Sport Climbing

2.03.2022

Blog|Grip

Indoor Sport Climbing uses artificially constructed climbing walls with grips for hands and feet often removable. Sport Climbing is a form of rock climbing that has fixed anchors and removable holds of all shapes and sizes. The fixed bolts are used for belaying and safety and floor crash padding is commonplace.

The number of climbing gyms has doubled in the last 10 years and climbing walls are found on many college and university campuses. There is now USA Climbing, National Team trials, it is an Olympic sport, it can be regularly watched on TV and the popularity is ever growing.

Indoor Recreational or Competitive Climbing

Having a strong grip is a critical part of climbing and often makes the difference of being successful or failing each time one climbs.

Having a Pendulum Grip Cart with a variety of holds, grippers, balls and handles that reflect the action of our fingers, hands and forearms when stressed makes any athlete better at the skill of ascending these complex structures. A great sport, training the hands is a great way to Get better and Get Strong.

The Pendulum Grip Cart

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Powerful Hands

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