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Conditioning for Climbing

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westyb3 29 Mar 2016

Here's a little conditioning article I put together for Highball Bouldering Centre, Norwich. It covers a mixture of my favourite exercises that I like to do off the climbing wall.

http://highballclimbingnorwich.com/blog/ben-west-training-plan-for-climbing...

For more articles, info and training tips check out:

http://up-grade.uk/ to keep up to date.

Happy training!!!

zv 29 Mar 2016

In reply to westyb3:

excellent article. Upper body strength is often underestimated and so is antagonistic training. Thanks for the resource and let us know about any future ones!

pjcollinson 29 Mar 2016

In reply to westyb3:

Good article, just what I need having just done a couple of months in the gym that wasn't in any way climbing focussed. I really like the look of the suspension training stuff.

snoop6060 29 Mar 2016

In reply to westyb3:

Nice article. Out of interest, how frequently are you doing these sessions and are they combined with a climbing session too? Kinda of imagine myself being pretty spanked after any of these sessions

OP westyb3 30 Mar 2016

In reply to snoop6060:

It really depends on your fitness levels. If you haven't really trained any of these exercises before then I would recommend doing this as a separate session once a week. You could tag the core / antagonist exercises on to one of your climbing sessions but I wouldn't recommend doing the climbing specific strength work on the same day.

maxticate 30 Mar 2016

In reply to westyb3:

Enjoyed the article, looks good. I hate pull ups but feel the need to go out and get some suspension straps now. Something I never knew I wanted before!