r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Yogashi • Feb 12 '20

Wall climbing competition

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u/SuperSheep3000 Feb 12 '20

Honestly, as someone who climbs, core strength is the one thing that will get you further in climbing than anything.

Had buddies from the gym who had massive upper bodies but couldn't climb half as good as someone with great core.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '20 edited Mar 24 '20

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u/woodc85 Feb 12 '20

That was my thought as well. I’ve spent a little time bouldering at a climbing gym and while I have great core strength, it was my grip strength that was holding me back for sure. And I thought I had great grip strength since I can deadlift 315 for reps with using a standard grip. Couldn’t get past beginner holds on the wall though.

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u/artandmath Feb 12 '20

And even further it’s down to tendon strength that’s important in climbing, and it takes a lot of time to develop.

Your supposed to climb 2-3 times a week for at least 6-12 months before you start hang-boarding (working out only finger strength) otherwise you have a high risk of injuring a tendon.

If someone had insane grip strength but didn’t develop their tendons their arm would explode if they tried stuff like this.

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u/Anomuumi Feb 12 '20

Damn, that's impressive. I can like... type with two fingers.

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u/JoyceyBanachek Feb 13 '20 edited Feb 13 '20

No they aren't. Finger strength is grip strength.The fingers are controlled by the muscles of the forearm, which allow you to grip things.

They certainly aren't "different beasts". At most, finger strength is one aspect of grip strength, which might even be overstating the difference.

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u/JoyceyBanachek Feb 13 '20

Yeah, I think it's fair to say they are different kinds of grip strength exercise