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easysteve
Jan 2, 2003, 10:38 PM
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Can anyone name a few good workouts for general climbing. I would like to have endurance to keep myself from boiling over on mid pitch.
Thanks a lot, Steve
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saagax
Jan 2, 2003, 11:02 PM
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Try some Jogging, and a lot of pullups.
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easysteve
Jan 2, 2003, 11:03 PM
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The jogging is good with me, I spent some time in the army, and I always loved running.
The pullup thing I'm gonna work on, thanks for the input.
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climbingjunky
Jan 2, 2003, 11:22 PM
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Do lotsa finger exercises on a hangboard and do lotsa bouldering.
EOP
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easysteve
Jan 2, 2003, 11:34 PM
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Right on, thanks.
Steve
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falke
Jan 3, 2003, 2:09 AM
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I supplement my climbing with MANY trips to the regular gym. Any exercise that targets specific climbing muscles... also the opposites of those muslces...I think its called "opposition training" (Don't take my word - I'm not certified ) That way you get overall strenght and can focus on technique when climbing.
I guess keeping your body weight as low as healthly possible helps too.
-later
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hangboards and lots and lots of bouldering till you can't even do a move on a V0 are my two favorite ways to train.
While bouldering, make sure that you don't sacrifice technique vs. power
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climbingjunky
Jan 3, 2003, 2:38 AM
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Yoga, tai chi, pilates, and sex.
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mark_e_wallace
Jan 3, 2003, 3:28 AM
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>> Yoga, tai chi, pilates, and sex
All at once??
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polarwid
Jan 3, 2003, 3:29 AM
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[small]This topic was moved to the Technique & Training forum by polarwid[/small]
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wyomingclimber
Jan 3, 2003, 5:31 PM
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Sometimes you gotta love this board. I mean, no offense, but jogging? How on earth is increasing endurance in your leg muscles going to keep you from pumping off a route? This is like telling someone who wants to improve their bench press to take up road biking.
Unless I'm just wierd, I tend to fail because my forearms lose strength and coordination--my quads generally feel great, and my biceps and lats mostly feel pretty good, too (bringing into question the effectiveness of the ever popular pull-up.)
Without going into the physiology of muscular endurance (ridiculously complicated) it seems like simple common sense that you'd focus your time on the muscles that tend to cause you to fall.
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fern
Jan 3, 2003, 5:43 PM
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Joging is good because cardio endurance is good.
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josephine
Jan 3, 2003, 6:44 PM
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As my friends above said, running,biking or just walking is good to strenght your leg muscles.A tip if you can't go out for all these try this just climb some stairs...it's a very good exercise.
Start with general movements, such as jogging for 2-3 minutes.
Then, incorporate general movements down the body from top to toe,gently stretch the various muscle groups.
Target some specific muscle groups and once warmed it is appropriate to do some gentle stretching,gentle i said,eh?not painful,of short duration,eh?(5-10 sec)
*I'm a begginer,and all these things help me,my instructor told me all these things.*(not from my mind,eh?)
Penny
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blindslap
Jan 3, 2003, 7:02 PM
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This is a little more weight training specific but it helps me a lot.
Get a round pipe, of any diamater and any length. (preferably not too long) take this pipe and wrap the last four or five inches of webbing around it and secure with duct tape.
On the opposite end of the webbing attach by any means a small weight (three - five pounds) (The webbing should be about 3-4 feet long to start with)
then when it's done, hold the contraption out in front of you and roll the weight up anddown, with your wrists. it'll feel easy at first but after two or three you'll really burn.
Mix this and other arms and upper body workouts and you should be fine.
(i say upper body, because ninety percent of the time my upper body burns quicker than my legs, this may be different for you, i don't know)
I also agree with a total overall healthy cardivascular system. Keep running.
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holdplease2
Jan 4, 2003, 2:39 AM
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TRY YOGA PLEASE!
The BALANCE, the FLEXIBILITY and the CORE STRENGTH that you develop are second-to-none. Not to mention the mental focus and the ability to hold a position FOR A LONG TIME, working past burn, is great.
I recommend Rodney Yee's videos called POWER YOGA FOR BEGINNERS or YOGA FOR STRENGTH. It is NOT sitting and looking at a wall with your feet wrapped around your head. (Sometimes, actually, it is) but it will:
STRENGTHEN YOUR CORE
IMPROVE YOUR HIP and GENERAL FLEXIBILITY
MAKE YOUR BALLANCE UNBELIEVABLE
and WORK YOUR CORE in a BALLANCED WAY (sides, back, belly, general body tension!)
Also, it is a GREAT way to get yourself recoverd from a rough climbing trip or whatever.
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