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Ola. Buenas trades.

There is a Calisthetics class at Font Wandsworth tomorrow and I am planning to attend.

Things that will be covered are:

• Front Lever 
• Back Lever
• Human Flag

In your opinion are calisthetics valuable to climbing?

Tonight I attended a workshop at CanaryWall on heel hooks, toe hooks and rockovers.

Sav

Team La Sportiva Solution Comp 

Basically, yes, calisthenics are useful in climbing:

1. As a supplement to climbing itself (eg front levers build lat & core strength useful on overhanging rock), and,

2. As a means to address imbalances in the body. Most regular climbers should work skin-the-cats for shoulder-girdle health and handstands).

What it comes down to are your goals and exercise selection.  

Thanks 👍 😀

I used to wonder how people do these - I've seen some people do them at Mile End and The Castle.

There is also another class for handstands - I used to try to do hard yoga inversions.

I have some grit problems I want to do at  Stanage Plantation and my sport climbing interests are all steep crags.

Sav 

One half of Team La Sportiva Solution Comp .

We are one! We are a team! 

Instagram videos of Workshop.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq9Akbet3OC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

They don’t look like Sportiva Comps 😂

Magnus and Chris Heria exploring the same question.

youtube.com/watch?v=jqEYazfuNRE&

I think this tells us more about how fear impairs performance! 😆

Both are incredibly able athletes. 

I will watch this tonight 

In reply to Mountain Spirit:

I speak enough Spanish to read what you’ve written, understanding what on earth you’re on about though is another matter!

Supplementary question - has anyone used any of the Calisthenics apps that are advertised on Facebook, Instagram etc?  Are there any that anyone would recommend?  They offer tailored daily programmes (for a subscription).  I was thinking of giving it a go for a couple of months. I'm doing a little running at the moment but other than lifting and shifting my three small children (wriggling kettlebells) I'm not doing much else.

David

Too right.

I saw that film and I loved it. Chris is quite funny and he seemed to enjoy the climbing.

I had problems booking a place on the class so I ended up going to Boulderama instead.

I haven't but I so remember reading about levers of various kinds in Training For Climbing and in a video the author does recommend them for core strength. IMO, I think Human Flag would be good for cut loosing and body bridges. Some exercises are also recommended by The Cafe Kraft people in a few Epic TV videos.

There are several Lattice Training videos on Front Levers.

Here is one of them.

youtube.com/watch?v=50axsh_Kz0Y&

Cheers, but it's information 20 years past its usefulness to me! There were a few of us pushing bodyweight & gymnastic training routines on here in the 2000s. Back then it was seen then as 'niche' 😀

The ring-routine I outlined here in 2008 is still my basic go-to.

 https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/walls+training/training_for_climbing_with...

At Font Wandsworth there is a guy who does gymnast rings classes.

Totally. Too right.

Yesterday, I tried to do skin-the-cat but even after several attempts I couldn't do full rep. Are gymnast rings better for it than pull up bars.

Sav 

The rings rotate, so yes, they're generally easier as you'll naturally adjust to favour stronger muscles. Bars and rings both have their place to work pronation and supination as you pull back from a StC.

I am doing a board social at a wall tomorrow evening and in the board room they have rings.

I have found out recently that the pistol squat is part of calisthenics! 🦵🦶

I haven't got mine yet. 👍😀

I did the Intro Class and along with some feed back I was given some exercises to do at home or at a wall.

The exercises can be found on my Instagram account.

https://instagram.com/savenlaue?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=