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will hanging on door frames help strengthen my fingers ? frame is about about 10mm deep, makes sense to me...

In reply to marktrik:

Yes. This is what people did before walls and fingerboards and such like.

In reply to marktrik:

I use the top bunk of a bunk bed. It's like a pull-up station with a bouldering mat underneath it!

In reply to marktrik:

I tapped the sharp edge with a hammer, made the experience
Better.

In reply to marktrik:

How old is your house?

In reply to marktrik:

I do pull ups on my door frame quite a bit as I don't have a bar. I don't think it'll help my climbing as it's not my strength that holds me back. I use it more for shoulders etc.
Get something squishy and use it when you have a hand free, I've got one of these http://www.needlesports.com/Catalogue/Rock-Climbing-Equipment/Training-Equi...

Do some form of warm up for your fingers first as 8-12mm is a fairly small edge to be weighting with no help from your feet.

In reply to marktrik:
I used to do pull ups on door frames but that was was 20 odd years ago before I'd heard of deadhangs.

Can't see it [i]not[/i] helping if you don't go mad and get injured.


Edit
Someone please remind me how to do italics on this archaic bulletin board?

In reply to Ffion Blethyn:


Use angle brackets instead of square brackets.

In reply to john arran:

Thanks, John!