await feehallys flexi madness over on beastmaker.co.uk you don't get anymore bendy than the champ.If you're too psyched to wait then what he told me to do was to think back to the stretches you were shown at school and do them, hold each one for 30 secs 3 times and do about 15mins worth every day. After warming up or a hot shower/bath.enjoy?
yeah, flexibility is a real issue for me too. recently i've started to strech whilst actually climbing, stuff like grabbing your foot and putting onto the highest high step i can and then holding it for about 30 second before rocking over or just holding really wide bridges, silly toe and heel hooks and any other climbing related contortionism i can think of. not sure if this is a good method or not but its working well and i havn't pulled anything yet.... prolly best to ask your coach tho.
also, yoga is the shit. I found it not only helps me get in to positions where I can maximise the force through my feet but also stay in contorted positions with more comfort. Also good for trunk and shoulder girdle flexibility; stops you walking round like a valleys rhoid boy.
Quote from: Clart on November 30, 2008, 06:49:07 pm also, yoga is the shit. I found it not only helps me get in to positions where I can maximise the force through my feet but also stay in contorted positions with more comfort. Also good for trunk and shoulder girdle flexibility; stops you walking round like a valleys rhoid boy. Second this.6 months ago i bought 'yoga for climbers' and i was no more flexible than any other at the wall. Now i seem to have jedi skills in flexibility, and roof problems are easier.
so did yoga for climbers help you or not? what is it? a book? ???
thanks for the exact link. but as you saw on google there were 2,530 links, how am i supposed to know which one it is by someon telling me that they bought "yoga for climbers"?thanks anyway.
Today i was told by my coach that my strength is good, my technique is good but i really need to train my flexibility.
I've realised I've got the fleibilty to get my foot up but not the strength/ability/not quite sure what to actually lift my foot up.Anyone got any good stretches/exercises to help this?
the cover is a bit "Van Damme"