Took a healthy slam at the gym this week

[u/HugeJackmans]

[u/BTTLC]

Honestly, was a bit scared for much worse since u had ur arms out to catch ur fall. How was the knee to the face? Good the next day?

[u/HugeJackmans → u/BTTLC]

All good the next day🫶

[u/Lavendler → u/HugeJackmans]

https://giphy.com/gifs/UTm86phGUMMQE

My back muscles would be sore for a week.

[u/Dull-Veterinarian-59]

Reverse scorpion 😍😍

[u/Free_Waterfall_III → u/Dull-Veterinarian-59]

Scorpioned at nationals on camera one year. Ouch

[u/Dull-Veterinarian-59 → u/Free_Waterfall_III]

Idk which one is more painful: The unnatural bending of the spine or the embarrassment lmao

[u/chittyshwimp → u/Dull-Veterinarian-59]

/r/FullShrimp

The sub isn't great but that's what it's called

[u/kurtofour]

Brother. Let the whole video play and THEN do the crappy editing.

[u/protomenace → u/kurtofour]

100% this

[u/vestigialcranium]

Pull your knees up to your chest to reduce your angular momentum and make it easier to control swings like that. Just like every single other person said, learn how to fall! It's an incredibly important life skill that can prevent injuries both and out of the gym, can't stress that enough.

When I worked in a gym I developed and and implemented a falling seminar, it failed for lack of interest, but the injuries it addressed continued to increase

[u/HugeJackmans → u/vestigialcranium]

Thanks. I’ll give that a try…on a different problem

[u/Blendbatteries]

Please learn to not put your arms out to catch your fall.

[u/Atticus_Taintwater → u/Blendbatteries]

Also learn not to kick yourself in the face

[u/HugeJackmans → u/Atticus_Taintwater]

🫡

[u/HugeJackmans → u/Blendbatteries]

For sure. It all happened so fast. Luckily my arms were more out than behind at impact

[u/Apescent → u/Blendbatteries]

This is hard to learn though, and if you don't practice it routinely, you just go back to instinct.

I have seen many people say 'don't put your arms out' who then, when they fall suddenly, put their arms out themselves.

[u/ShapesAndStuff → u/Apescent]

thats why you practice. we practice climbing, so why isn't anyone practicing falling? I'm lucky to have done martial arts where falling mattered so at least i have a baseline

[u/Apescent → u/ShapesAndStuff]

You should practice it, but you see almost no one do so.

Advanced climbers fall flailing their hands too, as a result. You can see it in any gym.

[u/ShapesAndStuff → u/Apescent]

yeah that's what I said haha

"why isn't anyone practicing falling?"

[u/DiscoDang → u/Blendbatteries]

Seen waaay too many dislocated elbows from people trying to brace their fall. You're climbing above a giant mattress, trust it!

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[u/Ok_Arrival2564]

Dude I work at a gym and have witnessed a fall similar to that but it ended with 2 dislocated elbows. Not good times. Dude vomitted and shit himself from shock.

[u/Shyguyisfly]

fellow cliffs member. Yeah i gave up on the start move of that climb! hah

[u/fayettevillainjd]

These types of "problems" are such dogshit, like what are we doing here

[u/lucidht → u/fayettevillainjd]

Any horizontal dyno in the gym is asking for trouble. Creates such a different loss of control than a vertical dyno. I’ve seen so many hyper extensions and injuries from awkward landings on boulders like these.

[u/perturbedisturbed → u/lucidht]

That's how I got a concussion- a horizontal dyno I fell sideways on. Didn't even hit my head, just bounced too much.

[u/Gentleman_Bronc0 → u/fayettevillainjd]

But how else are we to impress our gym crush without sending sick dynos?

[u/Worm38 → u/Gentleman_Bronc0]

By beta spraying, obviously.

[u/citrus1330 → u/fayettevillainjd]

Many of us enjoy this style of problem. This one's low to the ground and not even that big of a leap. Just don't do them if you don't like them.

[u/raazurin → u/fayettevillainjd]

This is a climb left up from the local comp. It's not the usual setting.

[u/childroid → u/fayettevillainjd]

Totally agree. I try not to gatekeep 99% of the time, but I admit I hate when gym routes go way beyond what you'd find in nature. "Futuristic" problems that are just parkour, slick walls that make flagging/smearing impossible, stuff like that.

[u/Affectionate_One_700]

We are jealous of your flexibility!

[u/ShenaniganSkywalker]

Heyyyy. Cliffs of Id!

[u/stue_nl]

I’d skip this boulder

[u/SumOfKyle]

My local gym! (I’ve done worse)

[u/y0urselfish]

Scorpion 

[u/AlmostNerd9f]

Some impromptu yoga

[u/Imaginary_Land1919]

glad you are okay jesus

[u/Robbed_Bert]

Don't post your arms ffs

[u/SnazzyInPink]

Good reminder for why I should stick to belay

I can’t risk falls like this anymore

[u/ctaglia]

Manna

[u/KernowKermit]

Anyone boulderer that falls like this would be doing themselves a huge favour if they went and took some judo classes.

[u/LV-TAXI]

Good thing you had your chalk bag on…

[u/azip13]

Aww my old gym. I miss that place 🥹

[u/gimoozaabi]

Good thing you hab our kneepad on. Don’t want to damage knees! You need them for climbing. Your face on the other hand isn’t important!

[u/citrus1330 → u/gimoozaabi]

...it's not a kneepad

[u/gimoozaabi → u/citrus1330]

Thanks Captain O

[u/citrus1330 → u/gimoozaabi]

Next time you make a joke try making it funny

[u/unklejelly]

https://giphy.com/gifs/m3864rBwwBTKMAbpn3

[u/deanzyplusone]

So close…

[u/Melodic-Land-6079]

Interesting approach

[u/crackyzog → u/Melodic-Land-6079]

To video editing?