Keep getting in the miles. Just do as many routes as you can. If you hit the gym auto belay, go up a route you know you can do. Get to the top. Release repeat with as little rest as you can. Normally 10 seconds
I used to get various aches and pains in my forearms (tendonitis/tendonosis) and fingers. I'd climb (mainly indoor bouldering) until I was completely wasted, then need three days recovery.
I'd tried lots of stretching, ice packs, Theraband Flex-Bar with only a minor improvement at best.
Now I do shorter sessions but climb more often. I found I get more climbing done overall and I feel better both when climbing and when not climbing. The trick is having the composure to pack in before I overdo it.
Podcast from "stuff you should know" actually. Basically the swelling in the muscles caused by micro tears causes them to grow stronger. If you reduce the swelling with cold it doesn't hurt as much but also they don't grow as much.
Could you post a link please? Will be interested to see if there is any scientific research/reasoning behind this. Personally, I wouldn't take this advice.
Thanks for the links. The way I read it was that icing may delay recovery but it wasn't conclusive on the subject of reducing strength gains compared to non-icing (except in the 20mins after icing)
So to the OP maybe icing isnt a good idea after all
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