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rope climb without leaving the ground

January 20th, 2009 | physical preparation, safety

Rope climbing is one of the very best general conditioning exercises. If you don’t have a rope in your gym, it’s not a good facility.

Unfortunately, every-so-often someone falls from a rope. Or “burns” their hands sliding down.

Alternative?

Click PLAY or watch the Marpo Kinetics Weight-Assist Rope Climber machine on YouTube.

Cost? Only $4,395.

(via Straight to the Bar)

related post – teaching safe rope climb to beginners

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#1 Katrina Burton on 01.20.09 at 1:38 pm

Looks to me like the same idea as a gravitron to assist in pullups. No machine gives the same workout as true body weight exercises do. I’ll take a burnt hand or two over this piece of machinary any day.
Come to think of it, I’ve only ever seen 2 burnt hands in my 10 years as a coach. One was real bad… 5 year old slid from the very top after missing a hand on her leg assisted climb. She nearly burnt all the way to the bone on one finger tip. The other “accident” happened to an adult participant who disobeyed instructions (don’t go higher than 1/2 way before I determine you are safe, and always use your feet).

#2 Blair Lowe on 01.22.09 at 4:13 pm

hmm, or you just find a place to sit and buy some rope and a heavy weight plate or DB combo and scale up. that wouldn’t be aesthetic enough.

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