tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064672588559529982.post3544980186557028104..comments2023-07-23T10:29:26.718+10:00Comments on Upskill Climbing: Mere Mortal's Guide to Beasting the Beastmaker 45° SlopersLee Cujeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299605594628708238noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064672588559529982.post-12100806496191922672020-12-21T21:48:21.039+11:002020-12-21T21:48:21.039+11:00I've never been good at slopers, but these hol...I've never been good at slopers, but these holds are great training.<br /><br />I have realized that muscles are stupid. They adjust to the force, rate of force production, range of motion, and ANGLE that you train them at. So train on slopers where you are made to produce finger flexion force with the fingers opened to whatever the angle of the hold is.<br /><br />So I am persevering with the BM slopers and am seeing results. The BM 6c session has slopers included, and I have been slowly progressing using assistance bands. Dropping the band down by one karabiner every two weeks until I was close enough to doing it unassisted.<br /><br />Yesterday, after a full BM workout, I put the band back up to where I began back in September and stepped into it. I could hang the 35 degree slopers for 15 seconds with reasonable ease. Training works!Animalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11224753767013946688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064672588559529982.post-90916725651694722172014-07-11T00:38:25.233+10:002014-07-11T00:38:25.233+10:00Now I finally understand why I have so much troubl...Now I finally understand why I have so much trouble with the 45s! I measured the angle on my board. Everything is mounted perpendicular to the wall but somewhere along the line with the wood there is a difference that creates a 2 degree problem. My slopers are 47s! I can hang with one arm on the 35s (37s) but seriously struggle on the 45s. Will definitely try out your sessions to see what progress I can make.<br /><br />My personal best is a 2 second hang on a cool, dry day. Will probably improve in the summer with some humidity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064672588559529982.post-38085125361992779862012-02-21T22:34:36.283+11:002012-02-21T22:34:36.283+11:00Hey there Mat
I do this stuff as part of a dedica...Hey there Mat<br /><br />I do this stuff as part of a dedicated hangboard session. It usually takes around 2 hours so that's it for that day.<br /><br />I'll then have another session (perhaps) during the week (maybe it'll be bouldering, or another hangboard session if I'm psyched on it. And then on the weekend - a day at the cliff.<br /><br />So no - I don't combine this with another session in the gym. But that's me! If I had to go to a commercial gym to train it would be a different story I'm sure!Lee Cujeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02299605594628708238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064672588559529982.post-4556946867388027492012-02-16T02:12:12.559+11:002012-02-16T02:12:12.559+11:00Thanks for this clear & simple workout.
One q...Thanks for this clear & simple workout.<br /><br />One question to the "How often? How long?" part.<br />How do you exactly mix this workout with your other climbing/training within single session?<br />Do you do the Bestmaker slopers workout at the beginning (after warm-up) or at the end of session, after climbing/other training?Mateusz Łoskothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854577004906186207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064672588559529982.post-48689947509242684432012-02-13T14:41:48.651+11:002012-02-13T14:41:48.651+11:00nice post dudenice post dudeTom OHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160313336681895399noreply@blogger.com