Pretty sure I couldn’t do this.

[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.

[Mik]

Yeah, but full body weight hanging is not the place to start. Do some shoulder machines aat the gym.

[jon-nyc]

I do shoulder stuff. Always calculated to have my humoral head set in its socket (that’s so sexy to think about).

[Horace]

An exercise that makes one look like a total doofus is optimal for those who look like total doofi no matter what they're doing.

[Axtremus]

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

@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?

Not sure. It was just a quick test and I did not put much thought into it. Maybe I'll try to be a bit more methodical the next time.

[jon-nyc]

This is a little creepy that this popped up in my social media today but I'm grateful for it giving me a suggested form I could safely do with my rotator cuff.

[Axtremus]

I tried dead hanging again. This time I lasted around 34 seconds, maybe. Still not sure whether it's the arms or the grip that gave out first. Well, both tries need an asterisk because I had to lift my legs throughout -- the metal frame I hung from is too low from the ground; my feet would be on the ground if I didn't lift my legs while hanging from said metal frame.

[AndyD]

I couldn't, it's a strength to bodyweight thing. Rockjocks are very lean, and strong. There's a 19C photo of some pioneers in Scotland who used a snooker table to train... hands on the table, feet up the wall, hand walk around the table!

TBH if it's hand to forearm strength you want, all you need is a stick; swing it up vertically as a sword, stopping the downward swing at waist level by tightening your two hands with a slight inward motion. Develops wrist and forearm strength.
People (kendoka / aikidoka) who have practiced suburi for years have an intense grip when they want to apply it.

[Klaus]

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

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.

With your torn rotator cuffs, you could try farmer's walks in the gym for forearm strength (well, and some other muscles, too).
I also believe that active hangs (with your back engaged) are more shoulder-friendly than passive hangs.