IAN HOLMES

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Morning Rowing Saved by Coffee

Oh Mornings… There are a host of benefits to training in the morning. They will not be mentioned here. Rather I am going to highlight just how awful it is to get up some mornings…

Training: Two Finger Front Lever

One Finger Lever Training I have been looking at some intense functional core training recently and trying to determine how much hand leverage has a role in decreasing stability. On the whole the front levers…

Training: Tendon Training 2010

Intense Finger TrainingWatch Intense finger and grip training on YouTube ↗ This video didn’t get shot until after about three weeks training these pull-ups, not the most encouraging statement, but it took a while for…

Training: Monos

Mono TrainingWatch Mono climbing training on YouTube ↗ So I was presented with some interesting information on individual finger strength that I have gone and tested out in the past week or two. The two…

Training: Moving Off of Crimps

V10+ Crimp TraverseWatch Crimp Board on YouTube ↗Watch The Carny Crimp Traverse on YouTube ↗ The training insight of the week had been brewing for the past week or two, but was finally realized at…

Training: Pinch Grip Strength

Pinch Grip Training Having a strong pinch grip can often make a previously impossible tufa climb into a jug haul. Then there are the host of times that you can get a thumb catch, and…

Training Weights

The beauty of free weights There is something terrifyingly honest about weight plates. You can delude yourself with a lot of the machines in a gym, with most of them removing about 5% of the…

Loving Food…

People Who Think They Love Food Stolen from Forcing Evolution, the book which will never be finished I find myself sitting across from yet another person who is in abysmal shape, we have just spent…