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Offline Eli "Keylime" Coutch

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Build up to Climb Up
« on: November 02, 2009, 05:46:31 PM »
I really would love to learn to do a climb up. However the problem is I have the strength of a grasshopper. I can hardly do 15 push ups, Only 4 1/2 pullups, 5 chin ups, and no muscle ups. What can I do to improve besides just reps of the things I can hardly do. Like something to build up to each next step, til I hit climb up level.
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2009, 06:03:44 PM »
Work with your pullups and negatives.
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2009, 06:54:26 PM »
Quote from: David Mascharka on November 02, 2009, 06:03:44 PM
Work with your pullups and negatives.
What are negatives?
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2009, 08:54:02 PM »
Quote from: Eli Coutch on November 02, 2009, 06:54:26 PM
What are negatives?

Negatives are doing the exercise in reverse.  In this case you would find a wall that is between stomach and chest height.  Support your body with your arms on the wall as if you had just topped out from a climb up, then slowly lower yourself down into a "hang."  You'll reach a point where you don't have the strength to go lower and at this point you can support yourself more with one arm while lowering the other arm, then shift your weight over and drop down into the hang.  Try to keep your feet off the ground during this whole thing.

This will work the same muscles you'd need to go in the opposite direction.
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 08:01:09 AM »
Cool I'll try that.
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2009, 04:48:42 PM »
Pullups and dips. Do them. Lots of them. Do the climb up motion itself. Many, many times. Jump if you have to. Jump less once you get stronger, until you don't have to jump. You can add weight to the pullups and dips if you want. If you want, you can do negatives of the climb up motion, too.

And there, my friend, is a comprehensive plan on how to achieve climb ups. Don't complicate it more than that.
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2009, 06:40:13 PM »
Would pushups help at all?
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2009, 06:59:33 PM »
Quote from: Eli Coutch on November 05, 2009, 06:40:13 PM
Would pushups help at all?

For the pushing component, dips will translate much more efficiently to the movement than push ups.
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2009, 07:01:18 PM »
Quote from: Eli Coutch on November 05, 2009, 06:40:13 PM
Would pushups help at all?
Uhm... kind of if you worked the triceps in a variation, but generally pushups tend to work too wide of an area to become extremely effective like dips and pullups in a climb up. The difference is when you do those exercises you're actually working the motion you perform.
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Re: Build up to Climb Up
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2009, 02:05:01 PM »
Oh ok, thanks people
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