Many people try to apply aerobic training principles to climbing, but this is foolish. Rock climbing is not an endurance sport. “Yeah, but I breathe hard at the end of a long pitch,” you say. That’s just because recovery from anaerobic activity is aerobic. Climbing is a 100% stop and go sprint sport, and you’ve got to train for it that way. I’ll go so far as to say that aerobic training is a total waste of time for rock climbers. Please contact me if you can prove me wrong.
Interesting site, thanks. You'll like this one Shark:Quote ... I’ll go so far as to say that aerobic training is a total waste of time for rock climbers. Please contact me if you can prove me wrong. from here
... I’ll go so far as to say that aerobic training is a total waste of time for rock climbers. Please contact me if you can prove me wrong.
Although every bit of climbing you’ll do contributes to this strength, there is a point at which the random loading of everyday climbing is no longer enough to stimulate progress. That’s when planned training becomes critical
Interesting site, thanks. You'll like this one Shark:Quote Many people try to apply aerobic training principles to climbing, but this is foolish. Rock climbing is not an endurance sport. “Yeah, but I breathe hard at the end of a long pitch,” you say. That’s just because recovery from anaerobic activity is aerobic. Climbing is a 100% stop and go sprint sport, and you’ve got to train for it that way. I’ll go so far as to say that aerobic training is a total waste of time for rock climbers. Please contact me if you can prove me wrong. from here
Ha! Interesting! I like how he uses the example of a V13 climber turning up to a crag and racking off a load of 5.13s...... I call that major under-performance.
He told me his run of form in the summer was down to dieting into hardcore anorexia and losing 10kgs briefly... that's some willpower!
Quote from: mrjonathanr on December 22, 2012, 02:54:57 pmClimbing is a 100% stop and go sprint sport, and you’ve got to train for it that way. I’ll go so far as to say that aerobic training is a total waste of time for rock climbers. Please contact me if you can prove me wrong. from here
Climbing is a 100% stop and go sprint sport, and you’ve got to train for it that way. I’ll go so far as to say that aerobic training is a total waste of time for rock climbers. Please contact me if you can prove me wrong.