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Training at home tip 11: Bridging

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

Hoppers check with your parents first.Find 2 surfaces parallel with each other. Practice chimneying, a full body bridge or seated back to foot method. This could also be done in […]

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Training at home tip 10: Paper crunch

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

This is a great exercise for working the tendons and small muscles in your fingers and hand. Find a sheet of newspaper and lay it flat on the ground. Place

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Training at home tip 9: Shoulder rotation

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

If you have a shoulder injury like myself you need to take extra care with this one and limit the number that you do. Hoppers check with your parents first.Take

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Training at home tip 7 & 8: Hand grasp

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

Take a tennis ball in the palm of your hand, hold it in front of you. Squeeze the tennis ball and hold for five seconds. Release for two seconds and

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Training at home tip 6: Traversing

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

Hoppers make sure you check with your parents first. Find a nice strong fence at your property. You can practice your bouldering moves along it. Try and put in under

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Training at home tip 5: Push-ups

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Try and do push-ups with a nice straight back. If you’re not quite strong enough to do a normal push-up. Try leaning against a raised object such as a deck.

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Training at home tip 4: Layback

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

Hoppers, remember to check with your parents first.Find a good strong post grab it with both hands and push against it with your feet work your way up the post

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Training at home tip 3: Body jam

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

Hoppers make sure you check with your parents first. This is another one for the door frame. Practice a body jam. You can change the position, and if you really

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Training at home tip 2: Pull-ups

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

Hoppers make sure you check with your parents first. Most door frame architraves are strong enough to take your weight. Some may need a couple more panel pins put in

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Training at home tip 1: Mantling

Uncategorized / Benjamin Leader

Hi Hoppers and members. Most of us don’t have Bouldering walls in our garage or our lounge. So over the next few days I’m gonna give you some little tips

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