{"id":418,"date":"2016-05-07T11:41:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T11:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?p=418"},"modified":"2016-05-07T11:41:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T11:41:03","slug":"take-the-whipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"Take The Whipper!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago when I was looking at my Twitter feed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ivanbraun\/status\/718355957366042625\" target=\"_blank\">I saw a post that caught my attention<\/a>\u00a0about a &#8220;Smart Climbing Sensor and Personal Coach&#8221;\u00a0called &#8220;The Whipper&#8221;. \u00a0I instantly went over to their website, <a href=\"http:\/\/thewhipper.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thewhipper.com<\/a>, to take a look because it sounded cool.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewhipper.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-424\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-424 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Whipper-Logo-222x300.png\" alt=\"Whipper-Logo\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Whipper-Logo-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Whipper-Logo.png 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a> The Whipper (which I think\u00a0is an American term for a climbing fall, it&#8217;s not something I&#8217;ve heard used here in England) is a small clip-on gadget that you wear while you do your doing climbing training. \u00a0It measures how hard you are trying\u00a0 and knows what sort of climbing you are doing (trad, bouldering leading, etc) so you can measure your performance for each training session and see if you&#8217;re improving (or not!).<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short video about it :<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVu65SemC30\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I really like the idea of this because climbing is a very hard sport to measure your &#8220;performance&#8221; accurately (outside of the competition circuit). \u00a0Lots of other sports all have things you can measure &#8211; for example how fast you can go, \u00a0or how accurate you are. \u00a0Climbing only really has grades and these can vary quite a lot and aren&#8217;t really a useful benchmark for training performance I think (and can get really confusing, particularly for beginners and parents &#8211; how do you compare a V6, 6a+ or 5.10?!) I also like the idea that you could get advice on what conditioning you can do to improve the climbs you&#8217;re trying.<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re training here are all the the things The Whipper can record :<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-427\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/igg.me\/at\/whipper\/x\/9159572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-427 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/icon_template_with_phone_drlymy.png\" alt=\"What The Whipper can record and track\" width=\"620\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/icon_template_with_phone_drlymy.png 620w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/icon_template_with_phone_drlymy-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What The Whipper can record and track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sometimes I feel like I have been working really hard in my training but it&#8217;s not being reflected in the grades I can climb. \u00a0Something like The Whipper might make me feel better as I can see that my effort and strength are improving, so perhaps I just need to grow a bit taller! \u00a0Also when you do get better at climbing you naturally try harder grades so thats why I always feels like I can&#8217;t do a climb because I&#8217;ve got worse, again The Whipper may offer some reassurance that you are actually getting better.<\/p>\n<p>When I can get my hands on one i&#8217;m also interested in running some experiments \u00a0&#8211; things like trying to get an hour more sleep each night for a week or two and seeing if my effort or pace improve, or perhaps changing my diet or other lifestyle aspects to see if it helps at all. \u00a0This is an interesting aspect of training other than all the exercises and technique training that can really help performance.<\/p>\n<p>I really like how flexible it is\u00a0as\u00a0I can use it indoors for anything from some bouldering to outside sport or trad climbing &#8211; \u00a0The Whipper records it all!<\/p>\n<p>To use it you clip it onto your shorts or harness and start climbing. \u00a0You&#8217;ll also need a smartphone (or iPod or something you can install the Whipper App onto) &#8211; this is where you can look at your climbing data and see how your training is going.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igg.me\/at\/whipper\/x\/9159572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-422\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-422 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Whipper-Data-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Whipper-Data\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Whipper-Data-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Whipper-Data-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Whipper-Data-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Whipper-Data.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another cool feature is that The Whipper is &#8220;social&#8221; &#8211; you can use it to share information with other climbers and also see who you know who is training nearby, for example to find a belay partner or to work on a hard boulder project together. \u00a0Climbing is usually an individual sport but it&#8217;s always more fun with friends!<\/p>\n<p>The Whipper is being &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crowdfunding\" target=\"_blank\">crowd funded<\/a>&#8221; so\u00a0to\u00a0get your hands on one you\u00a0will need to head over to Indiegogo and <a href=\"https:\/\/igg.me\/at\/whipper\/x\/9159572\" target=\"_blank\">back their project<\/a>. \u00a0 The prices start from $69 (about \u00a347) which doesn&#8217;t seem too bad to me &#8211; with delivery due to be November 2016 maybe one could find it&#8217;s way into your Christmas stocking this year!<\/p>\n<p>So whether you&#8217;re a serious comp climber or a beginner who just climbs for fun, The Whipper will help you improve!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/igg.me\/at\/whipper\/x\/9159572\" target=\"_blank\">SOUNDS FAB! 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