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  Fingerboards

  <p>The Finger board is hands down to most popular training method among climbers and boulderers. There is nothing more annoying than loosing your summer gains over the winter just because there is no gym close by or other training facility. That is where the finger board comes in. It offers the possibility to train on all sorts of holds, jugs, slopers, crimps, pockets... Allowing to isolate a weakness and work on it. There are generally two types of finger boards, wooden board and plastic ones. Plastic boards are usually cheaper, have a similar texture to climbing holds in the gym (which can be aggressive to the skin sometimes). Wooden boards look beautiful and are pleasant to he touch, less aggressive on the skin. Finger boards do not take up much space, can basically be installed anywhere and are like previously mentioned, the best way to build climbing specific strength. Depending on the design of the board you can expect basic to super complex training programs, focusing on the muscles in the fingers, arms and upper body. </p> <p><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/strongantiii.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-08%20at%2009-29-50.png" alt="" width="250" height="208" /></p> <p>There is a variety of choice when it comes to hang boards. Over the past 30 years so many manufacturers recognised the potential and benefit of designing their own board. Today the most famous brand out there, represented in almost every gym, is Beastmaker. This board for instance offers a huge choice of grips, slopers, jugs, pockets, crimps, different depth for all of these and a phone application to help you setup a training program. Made of wood it also looks very nice and could be installed in your living room as part of the decoration. Then there are more basic boards that are more beginner friendly, offering a few good jugs, with the main purpose of building up the muscle and ligament strength to progress to more advanced training boards. So it is important to first identify where your body and muscles are at, and determine what you want to achieve with the fingerboard. Do you just want a board to do a couple of pull ups from time to time to stay in shape or do you plan on working on weaknesses and locking yourself in the basement for hours working those finger muscles.  </p> <p><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/beastmaker1000.jpeg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/Screenshot%202021-06-07%20at%2016-32-33.png" alt="" width="250" height="200" /></p> <p>A final thing to consider is, that the installation of some finger boards requires drilling holes above door frames which is not a possibility for most people renting their place. That is why manufacturers such as ProblemSolvers came up with their portable fingerboard. A piece of string allows you to easily hang the board on a tree branch or anything else that is load bearing. This is also a great tool to have in your backpack when climbing / bouldering outside. There is not always an easy way to warm up your fingers properly before going for the rock, hence these portable boards are the perfect solution. </p> <p><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/problemsolverhanzo.jpeg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/problemsolvertriangle.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></p> <p> </p> <p>The choices are endless and difficult today so contact our <a href="/contact-us">Customer Service</a> or <a href="mailto:info@caspersclimbingshop.com">send us a mail</a> to help you choose the right product for your needs. </p> <p></p> <p>Shop online.........more time to climb.</p> <p></p> <p>Casper's Supports Your Summit</p>
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  Climbing Holds

  <p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>What the different shapes are called!</strong><strong></strong></span></p> <p><strong>Jugs</strong> are big, open holds that you can get your whole hand around. Jugs are most people’s favorite because they’re so easy to grip and they provide an excellent rest.</p> <p><strong>Edges</strong> are the most common holds you find. They can be tiny dime edges, long cuts in the wall or huge ledges.</p> <p>A <strong>crimp</strong> is a very small edge that’s only big enough for the pads of your fingers.</p> <p>A <strong>pinch</strong> is exactly what it sounds like—any piece of rock that you can pinch with your thumb on one side and your fingers on the other.</p> <p><strong>Slopers</strong> are big bulges with no positive angle for your hands to grip.</p> <p><strong>Pockets</strong> are holes in the rock.</p> <p>An <strong>undercling</strong> is any hold you grip from the bottom so you can pull up.</p> <p></p> <p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>What two types of holds exist?</strong></span></p> <p>Climbing holds are mainly produced in two different materials polyurethane (PU) and polyester (PE).</p> <p><strong>PU</strong> holds are lighter, strong and impact resistant. PU holds won't chip easily or break when tightened. </p> <p><strong>PE</strong> holds offer ultimate wear resistance. PE holds also have good UV stability and thus they are ideal for outdoor walls.<strong></strong></p> <p></p> <p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>How many do you need?</strong></span></p> <p>A good rule of thumb is to have approximately <strong>10 holds per square meter</strong> of wall, the more the better!</p> <p></p> <p>The choices are endless and difficult today so contact our <a href="/contact-us">Customer Service</a> or <a href="mailto:info@caspersclimbingshop.com">send us a mail</a> to help you choose the right product for your needs. </p> <p></p> <p>Shop online.........more time to climb.</p> <p></p> <p>Casper's Supports Your Summit</p>
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  Warm Up / Recovery

  <p>Warm up and recovery is just as important in climbing than it is in any other sport. </p> <p>Always make sure to nicely warm up before any training/climbing session. A quick exercise to get the heart rate going, some dynamic stretches and most important the fingers, make sure they feel as ready as possible.</p> <p>Recovery, as any big athlete will tell you, is just as important as training. So if you want to progress, in a healthy manner, make sure to get enough rest in. Maybe climbing that 3rd or 4th day in a row is just not productive anymore.  </p> <p>We offer a program by <a href="https://www.caspersclimbingshop.com/training-accessories/2540-liteplans.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lattice</a> that covers this and much more. Have a look <a href="https://www.caspersclimbingshop.com/training-accessories/2540-liteplans.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>, maybe that's what you've been looking for all this time. </p> <p>The choices are endless and difficult today so contact our <a href="/contact-us">Customer Service</a> or <a href="mailto:info@caspersclimbingshop.com">send us a mail</a> to help you choose the right product for your needs. </p> <p></p> <p>Shop online.........more time to climb.</p> <p></p> <p>Casper's Supports Your Summit</p>
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  Training Accessories

  <p>The list is long, there is not really a limit to what you can usr to train for climbing. Anything heavy can be used to train grip strength, or can be attached to body to do weighted pull ups. And if you cant start drilling holes in your walls at home, manufactures such as Metolius or Problemsolver have developed portable hangboards or juggy holds hanging off a piece of rope. These can easily be mounted on a tree branch or anything else you might find that can bear some load. Then there are lots of non climbing specific tools you could use to train general body strength.   </p> <p><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/trxmove.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/problemsolvertriangle.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/problemsolverhanzo.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/rotantsphere.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/mat.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/gripsaverplus.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /><img src="https://caspersclimbingshop.com/img/cms/Screenshot%202021-06-07%20at%2016-32-33.png" alt="" width="200" height="160" /></p>