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Climbing Weakness
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:12 pm
by One-Fall
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.
Re: Climbing Weakness
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:17 pm
by pigsteak
geesh, you're a mess.
you left nothing for us gumbies.
Re: Climbing Weakness
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:58 am
by JR
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.
Re: Climbing Weakness
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:25 am
by pawilkes
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
Re: Climbing Weakness
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:46 pm
by dustonian
I like cookies and hate training.
Re: Climbing Weakness
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:50 pm
by toad857
i have no weaknesses. none.
Re: Climbing Weakness
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:15 pm
by ReachHigh
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.
Re: Climbing Weakness
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:30 pm
by der uber
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.
Re: Climbing Weakness
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:31 pm
by caribe
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.