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Post by Oti on Oct 15, 2009 17:44:50 GMT -5
It wasn't that amazing until 42 seconds. What the hell?!
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Post by penguincatfish on Oct 15, 2009 17:55:12 GMT -5
Yeah I'm still trying to wrap my head around that backflip of his.
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Post by Badalight on Oct 15, 2009 23:10:47 GMT -5
LOL, I got that vid from Shane Daniels, friggin crazy.
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Post by jfeathe on Oct 16, 2009 0:08:29 GMT -5
Can someone please help me pick my jaw up off the ffloor?
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Post by Oti on Oct 16, 2009 7:43:58 GMT -5
Psh. It's mine now, sucker.
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Post by artyfowljr on Oct 16, 2009 9:26:05 GMT -5
....i want to learn how to do that...possibly without splittin my body on the floor after a 20 meters fall.
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Post by yamfriend on Oct 17, 2009 16:24:11 GMT -5
That video's pretty...crazy, at the least. I don't even understand how that "wallflip" was even possible without breaking the laws of physics. That guy sure does have some skill...and guts! Also, going back to rock climbing, I think at my school they let you go somewhere to go rock climbing during one of your gym classes...unfortunately, I haven't gotten to do so yet though. This may sound kind of sad (or just plain unfortunate), but I've never even gotten the opportunity to go rock climbing. How sad!
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Post by jfeathe on Oct 17, 2009 20:23:42 GMT -5
I've done a little bit of indoor rock climbing but mostly at birthday parties, church events, and summer camps. I'm not really good at all- probably good enough to clear Kunoichi's Final Stage ;D but I can't do anything like Sasuke's Hang Climbing.
My legs are really what saves me because my upper body strength is virtually nonexistent.
And my hands sweat A LOT. Strangely, the height factor doesn't get to me badly at all.
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Post by artyfowljr on Oct 21, 2009 10:32:38 GMT -5
I never had the possibility to go rock climbing too. I'd love to, I'd really love to. And talking about the sweat jfeathe, yeah, I've got the same problem. Sometimes I have to stop and dry them or I simply can't hang on on whatever I was hanging on.
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Post by Badalight on Oct 21, 2009 14:32:42 GMT -5
Really? Sweat helps me stick to stuff my hands are always so dry that any amount of moisture just increases my grip massively, lol. It's weird but I also spit on my hands a lot to help the stick to things. Watch Junsei Ryou and you'll see me stop through out the course many times to spit on my hands.
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Post by Oti on Oct 21, 2009 15:39:14 GMT -5
I do that every once in a while when my hands are too dry. Usually, they're too wet from the humidity where I live.
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Post by colindesu on Oct 26, 2009 16:49:41 GMT -5
Rock climbing of course helps my grip strength a lot, but you have to incorporate your body weight workouts with the bar AND weight training for the best results. However you shouldn't focus too much on weight lifting exercises. It works your muscles differently than natural body weight exercises do, and it can throw off your progression with chin/pull/muscle ups and so on.
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Post by Oti on Oct 26, 2009 18:54:01 GMT -5
I disagree with that. Exercise is exercise. Weight lifting and body weight training train your muscles the same way. Also, weight lifting and body weight training complement each other amazingly.
Please explain how weight lifting works the body "differently", and how weight lifting will throw off your progressions with body weight exercises.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Oct 26, 2009 22:45:58 GMT -5
Well I climbed somewhat up this rock wall today Climbed about halfway up until I wasn't seeing good places to grab and just went to the side onto one of the angled roof things, took a short break and climbed up the side which wasn't a far distance from the top. Should I just try to go up the front or go up and then work to the side without touching the roofs.. because it doesn't really feel like an accomplishment to stand at the top of the roof when you stopped half way before continuing the climb. Any advice from anyone on making it to the top?
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Post by Oti on Oct 26, 2009 23:06:14 GMT -5
Don't take a break, obviously.
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Post by artyfowljr on Oct 27, 2009 10:08:33 GMT -5
I want a wall like that...sigh anyway, using that gap in the middle of the second part could help, dunno.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Oct 27, 2009 13:05:37 GMT -5
I think the gap makes it harder to find places to reach. especially considering the rocks with alot of distance is in the middle part on the solid part. Particularly one deep rock on there
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Post by Badalight on Oct 27, 2009 16:01:45 GMT -5
Looks easy I suggest just sucking it up and doing it, but be safe.
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Post by artyfowljr on Oct 27, 2009 16:13:51 GMT -5
I'd go for a ditto.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Oct 27, 2009 18:14:36 GMT -5
I suggest just sucking it up and doing it, but be safe. That's kind of the problem... I was running out of handholds and I didn't want to just reach on one side and try a spider flip like climb because that'd just be asking to fall...
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