Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 9 – Guest post from Ignacio Romero

Hi everyone. Here we are at week 9 (out of 16) of my climbing techniques and climbing improvement plan. Here’s where it all starts to get a little bit more difficult as we go into Christmas. For most people it’s going to be pretty difficult to stick to a decent diet and get plenty of training in.

This week is a really special week because this post is from a new friend from Argentina. Please allow me to introduce Ignacio Romero from Mendoza. Ignacio has been kind enough to send me a climbing drill for those of you who don’t use a gym but would like a structured training plan that you can implement at your local wall.

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 8 – Core techniques

Hi everyone. Welcome to week 8 (out of 16) of my climbing techniques and climbing improvement plan. I think I may have missed a week (or two) actually. I got thrown off track a little because I attended a fantastic internet marketing seminar which has hopefully given me some more knowledge to reach a wider audience of fellow climbers. Anyway, here we are.

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 7 – A review

Hi everyone. Here we are, week 7 (out of about 16) of my climbing techniques and climbing improvement plan. Here’s what my goals were / are, and where I’m at so far:

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 6 – strength conditioning and grip (workout 3)

Hello everyone, it’s week 6 of my rock climbing improvement plan. How’s it going? Has anyone made any improvements? In 5 weeks I have moved up a grade, from 5b to 5c. I have nailed quite a few tricky 5c routes as both top ropes and leads at my local indoor wall, so I’m going [...]

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 5 – strength conditioning and grip (workout 2)

Hi everyone, it’s week 5 of my rock climbing improvement plan. Last week I gave you rock climbing workout 1 of 3, here’s workout number 2.

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 4 – strength conditioning and grip (workout 1)

Hi everyone, it’s week 4 of my rock climbing improvement plan. This week I would like to share my strength conditioning workout. I’ll be using periodisation to shock my body for continual improvement. For this initial phase I’ll focus on strength building. In a few weeks I’ll switch to body composition (losing fat / getting [...]

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 3 – strength conditioning and grip

OK, if you haven’t been following this from the beginning: 3 weeks ago I decided to embark on a mission to improve my climbing techniques and climbing grades. I invited anyone interested to join me. So far we have covered nutrition and weight management. In this post we’ll get stuck into the fun stuff – [...]

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 2 – nutrition and weight management (part 2)

In the last post I set the scene by helping you to ascertain your BMR and PAL to calculate how many calories you need to eat, and how to adjust that number for weight gain or weight loss. In this post I’ll go into a little bit more detail about protein, carbohydrates and fat.

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 1 – nutrition and weight management

Last week I told you about my plans to spend the next 3 months pushing the grade at which I climb, both indoors and outdoors. I invited you to join me. If you decided to come along, then welcome aboard and good luck. In the previous post I established some clear goals and gave myself [...]

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game (and mine)

Following a really bad climbing session last weekend at my local wall, I have decided to embark on a climbing improvement plan. My under-par performance was probably due to being over-tired and starting to come down with a cold. It has, however, served as a useful motivator for me to raise my game. It also [...]