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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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I once got to the point that I could do two one arm pullups on my right and 1 on my left., was doing a hundred or several every day. This was nice for endurance on low end juggy stuff. It allowed me to do my only 5.12 which was a solid hold very overhanging thing.
But it didn't do a damn bit of good for my big weakness. finger and grip strength.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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what are you calling pullups here? palms facing forward, or towards you? i can do twice as many with palms facing towards me, but that is less like real climbing. i've almost abandoned pullups at the gym in favor of different types of pulls, and generally with just my fingers if possible. no real standard yet but i do something and try to see if it mimics a pumpy burn and if it does i stick with it. i do tend to find my triceps get at least as much of a workout as biceps when climbing outside. keep in mind, my technique sucks.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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wait, you mean to tell me that I have been doing chin-ups this whole time?
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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When I was 19 years old I was doing 1,000 pull-ups a day.
10 sets of 10, ten times a day - with a back-pack full of school books.
If nothing else it helps your forearm and grip strength.
Palms facing you is the girly way of doing pullups.
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Blakey
Trad climber
Sierra Vista
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What this thread shows is that it's horses for courses.....
R Gold's stuff is really interesting. I'll need to read it carefully.
I've always done pull ups and I feel they definitley help me. I'm 'climbing active' three times a week; Tuesday evening I do a minimum of 10 sets of 10 on Rock rings, using the top, four and three finger slots (I avoid/can't use the smallest two finger slots!)I do some Hubers and the odd lever that I can hold momentarily! I mix these in with sets of push ups. Thursday I'm at a bouldering wall (where I mix in some endurance work)and Saturdays I'm out bouldering, or if the weather is bad hit another indoor venue.
I'm a month from 58, just over 6' and 69kg (having lost 3.5kg during the summer trip to the Valley - which hasn't come back on :-). This has made a big difference)
For me the basic strength and endurance, and particularly lock of strength benifits are clear, and I'm at home, it's cheaper and my wife sees me. I think she pleased by that - but you never know! A big limiting factor for me is that my knees are shot, and the technical contortion option often required for some bouldering is too painful or impossible.
What results does my 'regime'(such as it is)see? We don't have sport climbing where I am in the UK, so the results are very bouldering oriented, (or scary trad), but I reckon there may be a Font 7c locally that I may succeed on, if giving it the required time trying doesn't bore me too much. More usually I'm around the Font 7a/7a+ mark. If I wasn't doing the pull ups I doubt if I'd come close to that.
On my trips abroad, getting onto sport stuff I aspire to onsight/flash most 7a, some 7a+ and the occasional 7b.
The weight loss has made a noticable difference though, there's a trip coming up that should be an interesting test!
Steve
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