Hi Sean,

Does your Physical Training Manual teach any basic rope skills that could be included in a gym workout e.g. vertical rope climbs, make fasts, horizontal traverses, full regains, etc.?

Also, does the book include any information on basic obstacle courses that could be improvised in a gym setting?

If not, do you know of anywhere that such information exists whether in book or dvd form?

Thanks,

Alf

Cheers Sean,

Thanks for the very informative and helpfull reply. I'm finally back home and so am just now able to acknowledge your response.

I am always looking for ways to spice up my training and that is how I came across your book. I have not seen it in any of the bookstores here in Canada so I will have it special ordered from the U.K. There are some sections in it that I am very much interested in reading including, but not limited to, the ropes training pictures and explanations that you described.

I have access to a good vertical climbing rope and I use it as a part of my overall regimen. I sometimes have access to a horizontal rope that is close to the ground. I can only practice half regains on it however, as it's too low for full regains.  

I don't happen to have a lot of kit with which to improvise obstacle courses. The only things available at the gym I go to are two different sizes of plyo boxes (highest is about knee high), a few tires of different sizes, cones you could run around, a vertical climbing rope, a keg, some fixed chinning bars, various sizes of kettlebells. Everything else in the gym are pretty much free weights and benches that are always in use. 

If you could I would appreciate any wise words on how to properly incorporate rope training (vertical and horizontal) into a fitness regimen. Also any ideas of drills that could be done on ropes for fun, conditioning or whatever in addition to climbing and traversing them would be great.

Any general information on how to set up basic obstacle courses would also be appreciated, i.e. when and how do you use them to spice up one's training? Also, what are different types of obstacle courses  (conditioning or for some other purpose)? Is there a specific way to sequence the obstacles and what are some of the typical obstacles that tweety may have set up in gyms, etc. This might actually help me to identify items in the gym that I might not even have recognized as good obstacle material! 

I know that's asking a lot but I trust you will easily narrow it down to the essentials. Thanks for taking the time out to respond and thanks for the great advice.

Cheers and have a good one,

Alf