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Can anyone do arm locks?

what is the best way to build up your arm strength?

i managed to climb a 30ft metal rope ladder today twice in quick sucession but the rest of the group couldnt.

what is the best way to build up their strength?

In reply to 00spaw:

chin ups - enjoy

In reply to 00spaw:

Yes, lots of people.


Doing a quick scan of the 'Walls and Training' forum!

In reply to Alun:

>"Doing a quick scan of the 'Walls and Training' forum!"

I've done that but I don't feel any stronger! Should I drink a protein shake while scanning?

In reply to 00spaw:
When you say arm locks, do you mean methods of restraint common to some martial arts, or static lock offs as part of a training regime?
To answer both points, I am better at the first than the second!
Rob

In reply to 00spaw: visit, read and apply some of the sessions on rosstraining.com

In reply to 00spaw:

i can

boulder lots on overhangs! do some frenchies and or assisted one arm pull-ups.

Doesn't help with your climbing though... much better to get strong all round on the bouldering

In reply to 00spaw:

Well done on geting it right. Strength to Weight is indeed a ratio, where as the often talked about Power to Weight quantity is a velocity, not a ratio.

In reply to Robfromcornwall:

ill stay away from the wrong side of you.

In reply to Paz: ok
great

In reply to Marc C: rosstraining looks ok. not seen it before

In reply to Paz:

Power to Weight is a speed - the vector component has been eliminated

In reply to Simon Pelly, 00spaw: Please stop muddling scalar + speed and vector + velocity. Power to weight is neither a velocity nor a speed. You can't say whether it is a scalar/vector until you define exactly what you are talking about anyway.

In reply to 00spaw:

overall for arm strength for climbing try muscleups

In reply to 00spaw: i can lock off but not for long, ive been climbing 8 months and alot of pull ups mixed with lowered rope off the chin up bar and training one armers has helped alot.
holding all your weight on one arm and 2 fingers on the othr hand, then practice with worse fingers (i.e. little and second little?) i used to do this and pull ups like this.
also, dont try to lock in a certain place, your body will naturally find a position that it is comfortable with.
other than what other people have said and watch out for tendonitis

In reply to Paz:

being padantic I think the quatity your interested in is Power to Mass.

I never said I was dealing with vector quantities to start with you equally sad bastards.

In reply to davidwright:

Power (rate of working) is force times velocity.

In reply to Paz:
You are right, but as Ive discovered before, having a maths debate with the average ukc user who thinks hes einstein because he got a B in gcse maths and thinks he therefore knows everything, is somewhat useless.

PS. Lock-offs are easy