epb Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 The shit would be to be a heavyweight and still be able to pull off endless pullups and all that jazz. That way you can atleast have some luck with the ladies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 Hey, maybe we can all have a pull up contest to try to impress Courtenay. Whadyasay Court? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epb Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 Gymnasts. I took this girl out climbing back in highschool. She never climbed a day in her life. She was a gymnasts, and a hell of a good one. SHe had trouble at first getting the hang of things but when she learned how to move on the rock she was ace. On here 4th time out she was climbing 5.12's at smith (on TR)...her and my midget buddy (see my post on "Little fingers Big fingers") . I felt pathetic. It tooks me years of training to climb 5.12's, and she was pulling 5.12's her 4th time out!!! LUckily she didn't have that great of apassion for climbing..or things could have got very embarassing for me when she starting to climb 5.14's her second week out. This kind of shit depresses me...I need a drink [ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: epb ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epb Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 I don't know man, a pull up contest could get quite embarssing. BTW I'm really weighing in at 300 and the only climbing I do is up the stairs to my bedroom. That is when I'm not to durnk to make it off the counch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 How 'bout push up poker? I used to whoop up on everybody playing that game. You get a deck of cards, and you draw one, and you have to do that number of pushups, face cards=10 or 11, can't remember. You go all the way thru the deck. Round 2=twice the value of the card, and so on. You go til you have to drop out, last man (or woman) standing is the winner. I used to rip off thirty or forty or fifty at the end just to maintain my dominance. Come on Courtenay, I'm trying really hard to impress you here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haireball Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 gymnasts take it hands down - John Gill, Alan Watts, Lynn Hill - all formally trained gymnasts and there are more dancers (particularly those trained in ballet) come in a close second and for those of us who may never make the one-arm pullup grade, I give you Judy, who spent a summer back in '83 helping out with the Leavenworth Alpine Guides just after Katie took over from Jim. Judy was British, a solid 5.11 leader even prior to the availability of Friends, and was known throughout Britain as "the no-pullup-lady" because she'd never (so she claimed) been able to perform even a single standard pullup! What was it that old guy kept telling the Karate Kid?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 Well I weigh 200# and I have yet to get a one-handed, now I'll have to go check my 2 handed number. But I had a 90# friend who is a ballerina, no really I am serious, and she just walked up the wall on a 10b her first climb ever and kept getting better. And she complained that the ultratight climbing shoes were kinda loose. Her feet are actually shaped like a high performance slipper from all the years of wearing those ballet shoes. Maybe foot-binding should come back into vogue for getting those young climbers into their shoes??? Thank God it's Friday miker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 yup, i second the ballet thing. my girlfriend did ballet for a while and she's picking up climbing pretty fast. she doesn't have the arm strength to pull up over roofs yet, but she balances her body very well and got the "climb with your feet" idea right away. btw, what's the difference between a pullup and a chinup, anyway? [ 12-07-2001: Message edited by: slothrop ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epb Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 Oh yeah, the girl I was talking about above, was a dancer....and exotic dacer though. However, she also was into ballet and all the other kinds of dance I know nothing about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblakley Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 quote: Originally posted by slothrop: btw, what's the difference between a pullup and a chinup, anyway? [ 12-07-2001: Message edited by: slothrop ] A pullup is done with the palms facing away from you while on the bar. A chin up is done with palms facing towards you. I would say chin ups are a bit easier i.e. I can do more of those. Now for the bonus round: "which way do the palms face for a jerk off?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual_chocolate Posted December 8, 2001 Share Posted December 8, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Courtenay: NolanR wrote:<< You go til you have to drop out, last man (or woman) standing is the winner. I used to rip off thirty or forty or fifty at the end just to maintain my dominance. Come on Courtenay, I'm trying really hard to impress you here. >> Why? No really, if you can do 50 wide grip pullups from full arm extension(i.e. not halfsies) at tempo of 2 seconds up and 2 down without a lot of momentum swinging, then I'm impressed. I like the card idea -- may try that with some of my clients!! I think he speaks of push-ups, not pull-ups. Do you know anyone who can do 50 wide-grips at 2 secs up, 2 secs down? That is really really slow! I can do about thirty wide-grips with full extension, but that's cranking them out with a quick cadence. By the way, I never feel it in my lats. Am I supposed to? My shoulders and arms seem to be the first to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epb Posted December 8, 2001 Share Posted December 8, 2001 yeah wide grips do work your lats, I never feel it in my lats either though. I think it's becasue like you said, your arms usually fail first. never the less they are still getting worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtenay Posted December 9, 2001 Author Share Posted December 9, 2001 NolanR wrote: << You go til you have to drop out, last man (or woman) standing is the winner. I used to rip off thirty or forty or fifty at the end just to maintain my dominance. Come on Courtenay, I'm trying really hard to impress you here. >> Why? No really, if you can do 50 wide grip pullups from full arm extension(i.e. not halfsies) at tempo of 2 seconds up and 2 down without a lot of momentum swinging, then I'm impressed. I like the card idea -- may try that with some of my clients!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtenay Posted December 9, 2001 Author Share Posted December 9, 2001 Jblakley wrote: << A pullup is done with the palms facing away from you while on the bar. A chin up is done with palms facing towards you. I would say chin ups are a bit easier i.e. I can do more of those. >> Correct. Or what's known as pronated grip (palms facing away, as in pullups) and supinated grip (palms face toward you, as in chinups). The easiest grip, by far (i.e. most direct line of pull for the biceps) is the neutral (palms parallel) grip, though for direct application to climbing, you want to use about a shoulder width pronated (forward-facing) grip. Chins aren't QUITE as advantageous for climbing, but get you to the point where you can do more pullups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Yes, I definitely was speaking of pushups, not pull ups. If I could rip off 50 of the latter, I would be pretty impressed w/ myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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