The Elusive One Arm Pull-up
So I was standing around Friday being painted before a show. My phone buzzes. I ignore it. Then it buzzes again, and again. I apologize to the guy doing the painting and grab my phone…
Writing topics: <span>Training & the Body</span>
Climbing Training: The Bachar Ladder
The Carny: I am building a bachar ladder The British Spy: That’s old school training. The Carny: Exactly So I built a Bachar ladder this weekend. It is one of the old school training items,…
Motivation for Training
I have run the the full range of reasons for training. I have found my motivation in appearance, in improving lifts, in simply proving to people that I was willing to train every day of…
Eclectic Training
I was recently contacted and asked if I could give someone a run down of all the training that I do. I put them off. Not because I was terrified that some deep seated secrets…
Pebble Wrestling: Bonsai Rocks
Editor’s note: This small project eventually grew into something much bigger. Mike Hopkins and I went on to finish The Alberta Bouldering Guide, taking the idea well beyond these first explorations in the Bow Valley.So…
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…