Hi everyone. Once again, I’m going to have to start this post with an apology. When I set out on this climbing improvement plan, I told you that we would set ourselves goals and assess our gains by the beginning of February. When I made that (very bold) statement, I didn’t consider the following factors:
- Christmas (I lost at least a couple of weeks and gained a few pounds).
- Work (I have been exceptionally busy at work which has made it difficult to put in the time required to research and write training material without sacrificing quality).
- Snowboarding (I become completely obsessed with snowboarding at this time of year).
That said, I have been training and I’m interested to know if anyone out there has used any of the advice I have provided in this plan. If you have, how did you get on? [click to continue…]
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Climbing Techniques
Hi everyone. Sincere apologies for the delay in writing this post. Christmas and my recent snowboarding trip kind of got in the way. I have to admit that I have done very little climbing over the last few weeks. I’m looking forward to getting back out there as soon as possible. I managed to get a session at my local climbing wall on Friday and climbed surprising well considering I had only managed one previous session since before Christmas.
In this post I’m going to focus on the mental aspects of rock climbing. I’m going to split those into 2 distinct areas:
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Climbing psychology,
Climbing Techniques,
mental strength
Hi everyone. Here we are at week 9 (out of 16) of my climbing techniques and climbing improvement plan. Here’s where it all starts to get a little bit more difficult as we go into Christmas. For most people it’s going to be pretty difficult to stick to a decent diet and get plenty of training in.
This week is a really special week because this post is from a new friend from Argentina. Please allow me to introduce Ignacio Romero from Mendoza. Ignacio has been kind enough to send me a climbing drill for those of you who don’t use a gym but would like a structured training plan that you can implement at your local wall. [click to continue…]
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Climbing Improvement,
Climbing Techniques,
Climbing wall training,
Training
Hi everyone. Welcome to week 8 (out of 16) of my climbing techniques and climbing improvement plan. I think I may have missed a week (or two) actually. I got thrown off track a little because I attended a fantastic internet marketing seminar which has hopefully given me some more knowledge to reach a wider audience of fellow climbers. Anyway, here we are. [click to continue…]
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Climbing Improvement,
Climbing Techniques,
Training
Hi everyone, it’s week 4 of my rock climbing improvement plan.
This week I would like to share my strength conditioning workout. I’ll be using periodisation to shock my body for continual improvement. For this initial phase I’ll focus on strength building. In a few weeks I’ll switch to body composition (losing fat / getting leaner).
While this workout has an emphasis on strengthening your body for climbing, I have included exercises for the full body. This is to ensure you maintain a healthy and balanced physique. Just focusing on certain areas can cause an imbalance which can lead to injuries.
I have split the workout into 3 separate sessions, which you can do on days that suit you. If you can’t make the gym 3 times in a week, you can split the workout over 2 days and simply perform less sets for each exercise. This post deals with workout 1, I’ll post workout 2 in the next day or so. [click to continue…]
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Climbing workout
