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I think that possibly this whole thread (at least part of it) is a troll by Redpoint. Am I right?

in the beginning, a climbing gym created god.

Shamis wrote:

512OW wrote:Funny, I would avoid a gym that has yoga, treadmills, weights and the like, unless it is my only option. I think most climbers are making a huge mistake by spending so much time getting "stronger", and very little to no time getting "better". I've yet to see a single person gain more by doing yoga, p90x, running, weights or any other activity, than I've seen several gain by learning better technique and basic climbing skills, in probably half the time.

Cross training and working other muscle groups is pretty essential to injury prevention.

how would you know..you are always injured. seems to prove the opposite;)

Shamis wrote:

512OW wrote:Funny, I would avoid a gym that has yoga, treadmills, weights and the like, unless it is my only option. I think most climbers are making a huge mistake by spending so much time getting "stronger", and very little to no time getting "better". I've yet to see a single person gain more by doing yoga, p90x, running, weights or any other activity, than I've seen several gain by learning better technique and basic climbing skills, in probably half the time.

Cross training and working other muscle groups is pretty essential to injury prevention.

They used to tell you that stretching was essential to injury prevention, and now they say it promotes injury.

I never cross train, and only do push ups to work other muscle groups (and those only during my hangboard phases), and the only injury I've had that stopped me from climbing was from trying to catch a climber who'd pulled all his gear.

Point is, you can do the exercises necessary to avoid injury in about 30 minutes a week, at home. A gym membership is hardly necessary.

512OW wrote:Point is, you can do the exercises necessary to avoid injury in about 30 minutes a week, at home. A gym membership is hardly necessary.

You can do all the exercises necessary to avoid injury and have some hosebag open his car door into the bike lane. That sucks.

512OW wrote: I never cross train, and only do push ups to work other muscle groups (and those only during my hangboard phases), and the only injury I've had that stopped me from climbing was from trying to catch a climber who'd pulled all his gear.

God that must be nice.

512OW wrote:

Shamis wrote:

512OW wrote:Funny, I would avoid a gym that has yoga, treadmills, weights and the like, unless it is my only option. I think most climbers are making a huge mistake by spending so much time getting "stronger", and very little to no time getting "better". I've yet to see a single person gain more by doing yoga, p90x, running, weights or any other activity, than I've seen several gain by learning better technique and basic climbing skills, in probably half the time.

Cross training and working other muscle groups is pretty essential to injury prevention.

They used to tell you that stretching was essential to injury prevention, and now they say it promotes injury.

I never cross train, and only do push ups to work other muscle groups (and those only during my hangboard phases), and the only injury I've had that stopped me from climbing was from trying to catch a climber who'd pulled all his gear.

Point is, you can do the exercises necessary to avoid injury in about 30 minutes a week, at home. A gym membership is hardly necessary.

if their is anything you don't know, could you post it to the Jesus H thread?

clif, I've got the Jesus H thread covered with all the pertinent info..we'll let odub handle the easy ones..you know, climbing related crap.

Full height gym would be great if it didn't cost an arm and an asshole for a membership.