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Re: [rgold] Weight Lifting - Is any of this useful for climbing???:
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jt512
Oct 1, 2010, 5:00 PM
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rgold wrote: There is another thing about body-weight exercises that, it seems to me, might be appealing to climbers. Mastering something difficult obviously appeals to climbers, and gymnastic and circus moves provide a source of "projects" to work on, a very different experience than trying to add a few plates to the barbell.
The thing is that there is an opportunity cost to working on those sorts of gymnastic exercises. If you don't have a good rock climbing gym available and can't build a decent home wall, then gymnastic exercises are likely to be useful, since, like climbing, they are body weight exercises. But, a well-structured climbing-gym based training program will likely be more effective because it is more sport specific.
Like you, I'm not an expert. But the experts have already spoken and apparently they disagree, which, I guess, is why we're still arguing. That, and the fact that ideas about weight lifting, to some, are very cherished beliefs.
Jay
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