I climb 2-3 times a week and also squeeze in an half hour fingerboard session once or twice per week.I hear what people are saying about protein but I have a well balanced diet and don't want to put any weight on!BTW: Beetroot Juice ?
A more British alternative is showering your forearms with cold water when you get home.
I have witnessed someone at Malham running down from the catwalk to the stream after doing laps on a route.
Quote from: kingholmesy on October 13, 2011, 09:00:34 pmI have witnessed someone at Malham running down from the catwalk to the stream after doing laps on a route.
Go climbing/training with ghisino.
Quote from: shark on October 13, 2011, 10:51:37 pmQuote from: kingholmesy on October 13, 2011, 09:00:34 pmI have witnessed someone at Malham running down from the catwalk to the stream after doing laps on a route. Saw Paul Reeves doing this and thought I'd try it out. Woke up the next morning with conjunctivitis in both eyes! ouch! not done it since
As I get older I find it increasingly diffficult to recover after a good traing session, whether it be fingerboard, bouldering or route climbing.
Recovery is trainable. This requires doing sessions where you are only partially recovered and is hard going and you will feel sore until your body adapts to it but keep the faith.
You might want to mix some carbs in to your post training shake. Even though the number of carbs burnt in a typical climbing session aren't very high, most of the advice says taking simple carbs on completion of training really kick starts the recovery phase. Obviously protein is required to rebuild muscles, but not *that* much. It's pretty small muscles you're taxing.