Not the sweet movie Chuck put out.
What part of your core training do you feel is most applicable to climbing? Function over form type of thing?
Anything beat the front lever?
Core
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Clevis Hitch
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Re: Core
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Re: Core
I was reading up on core exercises on moonclimbing.com. They talk about levers, superman, spiderman and several other drills. They say the lever is the standard of core strength, and that core is a lot morr than just abs.
http://usa.moonclimbing.com/core-body-t ... 4_365.html
Edited to 'fix' link, if I can ever figure it out. ok screw it, paste that in there.
http://usa.moonclimbing.com/core-body-t ... 4_365.html
Edited to 'fix' link, if I can ever figure it out. ok screw it, paste that in there.
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tbwilsonky
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Re: Core
my .02 on core workouts:
p90x Abripper X: little crossover to climbing, but it's a good A-E workout and lends itself to general fitness.... so i do it.
Ab Wheel: same as above, but you can't deny doing 100 rollouts in 2 minutes isn't absolutely brutal. torpedo pushups and man-makers are also pretty non-specific to climbing, but are still excellent ways to get wicked strong in the middle.
Poses: a few years ago I bought Dave Wahl's core strength workout and still run it regularly. it's basically a series of static poses ranging from yoga ground moves to the standard front lever and are geared specifically towards being taut for climbing. i'd explain his theory on core strength and climbing strength in detail, but it would be easier for you to just pop over to his site @ http://www.athletikspesifik.com/. while you're there you should also check out his stuff on shoulder stability.
Touches: towards the end of my gym sessions i like to add in some extra core punishment. 'touches' basically involves grabbing some holds, cutting feet, and snagging a foot chip as far away as possible. obviously worse jibs, worse holds, and longer spans make this more and more interesting. i'll also take the general idea of 'touches' and apply them to particular boulder problems in the gym. for instance, on problems with long crux moves i'm constantly reducing the size of the 'launch' holds and the quality of the feet to incrementally move the problem towards impossibility.
the key to all of these is making sure they are increasingly intense. routine is the death of strength gains. therefore i try do longer poses. harder poses. worse holds. longer deadpoints. the goal isn't to do X move X # of times, but to force your body to adapt to increasingly awful body positions. to that end, i used to go here--- > http://www.beastskills.com/ to sort out new core-related progressions to work through.
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p90x Abripper X: little crossover to climbing, but it's a good A-E workout and lends itself to general fitness.... so i do it.
Ab Wheel: same as above, but you can't deny doing 100 rollouts in 2 minutes isn't absolutely brutal. torpedo pushups and man-makers are also pretty non-specific to climbing, but are still excellent ways to get wicked strong in the middle.
Poses: a few years ago I bought Dave Wahl's core strength workout and still run it regularly. it's basically a series of static poses ranging from yoga ground moves to the standard front lever and are geared specifically towards being taut for climbing. i'd explain his theory on core strength and climbing strength in detail, but it would be easier for you to just pop over to his site @ http://www.athletikspesifik.com/. while you're there you should also check out his stuff on shoulder stability.
Touches: towards the end of my gym sessions i like to add in some extra core punishment. 'touches' basically involves grabbing some holds, cutting feet, and snagging a foot chip as far away as possible. obviously worse jibs, worse holds, and longer spans make this more and more interesting. i'll also take the general idea of 'touches' and apply them to particular boulder problems in the gym. for instance, on problems with long crux moves i'm constantly reducing the size of the 'launch' holds and the quality of the feet to incrementally move the problem towards impossibility.
the key to all of these is making sure they are increasingly intense. routine is the death of strength gains. therefore i try do longer poses. harder poses. worse holds. longer deadpoints. the goal isn't to do X move X # of times, but to force your body to adapt to increasingly awful body positions. to that end, i used to go here--- > http://www.beastskills.com/ to sort out new core-related progressions to work through.
t
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