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Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 16, 2010, 03:44:07 pm
Currently I only tend to climb on my local Moon board after a least one days rest. Last night I tried to repeat the problems I had climbed the previous night but found I had nothing left in the tank.

Is this something I will be able to do given time? Do other people climb near their maximum on a board on consecutive days?

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#1 Re: Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 16, 2010, 03:59:56 pm
Yes, some people come to be able to do many days on on a board. Im a punter and even I have done two days on a board for extensive periods. Its just a case of building up gradually. Session length is also important. How long are your sessions? 2 hours on two consecutive days is much better than 4 hours then a rest day for training strength and power (IMHO). Personally, I used to sometimes do 2 hours board on day 1, then 1.5 + 20mins max hangs on day 2. However, thrashing on a board (past your best, tired and sloppy) is not effective training and leads to injury.

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#2 Re: Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 16, 2010, 04:06:43 pm
volume of training is something you can definitely train.

However, I've never found it beneficial. if I'm training power (or was as its been a while), the rest seemed equally as important to me, consecutive days resulted in diminishing returns.

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#3 Re: Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 16, 2010, 08:37:32 pm
Training to exhaustion = training endurance

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#4 Re: Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 17, 2010, 11:34:48 pm
The endurance I've gained over the years through training to exhaustion is mostly that of how to endure being injured.

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#5 Re: Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 18, 2010, 10:34:39 am
My board sessions do not tend to be very long, maybe an hour. My structure is usually do a set problem I know I can do and then make up 2 problems that will take 5-6 goes to do. Depending on how I feel I will then try the moves of a long term project.

Does this make sense? I find it a bit demoralising if I don't complete a problem in a session.

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#6 Re: Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 18, 2010, 04:34:40 pm
you're not dobbin are you? is your long term project long term because you only try it depending on how you feel? if you tried it more could it become shorter term? picking 2 problems that take you 5-6 tries each means after warming up you've approached the board a max 12 times if you don't feel good. i think i could train a million days on at this volume. embrace failure

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#7 Re: Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 19, 2010, 01:25:31 pm
being demoralised is good for you, might stop you burning us off ;)
Come for a session down here, you'll tick it all, and can go home feeling smug!

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#8 Re: Consecutive days climbing on a board?
September 19, 2010, 07:04:17 pm
dont listen to dense he hasn't done two consecutive moves on a board for about six years and he embraces failure like no one else.

 

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