuBanzukeÜberAlles on Sept 18, 2013 23:11:27 GMT -5
Of all the stupid things that ANW did, I thought this "rivalry" thing was one of the absolute worst.
Unless the competitor eats, sleeps, and breathes SASUKE, I'll always root for the course. SASUKE has to be their life; they have to love it.
I don't support those who only want to beat the course in order to prove, to everyone else, how great they/rock climbers/freerunners/whatever are.
It's too bad there isn't a US version of the Unlimited Cliffers.
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Post by thatoneuser on Sept 18, 2013 23:54:04 GMT -5
There was briefly Team Butter and arguably Team Tempest, but pretty much everyone banded together to form the superteam ANW Comrades.
And I mean, there's Amcli...
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Post by baronbk on Sept 19, 2013 0:18:12 GMT -5
Team Butter lives! Sorta. With the adoption of multiple tryout cities, we don't get to get together and train before competition anymore. David and I train together frequently, Strat and Brett do sometimes as well.
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Post by oland11 on Nov 3, 2013 23:17:32 GMT -5
Why did you bring up Speed climbing? That will almost entirely not help you in Sasuke. Climbers like Chris Sharma, Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods and Adam Ondra would definitely give Stage 3 a run for it's money. And none of them are Speed climbers.
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Post by RatedRKO1118 on Nov 5, 2013 2:22:55 GMT -5
Of all the stupid things that ANW did, I thought this "rivalry" thing was one of the absolute worst. *has only seen ANW4 and ANW5* Is there any real rivalry, or even forced rivalry with that? The only thing I remember about this was the one rock climber who allegedly called the "parkour guys" "wimps". |
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