Pilates is meant to be wicked for core-strengh too. The mental aspects of Yoga (though I've never tried them) must surely be good for preparing for problems too?
Pilates Of The Caribbean
but at the moment i'd rather climb
the thing with yoga is that it's advertised as a 'sport' when it was originally a form of meditation. i've been told on good authority that it shud be kept that way because it teaches you to shut down your nervous system which is okay for meditation but it ain't gonna make u climb harder.
it's exactly the same argument as saying martial arts is good for climbing, what a load of bollocks.
all the climbers that i've met from around the world who swear by yoga n talk the talk are lacking.
At the top left of this page is a guy
What page?
cross training is almost always useful in sports,
At the top left of this page is a guy (Zaff Ali) climbing harder than most, if not all, of you. He is the most amazing climber you will ever see - more like a gecko than a man. I've seen him do moves I couldn't understand on invisible holds. He does a lot of yoga.
I'm not sure about Sharma but I'm pretty sure he does a bit