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How do you get arms and fingers of steel? 7-Nov-2003 At 12:26:24 PM Jimbo

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For all of us city based deskbound HB wannabes.

What have people found the best method of improving forarm endurance and most importantly finger strength for those little finger edges typically found on higher grades and up ie Thomas the Crank Engine at Werribee, Diazapam Summerday Valley etc

I find that any climb that does not contain these edges are reasonably easy to climb BUT I just cannot stick on those bloody little edges and then, as always, gravity takes over!

Training like climbing one night a week, opening many beer bottles etc probably does not help things so there has gotta be something else I can do to work on forearm endurance and most importantly finger strength.