Fingerboard Mounting! :D

So, as many of you will know, I recently took the plunge and invested £70 in a Beastmaker 2000..

The only problem is RENTED BLOODY ACCOMMODATION. Thus, I can’t fix the board directly to the walls, and if I did, I’d have to take it down again in 10 weeks anyway when I move out over summer :)

The solution?

A rather ingenious solution if I do say so myself (although not so ingenious when you realise it was taken directly from the beastmaker website). Attach it to a powerbar :)

All it took was a bit of plywood, a few screws, a drill, and about 2 hours of daylight :) The basic plan was to make something that hooks over the powerbar, can hang vertically, and won’t swing back and forth when you pull on it.. You’ll see the solution in a minute, calm down ;)

The sort of hook thing is the thing that holds all my weight, just made of a few pieces of the board screwed together, with enough of a gap for a snug fit on the bar :) Combine this with a few pieces of wood at the bottom, also screwed into place, and you have something that looks a liiiiitle (well, exactly) like this!

(P.S, that’s my dad’s hand and spirit level ;) Everyone say hello to Mark)

From here, since the bottom bar isn’t the load bearing one, you sort of (or your dad sort of, since he has the steadier hand and DIY experience) make two little plywood hooks to go over the bar to stop it swinging when you’re becoming a beast on the beastmaker :)

For those who want to see the finished product, look no further :) Well, actually, look a little bit further.. I’ve never really understood that phrase, of course you have to look further if you want to see it..

These are the hooks :) From there on, just mount your fingerboard! And trust me, it’s sturdy :) I weigh about 10 stone, but it’d easily be good for more :) All of the family took a hang off it, in turn obviously, not at once, and it didn’t even let out a murmur :)

Front view :)

A view of my dad holding the thing :)

And finally..

This is the final product, beastmaker mounted and all :) I had my first session on it yesterday, and I definitely need my weekend to rest now before Monday’s session :) If anyone wants any more advice about building something like this, just let me know :) It was cheap, when you’ve spent the initial money on the powerbar, and it took less than 2 hours to do (minus sanding down any rough edges)

My next BIIIIIG blog post will be Wednesday, when I’ve met my surgeon! EEK! Wish me luck everyone! :) And I love you all :)

Josh

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Fingerboard ;)

Woo! Guess what I just did?

Bored of guessing, but fairly sure it’s something climbing related? Well done, you’re right :) I just did my first full set on my new Beastmaker 2000 (possibly the most gnarly training device ever created)

My fingers, forearms and biceps are hurting like hell, and my shoulders and back have had an amazing workout, and it feels good to be finally doing something similar to climbing again. So yeah, here’s my basic training plan for the next 8 or so weeks, when I’m going to totally re-assess it :) Today’s session - Repeaters.

For those of you who are new to fingerboard training, repeaters are similar to deadhangs insofar as you’re hanging from the board in a fixed position. They follow a 7 second hang, 3 second rest pattern, and are done in sets of 6 so that a full set lasts around a minute. After 2-3 minutes rest, pick a different set of holds and start all over again :) But unlike deadhangs, repeaters are done at a variety of different angles, the first and fourth hangs at around 140 degrees (just off vertical), the second and fifth at a 90 degree lock off, and the third and sixth at a full lock.

Below is the beastmaker :) The holds correspond to the numbers on the training table :)

Hopefully after a few sets of this, I’ll be an absolute beast ;) Let me know what you guys think, and if you need any help thinking of some sort of training plan, I’m not qualified.. But hey, how hard can it be?

Rock on, climbers :)

I love you all x