I guess what I am asking is.. Is training a necessary supplement to climbing outside in order to break into the higher grades? Or is it more of something that people do in order to replace climbing outside? Just curious.
Well, no.. I live in Bishop actually. ~300 sunny days per year. So it actually is applicable. Most weeks I can manage 3-4 days outside. I have a hangboard but no gym. So.. I guess what I am asking is.. Is training a necessary supplement to climbing outside in order to break into the higher grades? Or is it more of something that people do in order to replace climbing outside? Just curious.
@Serpico : You should start charging for all the specific training advice you post on here.
Quote from: slack---line on February 23, 2011, 12:16:49 pm@Serpico : You should start charging for all the specific training advice you post on here.I've written to the Mayor of Bolton Horwich proposing that he's granted Freedom of the City town.
Well, no.. I live in Bishop actually. ~300 sunny days per year.
You can go a very long way just climbing outside with no supplemental training, but climbing is a sport that quickly starts to shape your body in a way that isn't really conducive to staying injury free, so I think at the least some supplemental strength training and stretching to maintain reasonable posture and muscle balance is a must (pec/arm/lat stretches, dumbbell bench press, bent-over rows, reverse wrist curls, rotator cuff strengthening).
Smug and Superior, you'll fit right in here. If I didn't work and had weather like you do I wouldn't do any training. I know I probably should, but I sure as fuck wouldn't bother.