[W C]

W C on April 5, 2021 at 7:33 pm · in reply to: Grip Strength #52808

Spent the winter dialing in the above. I climbed 60 days on ice this winter, which is amazing in my eyes with a full time job. I was able to lead some WI5 with confidence and want to thank the community here for the help. Biggest thing I learned is grip strength improvement by doing heavy holds, similar to the chin up strength program but I would weigh my backpack and hold the tools from the rafters. I can do 1 arm holds on tools for about 30 seconds now vs 1-2 seconds before, two arm holds I can weight my bag with 40lbs and go about 70 seconds.

When swinging I lever the tool in my hand instead of gripping so it flows and almost snaps into the ice vs bashing. I pretend I have a feather in my hand, painting a canvas by flicking the paint off the tips and it seems to keep the grip strain down.

Thanks

[W C]

W C on November 30, 2020 at 11:00 pm · in reply to: Grip Strength #47697

Thanks Scott, I ran some hangs with tools with the palm opened up from the hand grip, this made things a lot easier. Been leading some WI4 and recently had some 1 on 1 coaching and had my grip adjusted as well from my previous post. Really appreciate the feedback.

Big difference in widening the gap by something as simple as focusing on breathing and hand position on my leads.

Great site!

[W C]

W C on October 28, 2020 at 11:53 pm · in reply to: Grip Strength #46376

Also to add from digging around ( and Steve T’s Comment):

Training for Ice and Mixed Climbing

Thanks,

Appreciate the feedback. I think this was a matter of “palms are sweaty” – Eminem

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