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Includes running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, plyometrics, rolling, quadrupedal movement (crawling). Pole climbing – Ascending a pole which one can grip with his or her hands. Pole dancing – A performance that combines dance and acrobatics centered on a vertical pole.
Rope devices. Devices are available for controlling the movement of a dynamic climbing rope (e.g. such as belay devices and self-locking devices), [76] for moving up a fixed static rope (e.g. such as ascenders), [77] or for moving down a fixed static rope (e.g. such as descenders or abseil devices). [77] Protection devices.
In vertical dance a dancer is suspended in a harness from a rope or cable and explores the difference in gravity, weightlessness and varied movement possibilities offered by the suspended state. In the second type a dancer or acrobat intertwines the use of the floor or a wall with their aerial apparatus.
Rock climbing can trace its origins to the late 19th-century, and has since developed into several main sub-disciplines.Single-pitch and multi-pitch (and big wall) climbing, can be performed in varying styles (including aid, sport, traditional, free solo, and top-roping), while the standalone discipline of bouldering (or boulder climbing) is by definition performed in a free solo format.
Pole sports, or poling, merges dance and acrobatics using a vertical metal pole. Athletes climb up, spin from, hang off, flip onto, jump off, and invert on poles. Poling requires agility, strength, balance, endurance, and flexibility. A 2017 study of 52 female pole dancers indicated that pole-dance fitness improves strength and posture. [1]
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The cardio-focused equipment works by alternately working the limbs to simulate an upward climbing movement, and can be used in a variety of ways for intervals and endurance in order to increase ...
Climbing technique refers to a broad range of physical movements used in the activity or sport of climbing. [1] Notable sub-groups of climbing technique include: Aid climbing technique as is used in aid climbing; Big wall climbing technique as is used in big wall climbing; Ice climbing technique as is used in ice climbing