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I'm thinking about getting a rope for climbing and hanging it off my back deck which would give me about 8-10' to dangle from.
I could see the benefits of climbing a rope would be in the back, shoulders and arms and increase grip strength.
Is there any other benefits?
Well I would be long dead if I climbed with out a climbing rope so I guess that's a benefit.
Though the feeling of a free solo is pretty amazing I have only done it near my limit once and that was enough.
I'm thinking about getting a rope for climbing and hanging it off my back deck which would give me about 8-10' to dangle from.
I could see the benefits of climbing a rope would be in the back, shoulders and arms and increase grip strength.
Is there any other benefits?
Is there a good source for buying a rope?
Be careful as we tried this at our camp and folks where doing hand over hand without using their legs and then had sore shoulders for days. Same when using the horizontal monkey bars.
It is funny how when we were kids we could hang and swing from the playground equipment like the monkey bars all day long then go back to it the next day.
Climbing ropes and monkey bars was a fun way to stay in shape without realizing it.
Of course today I'm not kid and past the age where I could have a chiseled this or that so I prefer to do exercises that compliment several body groups at once and I thought a climbing rope might be fun.
I see kids scrambling and tumbling about like jack russell terriers at the hill park we exercise at think How we took it all for granted when the laws of gravity did not seem to apply at 40-50lbs of body weight.
We always had a climbing rope at the gym where I worked. Great idea. You can climb with hands and feet, hands only, hands only starting from a sitting position--great for the core as well. You can buy one, or since you live near the ocean, you can ask around and see if you can get a free rope that was used for boat towing or mooring. That's what we used to do. Of course you need to check that it is not too thin for your hands nor too thick, and not too coarse or it will tear you up. We had one about like this.
I've always wanted to try climbing rope. How hard is it for someone who's close to 200lbs? Is much like chin ups and pull ups? Those that excel at it are usually those who weigh 160lbs or less?
It's a good complimentary upper body alternative which also works and.
It's not a normal movement but, I love it. I personally dig many of the old school movements to compliment the conventional. As often stated: want to burn fat, play like a kid.
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