climbing in a gym

[512OW]

Climbing in the gym is not fun for me... because, well, it isn't climbing. Socializing in the gym is not fun for me, because well, why would I want to hang out with a bunch of people who think they're training when they arent'? Training in the gym... now that is fun. Pure fun.

And piggie, I can't think of a word other than pathetic... sorry.

[tbwilsonky]

agreed - training in the gym is the business. it's actually one of my favorite mini-games within climbing; setting goals, seeing progress, accomplishing said goals, rinse, repeat.

of course, i have been known to set project cruxes and try to hammer out the engrams at home, but 9 times out of 10 it turns out i send the real rig way before my indoor mock-up goes.

-t

[DriskellHR]

I like climbing in the gym but it reallly just does not "do it" for me. Climbing is too much involved with nature for me to get stoked about climbing indoors. But still I can have a blast but I hardly call what I do "training", I'm lame

[anticlmber]

depends on the gym.

some gyms get you psyched when you are there with all the routes and colors and bad techno.

then you have the gym i go to.

it can almost suck motivation from you at times.

[krampus]

for sure anti, nothing kills climbing motivation like Jack Johnson. Fay, bring back the classical music

[Meadows]

I thought gyms were for hooking up?

[caribe]

Watch out for the cougar kids! The teeny boppers are getting teenier for you as your teens get farther away.

[Meadows]

I don't climb in a gym. Nor will I ever find zits attractive.

[goosey]

I go to the gym to get paid, and I guess climb...I've always been told that the way to train for climbing was to climb, so it's both training and climbing. Wait, no, it's training...i'm confused.

[KD]

i go to the gym to lift weights and to use the treadmills and the other machines.