OW Training
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i am still breaking into the harder trad grades, but saw an awesome OW climb last time I was out. I am forced to be a weekend warrior so my training currently consists of climbing on plastic, runs, and light weight training. |
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So you're going to need a set of free weights, two nuns, a jar of vaseline, 6 tall boys, a cattle prod, leather pants (very tight), a cow bell, one voyeuristic friend, 4 10' long 2x10's, and a duck. |
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A super strong core can do wonders for OW battles. Work the pushing muscle groups; tri's, pecs and shoulders. Compression fitness can be helpful as well. You could also crawl around on asphalt and concrete to get the body and mind conditioned to pain and possible suffering. |
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Leftwich wrote:So you're going to need a set of free weights, two nuns, a jar of vaseline, 6 tall boys, a cattle prod, leather pants (very tight), a cow bell, one voyeuristic friend, 4 10' long 2x10's, and a duck. Pretty sure that explains itself...Ahh, off-width training at its finest. I think you're forgetting the abortion doctor and some oversized reading glasses. The best way to train the skin for off-widthing is to get dragged on a gravel road behind a truck at about five miles an hour. |
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Once a week I go to a therapist and confess my deepest darkest thoughts, fears and desires... not for absolution, but so she can then use that information to inflict enough psychological damage to keep me in a fairly decent shape. |
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I was pretty sure this was not my best idea. Now I am sure it is not. Luckily it sounds like I have most of the equipment I'll need, minus the voyeuristic friend... |
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Top rope it til you learn the techniques. Other people's opinions may differ (and I'm definitely nothing close to a OW expert) but I think strength won't do you much good if you don't have the body leverage and techniques right. |
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Mathias wrote:Top rope it til you learn the techniques. Other people's opinions may differ (and I'm definitely nothing close to a OW expert) but I think strength won't do you much good if you don't have the body leverage and techniques right. You could look up the Wideboys (UK climbers that trained for US offwidths, came over here and crushed), to look at how they trained.It should be known that they did make a training dungeon in their basement... |
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Learn from one of the world's best: |
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find some buildings, structures or other such ... www3.telus.net/public/73942… ;) |
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Build something like this, run some laps, run some more laps, then do more laps. |
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I prefer to just watch Pamela Pack do it. |
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The replies on this thread are gold... |
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Highlander wrote: You could also crawl around on asphalt and concrete to get the body and mind conditioned to pain and possible suffering.Excellent! This will also help familiarize yourself with the inevitable question: Why am I doing this to myself? |
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Give your wife a baseball bat and a wood rasp - then tell her she's fat. When you wake back up all beat to crap and your skin gone - you should be ready for off widths :) |