The Armstrong Fingerboard is designed to be "what was missing from the fingerboard market; a board that did it all, from monos to micro edges, jugs to one arm holds," and was a year in the making - the result of collaboration with some of the UK’s top climbers.
The offset layout places all the different hold types in the optimum position for performing all the classic one-arm and two-arm fingerboard training routines. The offset design means that all two-armed exercises are performed on holds which are shoulder-width apart. Choose between in-cut jugs, 35-degree slopers, 25mm, 20mm, 15mm, 10mm and 8mm slots or 22mm two-finger and one-finger pockets.
Particularly important considerations in the design are:
- It has a comfortable radius on all edges, which varies on the depth of the edge. If the edges aren’t comfortable then people aren’t going to use them.
- The one arm edge protrudes rather than being sunken into the board, this allows for the use of a thumb to help stabilise (if desired by the user).
- A way of hanging a pulley system to use the one arm edges.
- Comfortable slopers that worked well for rehabbing fingers.
- Jugs that would allow for different widths of pull-ups.
- A range of edges from 8mm - 25mm.
- Monos!
The most popular-sized one-arm dead-hanging edges, which are 22mm and 18mm, plus a jug for performing one-arm pull ups, are all placed centrally. This puts you in the middle of the door and clear of the door frame when the fingerboard is fixed above a door.
Also included are fixings for pulleys should you wish to perform your workouts with assistance.
The Armstrong Fingerboard is made from high-quality birch plywood. Tried and tested by 1000s of climbers around the world, it is skin friendly, very hard-wearing and much more environmentally-friendly than plastic or polyester fingerboards
- Incut jug, plus 22mm and 18mm edges positioned centrally for one-armed hangs and pull ups.
- Two incut jugs placed either side of the central jug for deadhangs and pull ups.
- Two 35 degree slopers.
- Two each of 25mm, 20mm, 15mm, 10mm and 8mm slots.
- Two 22mm two-fingered pockets.
- Two 22mm one-fingered pockets.
- Two pulley attachments for assistance.
Manufactured in the UK from birch plywood.
Measures 65cm x 16.5cm x 5.5cm.