So if we avoid injury can we climb for longer in life? Seems plausible.
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So if we avoid injury can we climb for longer in life? Seems plausible.
Asking these 4 questions changed my rock climbing forever! Without asking these questions my climbing would not have developed with any focus to where it is today. I am going to share these questions with you here. I hope they with help to focus you and your rock climbing…
Until now climbers have just gone climbing to get better at climbing. In many cases the benefits of pull up routines hanging on door frames and sit ups while watching tv were shared around the climbing community. A kind of haphazard hearsay approach to coaching. In many cases it worked, something worked. Improvements were made and harder climbs were ascended. It is now not uncommon for climbing coaches to have their own coach. Yes, coaches coaching coaches!!! Ben Moon has a coach, Adam Ondra has a coach, even the free spirited Chris Sharma has a coach. I took some time to find out why...
Next time you are at the climbing wall give this a go...I challenge you. As part of your warm up find a friendly piece of boulder traverse wall. Take 2 minutes to traverse the wall following the 5 steps below. You will see improvements in your rock climbing...or