Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

Indeed. Impressive!

[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.

[taiwan_girl]

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.

[LuFins Dad]

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…

[Horace]

Link to video

[jon-nyc]

Pretty sure I couldn’t do that either.

[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.

[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.

[jon-nyc]

@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

[Klaus]

@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!

[jon-nyc]

I might add that to my gym routine.

[Axtremus]

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

[Mik]

@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.

[Klaus]

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

[Mik]

@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.

[jon-nyc]

@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?

[jon-nyc]

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

[Mik]

Oh yes, you should. Like the plague.

[jon-nyc]

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.