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.

The workout is split into 2 sessions; short endurance and long endurance. You can do them alone or with a climbing partner.

Day 1 – Short endurance

1 – Warmup: “Traverse”
Traverse around the climbing wall for 5 minutes straight. Easy movements.

2 – Warmup: “Five plus five”
With a partner: start traversing, taking turns adding 5 holds each time, partner repeats and adds 5 more, so on, until you reach a maximum of 50 movements each. Challenge each other to tougher and tougher movements.

Without a partner: set an easy traverse, but of 80 movements. Resting is allowed if necessary, but never without hands.

3 – Short endurance:
Set one or two routes of 25 movements, of high intensity, avoiding finger stressing holds.
Do 3 sets of 3 repetitions (a repetition being a full route) resting 5 minutes between repetitions and 10 minutes between sets.

4 - Flexibility: Stretching
Always stretch properly before you head home. I’ll post a full stretching routine soon.

Day 2 – Long endurance

1 – Warmup: “Traverse”
Traverse around the climbing wall for 5 minutes straight. Easy movements.

2 – Warmup: “Five plus five”
With a partner: start traversing, taking turns adding 5 holds each time, partner repeats and adds 5 more, so on, until you reach a maximum of 50 movements each. Challenge each other to tougher and tougher movements.

Without a partner: set an easy traverse, but of 80 movements. Resting is allowed if necessary, but never without hands.

3 – Continuity: Long endurance
Set one or two routes of 40 movements, of medium/high intensity avoiding finger stressing holds.
Do 3 sets of 4 repetitions (a repetition being a full route) resting 6 minutes between repetitions and 10 minutes between sets.

4 - Flexibility: Stretching
Always stretch properly.

I hope you enjoy this routine. I’ll certainly be giving it a go. Thanks Ignacio!

If anyone else out there has a killer climbing workout or even just a single exercise or tip that you want to share, please let me know.

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 9 – Guest post from Ignacio Romero is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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