http://blog.climbbigmountains.com/mountaineering-alps/climbing-training-tips/ Fanatic Blogging by Mountain Guides Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:35:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.climbbigmountains.com/mountaineering-alps/climbing-training-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1906 Orval Aguada Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:51:07 +0000 http://www.climbbigmountains.com/?p=72#comment-1906 Squats or lunges (quads), overhead dumbbell extension or lying dumbell extension (triceps), dumbbell flys or lying dumbbell press (chest) (note - ideally you want to do this on a bench, but you can do it on the floor, but your ROM might be shorter), dumbbell rows (lower back) or pulls ups (upper back - lats), alternating dumbbell curls (biceps), dumbbell shoulder press or lat raises (delts), stiff leg deadlifts w/ dumbbells (hamstrings). These are just afew exercises you can do at home. Good luck. Squats or lunges (quads), overhead dumbbell extension or lying dumbell extension (triceps), dumbbell flys or lying dumbbell press (chest) (note – ideally you want to do this on a bench, but you can do it on the floor, but your ROM might be shorter), dumbbell rows (lower back) or pulls ups (upper back – lats), alternating dumbbell curls (biceps), dumbbell shoulder press or lat raises (delts), stiff leg deadlifts w/ dumbbells (hamstrings). These are just afew exercises you can do at home. Good luck.

]]> http://blog.climbbigmountains.com/mountaineering-alps/climbing-training-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 Dolby Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:29:02 +0000 http://www.climbbigmountains.com/?p=72#comment-1734 Good tips, some funny stuff. For the unconventional #5, how about COOKING? It may sound weird, but cooking relaxes me and takes my mind off problems, injuries, an overworked psyche. Climbing is good for that too but there's adrenaline involved and sometimes you just want peace. Cooking gives me that... Good tips, some funny stuff. For the unconventional #5, how about COOKING? It may sound weird, but cooking relaxes me and takes my mind off problems, injuries, an overworked psyche. Climbing is good for that too but there’s adrenaline involved and sometimes you just want peace. Cooking gives me that…

]]> http://blog.climbbigmountains.com/mountaineering-alps/climbing-training-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 Ask the leadership coach » Climbing Training Tips: 4 Usual and 5 Unconventional Tips to Boost … Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:25:23 +0000 http://www.climbbigmountains.com/?p=72#comment-1733 [...] anngaff posted a noteworthy aricle today onHere’s a small snippetHey, check out these unconventional climbing training tips to boost your performance! You know you’ll learn something new, right? … Here’s a really helpful mental excercise from the coach of the Canadian Junior Climbing Team. If you’re sorta serious about hitting challanging targets in climbing, then the first four tips probably weren’t of surprise. However, if you’re into systematic training, then I believe, you should make the unusual a routine - as paradoxical as it … [...] [...] anngaff posted a noteworthy aricle today onHere’s a small snippetHey, check out these unconventional climbing training tips to boost your performance! You know you’ll learn something new, right? … Here’s a really helpful mental excercise from the coach of the Canadian Junior Climbing Team. If you’re sorta serious about hitting challanging targets in climbing, then the first four tips probably weren’t of surprise. However, if you’re into systematic training, then I believe, you should make the unusual a routine – as paradoxical as it … [...]

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