tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331032687380506445.post8962588162540317364..comments2024-03-29T01:33:18.626-06:00Comments on Raphael Slawinski: "... and keep your heels down!"Raphael Slawinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200502342143502080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331032687380506445.post-75542763297351963462011-01-07T11:15:32.639-07:002011-01-07T11:15:32.639-07:00I am glad you found my tricks useful. I will defin...I am glad you found my tricks useful. I will definitely try the warm-up idea with the palms down. Generally when trying to fight off the big chill I simply try to engage as many big muscles as possible, on the principle that big muscles burn more energy and so generate more heat than small ones. Straight-leg swings work (I make sure to hold on to something while at them, especially at a small belay!), as do "bear swings" (bend forward and swings your arms in front of your body).Raphael Slawinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200502342143502080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331032687380506445.post-92063283067709275872011-01-04T20:33:07.219-07:002011-01-04T20:33:07.219-07:00Great tips. Someone last year told me that when sw...Great tips. Someone last year told me that when swinging arms around to get the heat going...if you push your palms down and thus fingers and hand outward parallel to the ground and outward from your body and then pump your arms up and down from the shoulders like you are an air pump then the blood flows much better...and it seems to work really well.Alex Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251997680582381938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331032687380506445.post-79858086865170060612010-12-29T05:06:40.523-07:002010-12-29T05:06:40.523-07:00Hi Ralph, very well put in words. Glad to see I...Hi Ralph, very well put in words. Glad to see I'm using same systems as you, although I take some more pairs of gloves up a route.Ramon Marinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692789764322711921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331032687380506445.post-53115949295025677322010-12-28T14:34:24.467-07:002010-12-28T14:34:24.467-07:00that was worth quite a bit, thanks for sharing Rap...that was worth quite a bit, thanks for sharing Raphael.Curt Hegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14534184640121924280noreply@blogger.com