Pretty much true.
maltasoron
joined 1 year ago
Always a fan of David Squires!
Nice, a best of 9!
Thanks for making this post, it's really informative!
I don't have any experience with this kind of exercise, but from the looks of it I'd say the challenge is threefold:
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Climbing the rope / pulling yourself up on the rope. You could practice this with regular pullups and chinups on a bar, of just climb the rope up and down while trying to use your legs as little as possible.
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Moving your lower body around in space. This is mainly a core / legs exercise, so you could do stuff like hanging leg raises (again starting on a bar).
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Doing the exercise while hanging from a rope. I think the best way to work on the necessary coordination and balance is just doing the movements on the rope. So after you're worked on your strength, you should move back to the rope ASAP.
Hopefully this is of any use to you. Good luck!
Edit: I'd aim for 10-12 reps per exercise. Lower rep ranges are generally intended for hypertrophy exercises (lifting weights to get bigger). The stuff I mentioned above should be fine.
In the Netherlands there are plenty of online retailers like Coolblue who are doing well by competing on quality and customer service, despite prices being a bit higher (ironically). Next working day delivery is standard, so that isn't an issue.
Bol.com is also really successful and much like Amazon, including its problems.
I assume this is because of a first mover advantage; for a long time, Amazon was only available in the UK, Germany and France*, so that created a major disadvantage. I'm guessing this might apply to a lot of smaller European countries.
*maybe other countries too, but at any rate not in the Benelux.
Hey guys, is anyone playing tonight?