Training for Climbing

The key to smooth, efficient movement is to maintain a high level of relaxation throughout the climb.

High economy means discovering the way to do each move, and an entire route for that matter, with minimal energy expenditure.

no matter how hard a new move feels at first, it will become easier to execute—and perhaps even intuitive—as the result of intelligent practice.

your brain doesn’t know what you can or cannot do until you tell it. Don’t prejudge sequences or your capabilities

The best active-rest activities for climbers are hiking, jogging, light mountain biking, and even some limited less-than-vertical or big-hold climbing (ARC training protocol).

additional magnesium is beneficial in a number of ways and may even help your muscles relax and return to normal function.

To keep climbing hard throughout the day and to speed recovery for a second day of climbing, however, you should consume a minimum of 600 to 800 calories during the course of the day.

Toward this end, you should take in your first dose of calories between one to two hours after beginning your climb.

The single biggest error in recovery strategy by most climbers is delayed consumption of calories during and after a day of climbing.

The discomfort and pump that develop in your forearms while climbing is largely the result of increasing intracellular acidosis and hypoxia in the working muscles.