Building Big Muscles for Sending

Have you been consistently climbing at least a few days a week but feel like you aren’t really getting any better? Maybe you saw a lot of progress for a while in your climbing, and now you’ve hit a plateau?

Adding in some strength training could be helpful in giving you a climbing boost. This article from cruxcrush.com shares an example of a “building big muscles” strength training workout plan based on research literature and Steve Bechtel’s site, ClimbStrong.

“Why is strength training helpful to climbers you may ask? Well as Steve Bechtel explains in his article Strength Training for Rock Climbing, part one, ‘The basic idea is that for any given move, a stronger climber will use a smaller percentage of his maximum strength, and will thus be better able to climb with technical correctness and will be more resistant to fatigue.’” -cruxcrush.com

Climbing more efficiently and with more resistance to fatigue sounds pretty good to me…

So, if you are ready to add in some strength training, check out this workout! 4 different movement types are discussed and then an example of a training session (with exercise videos) is included.

This article does make note that strength training may not be the best way to get better at climbing if you are still a beginner (climbing for less than 2 years)- focusing on developing good climbing technique is probably a better idea.

CLICK HERE: Strength Training: Building Big Muscles for Sending

(photo courtesy of cruxcrush.com)

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