| SO Now How Do You Start Training For Rock | | | | training plan going all year. |
| Climbing? | | | | Continually analyze your performance and modify |
| First rule: Whatever the specific skill you are | | | | your workouts to target specific muscle functions. |
| developing during the workout, give it 100%. | | | | Insert breaks into the training program to allow the |
| Your training should include specifically all the three | | | | body to recover fully before proceeding to next |
| muscle functions: Endurance, Strength, and Burst. | | | | training. |
| Endurance allows climber to climb higher and longer | | | | The training program should keep you in better shape |
| without getting fatigue easily. Low resistance | | | | mentally and physically, reduce the potential for |
| exercises are usually carried out to improve | | | | injury, and will result in higher strength, endurance, |
| endurance. If you want to climb over roofs, holding | | | | and aerobic capacity. |
| on to negative holds and executing stretchy moves, | | | | Increasing Aerobic Capacity improves mental and |
| muscle strength should be trained. | | | | physical alertness throughout the day. There are two |
| Burst power is usually needed in dynos move. Burst | | | | aerobic training methods (Circuit and Interval Training) |
| training can be physically exhausting and thus it is | | | | to rock climbing. |
| best to understand the different exercises that can | | | | Remember your rock climbing program should be |
| improve burst power. | | | | totally customized to you. And hence the program |
| Keep the same pace and intensity during your rock | | | | will help you to meet the goals that you have set |
| climbing training workout as you would during a | | | | and stay focus on improving your weaknesses. |
| climbing competition or real rock climbing. Keep the | | | | |