smart gym climbing

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:06 pm

okay, gym rats, I know you are out there. I am finally going to cave in and start training at the gym. I'm concerned about getting hurt as I've heard it's easy to do at the gym (with regards to tendons). Will y'all please gimme some tips for successful and safe gym climbing?

Damn that shit is unnatural.

Post by **longlegsrule** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:11 pm

take it slow....build up slowly and listen to your body

Post by **rhino** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:13 pm

longlegsrule wrote:take it slow....build up slowly and listen to your body

I thought she asked for advise on gym climbing, not sex

Post by **longlegsrule** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:16 pm

mmmm....works for both

Post by **lordjim_2001** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:23 pm

Relax, have fun, and don't crank down on tiny crimpers all day or dyno to them.

Also watch how you fall if you are bouldering. Remeber its "like a cat": http://climbing.com/techtips/ttsport226/

Post by **SikMonkey** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:25 pm

And don't forget the three most important things in climbing in general:

1. REST
2. REST
3. REST

These three things will prevent injury and make you WAY stonger.

Mj

Post by **Wes** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:38 pm

Warm up a lot.
Spend most of your time in the beginning doing laps on easy problems, then slowly start moving toward harder problems after a few weeks.

Cool down with a couple easy problems.

And try for no more the 3-4 days a week total climbing (inside and out)

Wes

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:46 pm

have sex as much as possible BEFORE going to the gym. be sure to fuck/masturbate constantly between tries on problems, and don't forget to have multiple orgasms at the end of the day. also, don't eat smokehouse cheddar crackers.

Post by **SikMonkey** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:57 pm

Dude, Smokehouse Cheddar crackers rock.

Mj

Post by **Lateralus** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:01 pm

stretch, warm up good and focus a lot of your training on your weakness. Mix up your holds and don't focus on one problem too much if you are training for power (fastest way to get injured). If you're a weekend warrior like myself, I like to train a little on Tuesday and a bunch on Wednesday which gives a 2 day rest for the weekend-- wednesday is the holy grail training day for the ww. If you are training for routes hopefully you have access to some type of systems wall or a slightly overhanging wall that you can hang out on for longish burns. I like to get on these and gauge my progress by song length. Beware of prog rock though -- the song I got my username from is over 9:00 minutes long. To keep myself "honest" I'll try to keep my resting holds not too big and throw in hard moves in between easier sequences and every so many moves i'll simulate a clip to get my one arm strength built up. I'll just turn on a song and go until it's done and shoot for as many good burns (with about 10-15 minutes rest between burns) as I want to try and do on an outside day or as much as time will allow. This type of training has really helped my endurance and probably more importantly my confidence level