Escalating Density Training
That is possible, but I don't see all of the unhealthy people I know flocking to the crags either. They seem to want to keep indulging their poor lifestyle. In any case I need to depend on other means to maintain physical ability. My climbing opportunities are limited (I climb every other weekend), and I am 100 miles from any climbing gym. I posted this thread because I thought others may benefit from what has helped me.
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Alllllllrighty then! That would be me! Somebody take me climbing!512OW wrote:Atl wrote:The best way to do anything is to practice it. Being lean and strong will not make you better at anything automatically. Tell me, though, who would have an easier time learning the skills...a strong healthy person or a weak unhealthy one? As for me climbing is a past time, and one of several that I have. It is not a religion.
But the weak, unhealthy person would have the advantage. They'd get strong and healthy by climbing. By the time the strong guy got around to climbing, weak boy would be sending 12's.
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Good link. I read his site. I like the excerpt from his book where he states that for every pound of muscle you gain you increase calorie burn 30-40 cal per day.
good stuff. It does make you question light resistance high rep training where you are not gaining muscle mass.
good stuff. It does make you question light resistance high rep training where you are not gaining muscle mass.
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I disagree. Adding 5 pounds of pure muscle is more likely to increase your strength/weight ratio thean decrease it. Gaining that much muscle probably makes you way stronger than you were, but for most of us 5 pounds would only be about a 2-3% increase in body weight.Saxman wrote:Explain how a large amount of muscle is going to help you? 5 rep sets, after you are no longer skinny or relatively weak, is going to lower your strength to weight ratio as you get bigger and bigger. None of the world's best climbers are what bodybuilders would consider big. It could help you for bouldering, but again, only to a certain extent.
not necessarily, but it is harder if you are a Chodimus Maximus like you. And for you uninitiated the definition is tagged below.Andrew wrote:but what if your really tall. I have heard its harder.
Chodimus Maximus
1) The area between your scrotum and rectum... from the mid 1800's when this was thought to be a muscle. In 1879, it first showed up in medical books as Chodimus Maximus, and was later shortened to Chode in 1903.
2) a stupid person who does stupid things.
