Rope climbing -- good whole body workout

You must be the only one in the world that does not have nightmares about
rope climbing from middle school PE. I swore I would never, ever try to
climb any rope ever again. I was always very glad when those ropes were
retied to the gym rafters. Elise. PS. Good luck - I agree with all your
points about it.
"Ignoramus28710" wrote in message
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Just wanted to mention an exercise that I like a lot because it gives
a workout to almost all body muscles. I recently bought a 1" thick
braided rope, made knots on it spaced about 1 foot apart, and hung it
on a perhaps 15 feet high tree branch. I now climb this rope, which is
a little difficult. It can get to the top but it is not easy. But it
gives my body a nice workout without having to work with barbells,
which I personally do not like. Plus it exercises the back in a manner
that is relatively difficult to accomplish with weights.

Someone who has a tree may get a relatively cheap exercise platform
that exercises a lot of muscles.

Soon I will hang it on a higher branch as I have some extra length
that is not being used now.

i
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Ignoramus28710 wrote:

Just wanted to mention an exercise that I like a lot because
it gives a workout to almost all body muscles.

All body muscles? Perhaps it depends on the trainee. It would
mostly hit my grip, biceps, lats, and rhomboids.

--
-Wayne

In article , "Wayne S. Hill"
wrote:

Ignoramus28710 wrote:

Just wanted to mention an exercise that I like a lot because
it gives a workout to almost all body muscles.

All body muscles? Perhaps it depends on the trainee. It would
mostly hit my grip, biceps, lats, and rhomboids.

Depends on how you climbed and what you did on it. You can also work the legs.

When I used to run in the winter once or twice a week I'd stop every block
and go hand over hand up the wires of a power pole - I could get about 8
wires in the route I ran. Hard on my gloves (especially sliding down), but
a great workout.

You can also get a great workout by tree climbing without the rope.

--
Keith Hobman

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"Ignoramus28710" wrote in message
...
Just wanted to mention an exercise that I like a lot because it gives
a workout to almost all body muscles. I recently bought a 1" thick
braided rope, made knots on it spaced about 1 foot apart, and hung it
on a perhaps 15 feet high tree branch. I now climb this rope, which is
a little difficult. It can get to the top but it is not easy. But it
gives my body a nice workout without having to work with barbells,
which I personally do not like. Plus it exercises the back in a manner
that is relatively difficult to accomplish with weights.

Someone who has a tree may get a relatively cheap exercise platform
that exercises a lot of muscles.

Soon I will hang it on a higher branch as I have some extra length
that is not being used now.

i
223/177/180

Strength Training Anatomy says that humans retained some of the back
strength (potential) of our ancestors who climbed trees all the time. Maybe
this is why it's such great exercise: you're doing a movement the body was
programmed to do over millions of years.

Cox SMTP east wrote:

You must be the only one in the world that does not have
nightmares about rope climbing from middle school PE. I
swore I would never, ever try to climb any rope ever again.
I was always very glad when those ropes were retied to the
gym rafters.

I was no good at rope climbing in middle school *, but got the
hang of it in HS.

--
-Wayne

* It might have helped if they'd showed us HOW, instead of
screaming at us to "climb faster, you worthless #$#%@!"