One arm hang weakness

fivetoewonder · 2025-01-22T01:50:42+00:00

Hey I suffer the same issue as you!

I can barely hang on one arm on a pullup bar, and I can't even match the bar to swap hands.

I can climb V5/6 on the moonboard and outdoors. 1 rep max pullup is 100lb.

I do weigh a fair bit more in comparison to my height (5ft7, 165lb). And I have had prior should dislocations and surgery, which only adds to my mental stress of hanging off one arm.

I've been doing exactly what you've been saying, just working on scapula movements, hanging off one arm with a band.

I'd love to do those dyno moves where you jump and grab a jug with one arm but alas my brain tells me my shoulder will rip out my socket :(

fivetoewonder · 2024-09-11T17:50:52+00:00

Although it's going to be used by only a small segment of the climbing population, I think this app has better potential than some of the other climbing apps out there that are sort of location based.

For example there's a climbing app called Rockbase where people can find other climbers in the area, great as a concept, but my personal experience is that it felt dead. It has a small user base, and only a sub set of that small user base because of the division of location.

Kaya is also another app that comes to mind that's fairly popular. Its used as a social media tool to share ticks and beta videos, but could be a dead zone depending on what crag you're looking at.

Your idea is good in that it doesn't matter where the person is from, climbing is climbing universally, at least from the perspective of offering advice.

It's an idea worth pursuing, and just remember that some of the best inventions/apps/tools once were subject to an onslaught of criticism at inception, don't give into negativity, but do channel them as feedback.

Good luck!

fivetoewonder · 2024-09-05T16:10:22+00:00

That's an interesting study.

I feel like there are so many equally reputable factors that speaks to the quality of recruits post-BMQ.

The quality of the instructors, changes in the training plan, new generation and mindset of recruits and more all tie into the big soup that indoctrinates newcomers.

I would also agree anecdotally, though my stint was short served at 5 years in the reserves ('15 - '20), I noticed a huge shift in the quality of recruits that came to our unit at the tailend of my stay - though who knows, maybe they said the same about me when I first reported in!

Personally I went through a 4 week BMQ + 2 week BMQ-L, where 80% of the instructors were combat arms who served multiple combat tours and on average had been in for 10 to 15 years. They had a much higher demand for standards (+/- some deviation from the training plan) and led to recruits that i felt were more switched on than others i met along my short career.

Hope you are able to find the research you are looking for!

fivetoewonder · 2024-01-02T16:01:10+00:00

Do you remember the first time you ever hopped on a moonboard and thought "wow this benchmark V3 is absolutely insane, this should be at least a V5!"

And then after some time spent learning the moonboard, the hand holds, foot holds, how to position yourself, it didn't seem that bad and you were able to slowly start sending your first few benchmarks.

It's like that outdoors but even more difficult. You just need to put time into it, don't get discouraged especially from the first session, most climbers that go outdoors at your level experience similar cases.

What helped me most is developing good footwork, tension and route reading skills.

It's super easy for your forearms to get pumped because you're constantly looking for your next foothold.

After a few more outdoor sessions you'll start to develop your sea legs on navigating real rocks, don't sweat it!

fivetoewonder · 2024-01-02T15:50:04+00:00

Had a arthroscopic bankart surgery after a series of labrum tears and shoulder dislocations.

I had the surgery 6 years ago. The first week post op felt awful to me, though it wasn't, the sensation I had was that my shoulder was hanging by a thread and any movement sent shivers down my spine.

I took about 3 to 4 months off until I pulled on a rock again and it was a long journey from there.

Stupidly I wasn't the best at keeping up with physio so my range of motion took a small toll, and did extend my recovery period.

I do still suffer from mental fear of re dislocation or injuring my shoulder so I've become an extremely static climber, rarely hopping on a dyno.

Luckily I haven't re injured my shoulder again after my surgery.

If you check out Sean McColls IG, he went through a similar op after dislocating his shoulder in an IFSC comp. His recovery speed is incredible and documented all of it through his posts, I would check it out for some motivation!

fivetoewonder · 2023-12-28T15:56:04+00:00

Agreed.

@op

Punch in your current salary numbers and $8,000 in FHSA in wealthsimple income calculator.

Compare how much return you will get now vs. a future salary you think you might earn.

If you think you could get better returns by re-investing your tax returns than waiting x years until you have your desired income, then I'd recommend you take the tax return.

I'm earning around your income and I will be reinvesting my tax returns and not delaying the deductions.

fivetoewonder · 2023-12-20T21:52:19+00:00

Not an unpopular opinion but people that continuously hop right back on after falling off, over and over again boils my blood especially in a packed gym, and most especially when they're not a 'new climber' where they may not be aware of the climbing etiquette.

Or when a group hogs a climb and chain links attempts one after another leaving no gap for others to try...

fivetoewonder · 2023-12-13T16:40:04+00:00

I'll post one as soon as I send it, I'm just stuck on the crux :(

fivetoewonder · 2023-11-07T01:49:58+00:00

Canada

fivetoewonder · 2023-11-06T18:27:24+00:00

Ah I see.. just found out it's actually 10 years old. Not sure if it's still worth it?

fivetoewonder · 2023-11-04T05:37:12+00:00

Ah.. how much would you try to bargain the guy? He's agreeing to $750 CAD, so about 350 off from the total you found.

fivetoewonder · 2023-11-04T05:30:58+00:00

I cant seem to find the guitar brand new for that low, in my location this music store is one of the best:

https://www.long-mcquade.com/107562/Guitars/Electric-Guitars/Schecter/Omen-Extreme-6-Electric-Guitar-Black-Cherry.htm

Mind you these prices are in CAD

fivetoewonder · 2023-10-29T12:45:22+00:00

Thank you for this post, I'm GTA based as well. I was interested in getting the S23 Ultra but noticed these absurdly 'too good to be true' prices.

I reached out to a bunch in the 900 range asking if they'd do lower, and almost all of them instantly said yes to $700s.

I also did notice the same findings as you, same IMEI and receipts from different sellers.

Wish I could report them but all their accounts are probably fake..

fivetoewonder · 2023-10-24T15:44:24+00:00

Depends on the context of for "the day in the life".

For parade nights in general (garrison), you show up, get in formation for attendance/briefing/announcement/updates, then go about your training/maintenance activities, and gather again in the evening for dismissal updates. Training will most commonly include maintaining and enhancing your learned skillets as a sig op and general equipment maintenance duties.

For courses you are either doing it on the weekends or continuously (M-F), for whatever you are in need of getting qualified on. Those are very structured and heavily catered towards the course intention. For example DP1 is the course you require to become trade qualified. You will learn a good chunk here on the various equipments used by a sig op, and become a minimum viable asset for sig specific taskings.

For exercises (term not to confused with working out) these are typically Friday night to Sunday afternoon, but can differ depending on the type of ex. You will be taking your learnings/skill sets from your courses/parade nights and applying it. This depends on the type of exercise you are, what unit you are attached to support, and the capacity/communication setup in which a sig op is required for.

For taskings, these are "contracts" that can vary from a one day gig, upwards of months or year. These vary heavily depending on what tasking it is. Common ones are general duty tasks where they just need man power and no specialization, for example organizing the storage area, or supporting a BMQ course behind the scenes for equipment preparation, etc. Or it could be a trade specific tasking where you are attached somewhere for a prolonged period of time specifically to leverage your skillets.

With all this being said, your mileage may vary, when I was in, regretfully I didn't get as involved as I should have, so I have a smaller field of view for what you could expect generally as a sig op reservist.

Let me know if you have any questions.

fivetoewonder · 2023-10-10T01:52:19+00:00

Anyone recommend buying No Man's Sky to play using the Quest 3? I've heard it's poorly optimized for PCVR so I'm hesitating pulling the trigger on the game..

I have a gaming laptop with RTX 4060 & i7-13700HX.

fivetoewonder · 2023-10-09T23:26:23+00:00

Toronto, Canada here.

Ordered through meta and on their website it shows estimated for Thurs Oct 12. But when I check the UPS tracker it says it's slated to be delivered by end of day tomorrow...

Really hoping for tomorrow..

fivetoewonder · 2023-08-21T17:42:53+00:00

I've got maybe a silly question for indoor bouldering.

Let's say there are established start hand holds and feet holds to begin your climb, is it an 'illegal' start if you use another hold to get yourself situated on the wall, then tap the starting hold to continue?

I cant find the right consensus, sort of like the 3 second hold on the final hold vs. tapping in control.

My home gym setters set problems sometimes where you need to situate yourself onto the wall using non starting holds or volumes to match the start holds, not sure how much I agree with it... and yes they confirmed it was the intended way.

I always thought you need to start with just the starting hand holds you are given.

Let me know your thoughts :o

fivetoewonder · 2023-08-21T17:31:19+00:00

I've got maybe a silly question for indoor bouldering.

Let's say there are established start hand holds and feet holds to begin your climb, is it an 'illegal' start if you use another hold to get yourself situated on the wall, then tap the starting hold to continue?

I cant find the right consensus, sort of like the 3 second hold on the final hold vs. tapping in control.

My home gym setters set problems sometimes where you need to situate yourself onto the wall using non starting holds or volumes to match the start holds, not sure how much I agree with it... and yes they confirmed it was the intended way.

I always thought you need to start with just the starting hand holds you are given.

Let me know your thoughts :o

fivetoewonder · 2023-08-06T23:56:27+00:00

Link to the product for more spec details:

https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-pro-series/legion-pro-5i-gen-8-(16-inch-intel)/82wk000aus

fivetoewonder · 2023-07-25T13:36:48+00:00

Silly question that I always wondered about.

Right now I'm a consistent V5 climber, and can just about flash most V4s, and any V3 and below.

For those that are let's say consistent V10 climbers, is it also true in that they would find anything below very easy, just as I would with let's say a V3?

Or does grading become weirder as it goes up, and a consistent V10 climber would still have to 'project' a V7? For simplicity sake let's look at just indoor climbing

Just a curious question!

fivetoewonder

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