Bouldering, a Dyno, a Couple One Arm Pull Ups…
by admin on Mar.15, 2009, under Dyno, Fitness, Rock Climbing
As promised to the Twitterverse, here’s a few clips of some stuff I did at the rock gym today:
I love this rock gym because the routes are very unusual–across the gym there’s a whole tunnel/cave setup with some amazing stuff; I’ll have to do my next set of videos in there. These two routes are both on the top-out boulder, which means you have to end up standing on top of that thing. Makes the ending interesting.
The stuff at the end is after a lot of climbing, so the form isn’t great. The left arm pull up is pretty good, the right arm one is kind of weak. The angle is bad, but after that comes a halfway decent front lever. And the camera ran out of room in the middle of the ensuing pull ups.
March 16th, 2009 on 8:11 am
Man you’re a monkey! Not accusing you of writing the stimulus bill, but nice work on the walls.
March 16th, 2009 on 7:26 pm
Hey there, I wanted to see the video you have on your site “www.onearmpullup.com” but its messed up or whatever… (not sure maybe you took it down) any ways I would really like to see the video and see what you have to say and whatnot. So if you could send me the video or a link or something it would be very much appreciated. Thank You.
John
March 21st, 2009 on 3:06 pm
Hi John!
Thanks for the comment! Sorry for the delayed response–this is a new blog, and I’m still kind of getting in the swing of things. I’m actually in the middle of revamping that site, and also creating a general bodyweight-training course. I’ll definitely keep everybody posted.
Here’s the link to that other video, you can still see it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-JMZUZPEaA
Here’s a couple of one arm pull up tips in the meantime: work on holding a normal pull up position for time at the top, middle (arms 90 degrees) and near the bottom (arms just barely bent, not quite a dead hang) of the motion. Take deep, slow breaths while you do it. Also, work on normal pull ups in slow motion, as smoothly and steadily as you can.
Hope that helps!
Patrick
September 11th, 2009 on 8:39 am
Good form on the one arm..you began with a full hang. respect.