I know he didn't mention cardio, I was adding this myself - so that he actually gets use out of his big, heavy arms.
I actually thought that "classic" periodization of first a hypertrophy phase followed by max recruit phase was more accepted in the climbing community :D .
Im quite a weak boulder lacking brute strength and power. I mostly want to develop my bouldering strength and power because that is what i do most + I feel that the strength gains are quite easily transfered to the rope climbing. If hypertrophy + max recrut is not the way what is then ? Im open to ideas?
wow, really hit a hot topic there.. and yes it was a bit of a weak post and i have forgotten to specify my goals.. I actually thought that "classic" periodization of first a hypertrophy phase followed by max recruit phase was more accepted in the climbing community :D .This fall i have been doing a lot of high intensity bouldering/campussing and general strength strength training and have seen quite a bit of result, but have also felt that the gains have been diminishing for some time. I mainly boulder on plastic as i live in denmark, but when i go on rock it is rope climbing. im going to el chorro in the end of january and have therefore started a PE phase. After this trip i want to start a new periodization cycle and is therefore planning how i could get some hypertrophy done i a fun way. Im quite a weak boulder lacking brute strength and power. I mostly want to develop my bouldering strength and power because that is what i do most + I feel that the strength gains are quite easily transfered to the rope climbing. If hypertrophy + max recrut is not the way what is then ? Im open to ideas?
I think that any time spent training for forearms hypertrophy would be better spent training finger strength over different prehensions.
Why not search all the sports science literature for scientific evidence?
We aint talking weights here.Quote from: Nibile on January 02, 2014, 07:25:20 pmI think that any time spent training for forearms hypertrophy would be better spent training finger strength over different prehensions. achieving the later by doing the former
Or you could just look around you and check if you're being burned off by folk with big forearms. No, me neither.
I'm sure there are perfectly valid critiques (most will be small sample sizes in specific sub-groups) and aspects that these don't cover (but then science is a gradual process), but there appears to be at least some scientific work and literature out there. Someone with the time and inclination could perhaps digest it all and write a review article for UKB on the wiki (it would at the very least serve as a good reference to point people to when these threads recur).
Quote from: Johnny Brown on January 04, 2014, 11:34:31 amOr you could just look around you and check if you're being burned off by folk with big forearms. No, me neither.<cough> Body Machine <cough>
Quote from: shark on January 04, 2014, 11:49:45 amQuote from: Johnny Brown on January 04, 2014, 11:34:31 amOr you could just look around you and check if you're being burned off by folk with big forearms. No, me neither.<cough> Body Machine <cough> And who's the massive forearmed bastard who burnt me off on that? I just saw skinny guys, mostly tall.
I've obviously got the answer cos my forearms are massive.....
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