I've read a fair bit about what the best way to get stronger for climbing is and my main take home is to try things at your limit that are only a few moves long and to end the session when you still feel fresh.This is quite hard to do for a number of reason especially as I don't have a wall 10 minutes from my house. I usually climb for 2 - 2.5 hours in a session and probably 30-40 minutes of that is warm up. I know I don't rest enough throughout these sessions because as soon as I feel like I have recovered enough for another go/climb I usually head onto the wall again.With this approach I am getting better slowly but I feel like I am not getting stronger as quickly as I could. With these sessions I need at least a days rest to recover and my climbing days are usually monday and thursday at the moment. That means that tuesday I don't feel recovered enough to hit the fingers again and wednesday I don't want to go too hard and compromise the session on thursday.Would I be better off cutting these 2hr plus sessions down to a max of 1.5hrs of more intense climbing, finishing fresh and then getting more fingerboardings sessions in at home. I reckon that I can get 3 sessions of climbing done some weeks along with 2 fingerboard sessions.Does this seem more sensible or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Unless I've misunderstood, that's not an pow or an cap, just short boulders and long boulders..
My current level is about 7b pretty solid, some 7c and I want to be climbing 8a by the end of this year. I'm a heavy lanky fucker though so I need strong fingers.
I'm a total punter. Hardest Boulder 7AAny thing I post is my own experience only,worth what you paid for it.
I often find people climbing slightly below and above my level very helpful.
Fast forward 100 years and I bet this will be less of a puzzle.
One of the reasons climbing holds my attention is the puzzle. The activity is so diverse and so intricate that there is no one size fits all solution for everything.
Quote from: blamo on March 21, 2015, 01:25:22 pmFast forward 100 years and I bet this will be less of a puzzle. I hope not for the the future's sake. One of the reasons climbing holds my attention is the puzzle. The activity is so diverse and so intricate that there is no one size fits all solution for everything.