Climbing Weakness

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One-Fall
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Climbing Weakness

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Do you know what yours are?

A few of mine:

Mental: Fear of falling, and the mental toughness to just hang in there
Weight: Still about 10 lbs over weight
Grip Strength: Put me on a small crimp, and I am out
Foot work: Dont trust the small stuff
Body positioning: I tend to go with "what worked first" instead of looking for the perfect position for each move.
Keep my elbow locked: Mine will open up like i have a regrigerator hanging from me.
Recovery: I will live this come February.
Can't we all just get along?
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pigsteak
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Re: Climbing Weakness

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geesh, you're a mess.

you left nothing for us gumbies.
Positive vibes brah...positive vibes.
JR
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Re: Climbing Weakness

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Mental: My onsighting is weak. My preparation has been marginal.
Weight: No matter what I weigh I feel 5lbs. away from ideal(maybe this should be under mental).
Grip: Narrow shallow pinches are weak and, as always, open handing edges.
Footwork: Backsteps or feet directly under me, especially on steep terrain.
Technique: The footwork on crosses(hands) and the footwork on undercling moves need attention.
Power: My full lock off(elbow into your side) needs addressing.
pawilkes
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Re: Climbing Weakness

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My biggest weakness is that I don't really know what my weaknesses are so. Maybe its my lack in believing i can climb as hard as i can
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dustonian
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Re: Climbing Weakness

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I like cookies and hate training.
toad857
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Re: Climbing Weakness

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i have no weaknesses. none.
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ReachHigh
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Re: Climbing Weakness

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Mental: I'm weak at projecting/red pointing, once the onsight is gone everything feels like failure.

Focus: dragging feet when tired, my footwork is good till I tire, then I focus to much on whats tired instead of working around it.

General Life: I fail at preventing injury.

Training: weight and training bounces around to much.

Endurance: learn to rest more on route and physical is usually the first thing I always need to work on.
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der uber
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Re: Climbing Weakness

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Physically I think I'll be well served by focusing on crimp/finger strenth. Mentally I think I an squeeze out more performance before failing.
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caribe
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Re: Climbing Weakness

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pawilkes wrote:My biggest weakness is that I don't really know what my weaknesses are so. Maybe its my lack in believing i can climb as hard as i can
Definitely dude.
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