Posts Tagged ‘Climbing Techniques’

Climbing techniques – weight loss programme

A couple of weeks ago I told you about my halt in progress in my climbing improvement plan. I explained that I have gained weight, and although much of it is muscle weight it is putting extra stress on my fingers (which is impairing my performance, especially on overhanging routes).

I’m into my third week of a body composition workout, designed to cut weight while maintaining lean muscle mass. I said I would share the workout with you, so as promised here it is…

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Roundup

Hi everyone. Once again, I’m going to have to start this post with an apology. When I set out on this climbing improvement plan, I told you that we would set ourselves goals and assess our gains by the beginning of February. When I made that (very bold) statement, I didn’t consider the following factors:

1. Christmas (I lost at least a couple of weeks and gained a few pounds).
2. Work (I have been exceptionally busy at work which has made it difficult to put in the time required to research and write training material without sacrificing quality).
3. Snowboarding (I become completely obsessed with snowboarding at this time of year).

That said, I have been training and I’m interested to know if anyone out there has used any of the advice I have provided in this plan. If you have, how did you get on?

Climbing techniques – sloped holds (slopers)

If you climb Gritstone crags in the UK you will surely be familiar with climbing on sloped holds, and trying to make the most of the friction between hand and rock.

Climbing cracks – finger and hand jamming techniques

Hand and finger jamming is an essential technique for anyone serious about rock climbing. Check out this fantastic video featuring Jay Smith climbing a fantastic crack in Moab, Utah. He demonstrates and explains hand jamming technique beautifully.

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 10 – Improving your mental strength

Hi everyone. Sincere apologies for the delay in writing this post. Christmas and my recent snowboarding trip kind of got in the way. I have to admit that I have done very little climbing over the last few weeks. I’m looking forward to getting back out there as soon as possible. I managed to get a session at my local climbing wall on Friday and climbed surprising well considering I had only managed one previous session since before Christmas.

In this post I’m going to focus on the mental aspects of rock climbing. I’m going to split those into 2 distinct areas:

* Managing stress / fear
* Motivation & focus for performance

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 [...]

Moving from indoor to outdoor rock climbing

Thinking of making the jump from rock climbing indoors at your local climbing wall to braving the natural stuff outdoors? Excellent choice, you won’t regret it. I’m assuming that you have done some indoor lead climbing on sport routes, and that you’re comfortable with clipping into quick draws, but that you haven’t yet placed any [...]