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Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.

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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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    • MikM Away
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      Indeed. Impressive!

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • KlausK Offline
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        Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

        Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

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        • taiwan_girlT Offline
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          Impressive.

          I remember reading about that guy from Free Solo who would practice his grip strength by hanging from the frame that goes around a door for 30 minutes or so.

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            I’ve watched video of the boy doing bouldering. There’s one part where he has to launch himself to a handhold, hang by a hand, then pull himself up two hand holds before he can get a toe grip. It looks absolutely exhausting…

            Still, had him helping me move a piano this afternoon, and was proud to see that he had to put his end down well before I needed to…

            The Brad

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            • HoraceH Offline
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              Link to video

              Education is extremely important.

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              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                  89th8 Offline
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                  @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                  Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                  So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

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                  • KlausK Klaus

                    Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

                    Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

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                    @Klaus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                    Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

                    Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

                    I've heard there are lots of health/back benefits if you just dead hang each day for as long as you can.

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                    • 89th8 89th

                      @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                      Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                      So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

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                      @89th said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                      @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                      Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                      So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

                      lol

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                      • 89th8 89th

                        @Klaus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                        Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

                        Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

                        I've heard there are lots of health/back benefits if you just dead hang each day for as long as you can.

                        KlausK Offline
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                        @89th said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                        @Klaus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                        Try to dead hang from a bar for one minute. Most people can't do this.

                        Try hanging with one hand. Most people can't do that for a second.

                        I've heard there are lots of health/back benefits if you just dead hang each day for as long as you can.

                        I do that on a regular basis. It straightens you out pretty well, and your forearm strength increases significantly. In fact, I often do dead hang with left hand alone to to address the muscular imbalance between left and right forearm due to decades of, eh..., coffee drinking with the right arm!

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                          I might add that to my gym routine.

                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                          -Cormac McCarthy

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                            Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

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                            • 89th8 89th

                              @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                              Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                              So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

                              MikM Away
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                              @89th said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                              @jon-nyc said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                              Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

                              So rude, man. Don't call her a that.

                              Get woke. That's pronouns are they/that.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                I usually do three sets of 75s. I'm pretty dead after that, so the name "dead hang" is well-deserved.

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                                • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                  Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

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                                  @Axtremus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                                  Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

                                  That's pretty good. I'd die of boredom to hold it much longer.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                    Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

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                                    @Axtremus said in Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.:

                                    Just tried a dead hang. I only lasted about 32 seconds. 🤷

                                    What gave out? Forearm/grip?

                                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                                      Now that I think about it, any concern about my torn rotator cuff? Should I avoid these?

                                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                                      • MikM Away
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                                        Oh yes, you should. Like the plague.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          That sucks because I need to work on forearm strength and though I bought the hand crunch things I never think to use them. This would be something i could do quickly at the end of my gym session.

                                          I think I’ll try them with weighted support under me. That’s how I do my pull-ups for the same reason.

                                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                          -Cormac McCarthy

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