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Pull ups? 22-Mar-2007 At 5:24:23 PM M

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My experience has been that my climbing ability is not greatly affected by my pull up strength.
The consensus seems to be that climbing on rock is the best training for climbing followed by climbing on
plastic. For most climbers who train pull-ups only form a small part of training.
If you cant climb to train maybe a general strength program with pushups, situps and a few weights
combined with some hangboard work would be a better option. This way you are more likely to avoid
injury from repetitive and restrictive motion of the pull-ups and working opposition muscles will also help
prevent injury. A general strength program is probably a good idea even if you are climbing to train.
The general workout will also help develop some of the core strength useful on steeper routes.
The hangboard will also make the workout more climbing like than a bar.
Like Neil suggested I often put my foot on something while doing chinups to make it more climbing like. In
my case the hangboard forms part of a small woody so I put my foot on holds in a range of different
positions. I also do crunches and leg lifts while hanging on the hangboard

As suggested above there is heaps of web based info on training , chinups and injuries as well as a few
good books.