Posts Tagged ‘Strength conditioning’

Is rock climbing giving you back and neck pain?

Climbing demands a lot of your body and your mind. The mental exertion can be felt as stress in your shoulders and up into your neck.

This article deals with techniques to prevent rock climbing injuries, and how to deal with them if they occur.

Climbing book review: 9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes by Dave Macloed

The first thing I did when I finished reading this book was turn back to page one and start reading it again – it really is that good!

In this truly inspirational climbing book, Dave MacLoed embarks on a step by step mission to destroy every excuse that stands between you and your success as a rock climber (or if you think laterally, between you and success in your job, or any other sport).

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 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 – [...]