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How do you time your power screams?

Should the power scream be initiated in anticipation of a hard move or only once it becomes apparent that there is a possibility that a move in progress is in danger of being dropped?

Also, is it important that power screams are used sparingly to maintain there effectiveness or can the be used at will without consiquence?

In reply to JLS:

You must make sure you have a reasonable crowd around you, and on something no easier than VDiff.

In reply to JLS:

Think that it is like in martial arts, it tenses all your core muscles so it means that your contact strength is highest, stopping swings etc.

In reply to andyman666999:

I imagine it works like breathing out, i.e. exhale/powerscream as you pull through the move.

In reply to JLS:

Is that like when you go back into previous lives?

In reply to andyman666999:

So useful in your book. Timing?

In reply to JLS:

Just prior to multiple sphincter failure.

In reply to JLS:

Definitely, always end up yelling when I am giving it my all. Sometimes makes my mates laugh but definitely works. I usually yell when I throw for something and stick it.

In reply to JLS:

I think they're mis named. I make noises when im unsure of the outcome of a move. Ever heard someone power scream up a slab? Watch this space...

In reply to mike kann:

You are correct. It should be done on the out breath which is a pilates principle.

In reply to I like climbing:



What a deep insight. Can you imagine an inhaling power scream?

Mmmmhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrgghhhhhhhhhhhfffffff ???

Joking aside, as in the martial arts, screaming can help increase core tension and give you a bit of extra power for a short spike.

Obviously screaming is traditionally only used to attract climbers of the opposite sex. To establish a crag pecking order same sex climbers should instead be intimidated into submission by power grunting, especially on offwidth routes.

CB

In reply to JLS:

Any time you're not climbing at an indoor bouldering wall

;p

In reply to JLS:
I usually save them till just after I have fallen off

In reply to JLS:


Timing? When you are at home, in a sound-proof room, away from any crag I'm also at!

In reply to JLS:

This is a tongue in cheek op, isn't it?

In reply to JLS:

Are you with or without beanie, and is shirt off or on?

In reply to JLS:


This


And this.

I thought I'd be the last person on the planet to benefit from a PS but it definitely works for me.

E

In reply to JLS:

My misses is an obstetrician and when women are in labour they tell them to try and not scream because it reduces the amount of tension your muscles make.

In reply to JLS:

Ha! Loving your work

Speaking for myself: I didn't choose the power scream life... it chose ME.

True story.

In reply to JLS:

Scream when you like, just nowhere near me thanks.

In reply to JLS:

Just after the vinegar strokes.

In reply to Aigen:


Which is why the power grunt is much more effective.