Weekly Simple Questions and Injuries Thread for November 08, 2020

Bit of a noob question -- what is the best way to integrate both max hangs and repeaters, and no climbing?

I don't do much hangboarding asides from max hangs (always figured that + climbing was sufficient). However, I don't think I'll be able to get into the gym at all over the next few months (pandemic) and I've thought about tossing in repeaters.

My question is, what's the best way to integrate this? Am I better off just** A)** sticking to a single protocol (just max hangs or just repeaters), B) sticking to a single protocol but changing after every cycle (eg. 6 weeks of max hangs, 6 weeks of repeaters, etc.). Or C) would it be reasonable to do max hangs and repeaters within the same cycle (eg. do both within the same week; different days).

I was leaning towards the third option, but when I started reading into the "literature" about effectiveness (max hangs vs. repeaters) and how you shouldn't change things up (keep consistent protocol to actually see gains), I started getting a bit confused. Hangboarding will effectively be replacing a lot of my climbing so I want to be able to maximize that, but at the same time, I don't want to be doing so much or changing things up to see 'what works' that I'm rendering the workouts useless. Overall, I'm just not too sure how to approach it and any input would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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