2 days is a hell of a lot of rest I reckon and allows the body to almost completely recover.
to ensure I am rested but my skin doesn't fall off!
Quote from: Kingy on March 03, 2008, 01:07:53 pm 2 days is a hell of a lot of rest I reckon and allows the body to almost completely recover. Might be if you're training like a beast - for an old codger like me who trains / climbs 3 times a week a 2 day rest is just normal training . Personally I'm happy with a longer break before I go on a trip, 4 to 5 days and I feel and recovered and refreshed.
I don't know how much relevance it has to climbing, but my MTBing flatmate takes 10 days rest/active rest before races..
what you should do in an ideal world is aim to peak for a trip building up your training through various phases then a short taper based on what sort of climbing your planning to do. i.e the taper for routes would different from one for bouldering.
Quote from: webbo on March 04, 2008, 08:32:59 amwhat you should do in an ideal world is aim to peak for a trip building up your training through various phases then a short taper based on what sort of climbing your planning to do. i.e the taper for routes would different from one for bouldering.Right then, what's the info on this? I'm off to gorge de tarn in 2 weeks.. current plan involves running, power endurance, endurance work until 5 days before then a couple of very light runs and a a very gentle session to keep everything moving in those final days. Any improvements to that/links to online info about this?
Quote from: abarro81 on March 10, 2008, 01:00:10 pmQuote from: webbo on March 04, 2008, 08:32:59 amwhat you should do in an ideal world Any improvements to that...i guess to translate this to climbing
Quote from: webbo on March 04, 2008, 08:32:59 amwhat you should do in an ideal world Any improvements to that...
what you should do in an ideal world
Fornicator simulator sounds interesting: is it really 8a or is that ally downgrading stuff for no reason? I'm sceptical about the possibility of managing something that Vickers gave 8b (or was that just Crocker 'cos he couldn't do it?). Paz - know how hard the crux is supposed to be in boulder grades? (figure it's short n hard roof bit that gives it the grade?) Would be fun to have a look when I'm back anyway (is it still open?)