VIDEO: More rope climbing!

[JoeJustice]

My phone just came out with a new update that allows for the capture of video! Which is cool because I can shoot a video and upload it pretty quickly and easily. So today while at my gymnastics club, I handed one of the girls my phone and let her record me doing a little rope climbing.

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I LOVE rope climbing. I wish I had a rope like this one at home. Mine is all well and good, but it's only 1 1/4 inch thick and is made of nylon. So grip strength is a major challenge with it. These kinds of ropes cost a pretty penny anywhere I've seen them on-line, so I'm glad I've got the gymnastics club to play around with it.

I can actually get about 2/3rds the way up in a pretty good L-Sit and thought about doing that. Then I though, people are gonna wanna see ya get to the top! And you gotta give the people what they want!! :clap:

First day I tried this rope out I asked one of the coach, "Can I try the rope." It was kinda off limits because they don't want anyone getting hurt. He said, "Sure, but only if you can climb it without using your feet."

He though that would deter me.

-Joe

P.S. I weigh about 190lbs right now if you're curious.

[Greg Newton]

Joe,

John has a name for this. It is called going Tarzan style. Good job.

Greg

[JoeJustice]

The bright colors, kids painting and little girl getting a drink of water in the background does kinda detract from the manliness though, doesn't it. Come one Greg, you can be honest with me. I can take it.

-Joe
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[gs300tx]

great work Joe!!

[tom]

Good job. Now you need a pegboard, too. To me, they are the same fun as rope-climbing if they are the square type (6 X 6 holes?) that let you walk all over the wall up high.

You were nice and steady on your one arm holds (while changing hands) up there.

Tom

[JoeJustice]

I need to get me a peg board. I'd like to have that and a climbing wall. My plan for this summer is to move my pull-up sled outside and get a place where I have three ropes side by side, a climbing wall and some gymnastics rings. As it is, I can't really train with any friends because my room is WAY to small, so it's time to move my operation outside!

-Joe

[jonlclay]

Joe,

Great job, and I must say the descent to me was even more impressive. You were extremely smooth and it looked like you are in complete control over your body. I for one would like to see the L-sit version even if you cannot get as high. I've always been impressed with people that can do that.

But in any case, very well done, keep up the great work.

Jon

[John Peterson]

Hey Joe,

You remind of my favorite Tarzan, Jock Mahoney in the way you did that rope climb right down to the joy of muscular movement that comes across in that video. It's obvious that you are reveling in your Tarzan style strength and fitness. It was a joy to watch. Absolutely great Joe. Fact is, you are exhibiting a fantastic strength/endurance to body weight ratio in that video. Your grip strength is totally exceptional. But I want to caution our other friends that have not built up to this feat of enduring strength from trying to duplicate what they saw you do in this video.

SO EVERYONE READING THIS PLEASE PAY ATTENTION: I once saw a man slide down a rope swing about 12 feet before he was in the water and end up with the most horrific friction burn on his hands that I had ever seen. His hands literally looked like raw hamburger as a result. So here's the deal. Even though Joe makes it look easy, TRUST ME! IT'S NOT! Joe worked long and hard to be able to do what you saw in that Video Clip. And the reason he can do that is because he built his muscles by using his own body weight from all angles and directions. What you just saw is a demonstration of real functional strength that is backed by endurance. This kind of strength is not developed by sitting at machines and isolating muscles. What you saw exhibited was every muscle in Joe's entire body working together synergistically. Don't be fooled and think that it was just his arms alone doing the work. The muscles of his legs, hips, and core were equally involved and contracting powerfully as was his neck and lats. In fact, every muscle in his body including those of his legs and hips were contracting Isometrically with far more power than if he had integrated them into the actual climbing of the rope. One last thing Joe, that looked like a lot more than twenty feet to me.

---John Peterson

[jonlclay]

If you don't have a rope yet, get a set of Warrior Power-T's to build up your grip strength, I'll tell you from my experience these are fantastic at this.

Jon

[John Peterson]

Hey Jon,


Excellent advice Brother Jon! The Warrior Power T's are intimidating at first because of the requisite grip strength required to do even one. But they offer the quickest and best way to build sensational grip and forearm strength (not to mention forearms like Popeye, but we don't supply anchor tattoos, you have to pay for your own.). They are also the only Push-Up device that really involve the biceps almost equally with the triceps. One other thing, we have intentionally kept the bottom portion that makes contact with the floor completely rounded rather than flat in order to make the exercise far more difficult and beneficial. We will never offer them with the flat bottoms because doing so makes them far more stable and easy to balance and diminishes their effectiveness to a great degree. So much so that you may as well not even do them because it allows a person to kid themselves into thinking they are far stronger than they are. I'd love to see anybody try Handstand Push-Ups with a pair of our Warrior Power T's.

---John Peterson

[JoeJustice]

Jon,

I think the Power Ts were the single biggest factor in building up my grip strength in order to climb a rope. When I first bough my rope, I could barely hang onto it. I worked a lot with the Ts for a few months and was able to make the climb pretty much the first time I tried after that.

What John says about the Ts sold here is 100% true. Only time I've ever seen someone do handstand push-ups with Ts, they were using a home-made kind with shorter, wider wooden dowels that were flat on the bottom. The guy was inspired by the original sold here, but too cheap to buy them, I guess. Or just intimidated, who knows?

John,

Yeah, it's not easy :rotfl: Actually the hard part is coming down, I don't know if it's psychological, physiological or bio-mechanical, but for me, the transition from upwards momentum to downward momentum has always been the most frightening point of the climb. You also have to keep in mind that you need enough gas in the tank to get back down! If you use all your energy to climb up, well, you got a problem. :nailbiting:

That day at the gymnastics club there were a few girls who were pole vaulters. I know NOTHING about pole vaulting, but I guess they use the rope a lot in their training. The coach had me helping the girls learn how to climb the rope. I started them off with the simple, easy version; using your feet to grip the rope. Then the arms only version and finally the L-Sit version. So far they're still working on the feet dependent variation. But that's OK! Rome wasn't built in a day and it takes time to get everything clicking with something like rope climbing. Like John said, it's a full body exercise.

-Joe

[JoeJustice]

BTW, I have no idea how long that rope is. I'll let you guys guesstimate. Last time I posted my rope video and said it was 20 feet a YouTube Cop (http://www.transformetrics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3104) told me it was only 13 feet and I was 7 feet tall!! :bulgy-eyes: Take a look at the video if you don't believe me, I left the comment up because I thought it was hilarious.

-Joe

[John Peterson]

Hey Joe,

You made a point that bears re-emphasis, "You also have to keep in mind that you need enough gas in the tank to get back down! If you use all your energy to climb up, well, you got a problem." This cannot be re-emphasized enough Joe. Here's the deal, when learning to climb a rope, climb up only as far as you are sure(as in certain) that you can climb down. If for any reason you climb higher than you can climb down you could end with a horrific friction burn from sliding down the rope. Also realize that Joe is right on the money about climbing down because you are climbing with gravity instead of against it and as a result are using your muscles in a way that feels like you are climbing down with "the breaks on". It can actually consume more strength and energy than the upward climb. So be careful.

---John Peterson

[Greg Newton]

Hey Joe,

I am writing this because I know that your critics peruse this forum more than we do, and we are moderators! But, the snide comments come from people who have no power in their own lives. They can't do what you are doing and they have never made the results you have made. You used to weight 250 pounds. Now at 6-2, you weigh 190. The guys who are so disparaging of your rope climbling abilities can't even begin to do what you are doing.

In fact, this jealousy thing all started when you posted the video of the superburpees and you eclipsed the number of superburpees another gentleman posted. Suddenly, you weren't Joe Justice the fat guy anymore and this made the guys who've been stuck in the same training rut year after year nervous. Too often people have glossed over the training methods promoted by John, taking a thing or two here, but not really buying into what he is promoting. You and I have bought into it wholesale and are reaping the results. Some people have a hard time with that, especially since we give John Peterson credit.

Greg Newton

[JoeJustice]

I am unbearably good looking, too. So I can understand the jealousy.:beauty: But for the record, I'm 6'1".

Thanks Greg,
-Joe

[MikeNY]

Joe that is impressive, climbing with just your hands and arms is true strength!

Those that can't just criticize! Let's see thier video climbing a rope like you. My bet is they won't take that challenge. Empty words from empty men, talk is cheap.

[GB]

Joe,

That was great thanks for posting it.

You and a few others here have posted your progress for the world to see and I’m sure that it has helped and encouraged many. Your personal physician must be impressed with the change / Transformation that you have gone through.

Keep it up

GB

[Nathan]

Wow Joe! That was pretty impressive my brother! Thanks for posting the video man (it looks like I need to start working on rope training again :wink:)

[DT man]

Great video!! Don't worry about detractors, they either can't do what you can or they do and don't credit you with inspiring and guiding them. I know of one other person who was apparently inspired by you training with a rope, who works out with ropes after seeing your videos. A 6'01" 195 lb guy who can do that is in the catagory of Green Beret, Special Forces condition. But not all should try to do this workout at first. Some people who are out of shape or chronically suffering training injury, must accept their limitations and skip trying to do what you can. Either way, great job Joe!

[JoeJustice]

Hey, DT, thank you so much. I'm really glad to hear I have inspired others to train and to push themselves.

-Joe

[DT man]

Hey Joe,

I am writing this because I know that your critics peruse this forum more than we do, and we are moderators! But, the snide comments come from people who have no power in their own lives. They can't do what you are doing and they have never made the results you have made. You used to weight 250 pounds. Now at 6-2, you weigh 190. The guys who are so disparaging of your rope climbling abilities can't even begin to do what you are doing.

In fact, this jealousy thing all started when you posted the video of the superburpees and you eclipsed the number of superburpees another gentleman posted. Suddenly, you weren't Joe Justice the fat guy anymore and this made the guys who've been stuck in the same training rut year after year nervous. Too often people have glossed over the training methods promoted by John, taking a thing or two here, but not really buying into what he is promoting. You and I have bought into it wholesale and are reaping the results. Some people have a hard time with that, especially since we give John Peterson credit.

Greg Newton

Bingo Greg!!!
You hit the nail on the head. The last time I confronted the main big mouth on his own board about his comments, I challenged him to post a rope climbing video. He changed the subject and wanted me to post pictures!!! When one of his gang questioned him as to why he didn't post his own rope climbing video, he danced around the topic with some lame excuse. This recent video of Joe's has been viewed by them and they grudingly have to admit it is a great job. Proof that Transformetrics is a FUNCTIONAL form of training. More than just "posing", Transformetrics is a practical training method that can be utilized by all for whatever level they wish to take it. You can follow with anything else you like, but Transformetics should be the base point. You and Joe prove it with each passing day. The results are there. By the way, I did post pics on the loudmouth's board, and got grudging compliments, so I am not posting any more photos there. I also was nearly banned for showing positive Transformetric results then and I'm sure after challenging Big Mouth to post video proof of his ability to climb as good as Joe, that I am banned there. Since I don't go there anymore, I could care less. Anyway after this last rope climbing video, the proof of Joe's functional ability has negated all the BS they are trying to heap on Transformetrics. Great job, once again..

[CecilS]

Great job Joe, and I don't just mean on the rope climb as incredible as it is. You're 60 lb weigth loss is inspirational to me.

[JoeJustice]

the proof of Joe's functional ability has negated all the BS they are trying to heap on Transformetrics.

I very much enjoy being all action and no talk. Seems to really bug my critics.

CecilS,

If you're looking to lose some weight, follow my Spring Training (http://www.transformetrics.com/forum/tags.php?tag=spring+training) tips. You can do it, brother!

-Joe

[CecilS]

Thanks Joe. Bookmarked them for when I get home.

[Kevin Nickerson]

Joe, IF I might add results speak louder than words and you my friend are a living testimony to action
leading to results- Applied Transformetrics- Thank you for the videos even though right now I can't
approach what you do right now,you inspire me to go on to greater things.Thank you again Kevin