Basically, yeah. Usually over a doorframe (er, it's shown sideways in the picture; imagine it so the long side is horizontal). Then you hang off the different holds and do pull-ups off them to improve finger strength.
Though it's not advised until you've been climbing for a good year or so; tendons take much longer than muscles to strengthen, so if you stress them too much too early, it does nasty things to them.
I've only just started feeling brave enough to start playing cautiously on the fingerboard at the wall where I climb.
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Date: 2010-08-20 09:24 pm (UTC)I'm still planning on posting a thing.
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Date: 2010-08-20 10:08 pm (UTC)Basically, yeah. Usually over a doorframe (er, it's shown sideways in the picture; imagine it so the long side is horizontal). Then you hang off the different holds and do pull-ups off them to improve finger strength.
Though it's not advised until you've been climbing for a good year or so; tendons take much longer than muscles to strengthen, so if you stress them too much too early, it does nasty things to them.
I've only just started feeling brave enough to start playing cautiously on the fingerboard at the wall where I climb.
I'm still planning on posting a thing.
Yay thing! I look forwards to reading it.