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Emily James demonstrates the Endless Rope

History of Endless Rope

  1. Traditional rope climbing has largely disappeared from gyms due to liability issues
  2. Many people weren’t reporting positive experiences with rope climbing
  3. Started to rethink paradigm - similar to applying chin-ups to lat machines (i.e. machine allows for strength build-up that ultimately results in being able to do a chin-up unassisted)
  4. Premise was to simulate suspended rope i.e. functional approach
  5. Rope ergometer developed almost unexpectedly (as result of working with no resistance pull); new fitness platform

Features of Endless Rope

  1. ROM (Range of Motion)
  2. Climb with no pressure
  3. Wide variety of exercise postures, imagination is only limitation
  4. Fitness Platform = ROM, Plane, Resistance
  5. Can increase speed or resistance, but former will accomplish latter

Benefits

  1. Overall conditioning
  2. Better daily functioning performance
  3. Improved eye/hand coordination

  Exercise Variations


reverse grip

regular grip
Digit Progression – work one finger at a time
  • Increases sensitivity, power, ROM, grip strength
  • 15-20 reps
  • Turn palms in/out, sup/pro, radial, twist (wrist flex, forearm, fingers), grip upside down
BICEPS – GREAT for swimmers, basketball, football players
  • Concentrate on pulling action
  • BACK TO MACHINE, arms behind back, bring to center line, to shoulder (right to right, left to left)
  • Cross back (stretch lats) – right to left
  • Can do high reps or high resistance
  • FACE MACHINE Thumbs down, pull to chest, elbows high(delts, outer head biceps, brachioradialus)
  • Thumbs up, elbows in (chest and biceps)
TRICEPS
  • Hands face high, elbows 90 degrees
  • Concentrate on pushing action
  • Extend elbows, change hand positions sup/pro, push across/out
BICEPS AND TRICEPS
  • Full ROM by starting at top right then push across to left, repeat other side
  • NOTE: To engage chest, start top right, bring point of elbow down, close to chest, towards center line, can do seated OR standing
CORE – TRUNK – pull across
  • LOWER BACK – pull in lower back, tummy
  • ABS – Use foot plate, legs outstretched, then bend 30-40 degrees, scoot forward on seat, lean back slightly (increases tension), open and close thorax, pull down
  • NOTE: change to push for triceps work
  • Add tension by lifting leg and/or leaning back
  • Double Overhead Chop – thrust ribs out, TWIST right, left, middle (obliques and transverse abs)
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