Comments on: Wednesday 02-11-09, indoor climbing & campusing http://www.fitnessfail.com/wednesday-02-11-09-indoor-climbing-campusing/ Assorted ramblings on training, nutrition, social issues surrounding these areas and a generous side of irrelevancy Wed, 04 May 2011 23:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: cmason http://www.fitnessfail.com/wednesday-02-11-09-indoor-climbing-campusing/comment-page-1/#comment-142 cmason Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:26:18 +0000 http://fitnessfail.com/?p=230#comment-142 Yeah. Learning not to over grip and to trust your feet is huge in the beginning. It still works your forearms as you advance - as you learn to get more and more out of the lower body, the harder routes start to demand more and more of the hands. I've taught a number of beginning climbers through different classes. One simple exercise you might try. Get on a wall, only a foot or so up with good holds. Make sure your weight is on your feet. Now relax your grip until you come off. You want to be holding just slightly harder than that. Just enough force to keep you on. Yeah. Learning not to over grip and to trust your feet is huge in the beginning. It still works your forearms as you advance – as you learn to get more and more out of the lower body, the harder routes start to demand more and more of the hands. I’ve taught a number of beginning climbers through different classes.

One simple exercise you might try. Get on a wall, only a foot or so up with good holds.
Make sure your weight is on your feet.

Now relax your grip until you come off.
You want to be holding just slightly harder than that. Just enough force to keep you on.

]]> By: David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts http://www.fitnessfail.com/wednesday-02-11-09-indoor-climbing-campusing/comment-page-1/#comment-141 David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:22:25 +0000 http://fitnessfail.com/?p=230#comment-141 I just recently tried indoor rock climbing. What a workout! In my case, it really worked my forearms and hands, if only because I was grabbing onto the walls so tightly! (I'm a little afraid of heights). I'm going to try it again in the future. Your dinner sounds mega healthy too! - Dave I just recently tried indoor rock climbing. What a workout! In my case, it really worked my forearms and hands, if only because I was grabbing onto the walls so tightly! (I’m a little afraid of heights). I’m going to try it again in the future.

Your dinner sounds mega healthy too!

- Dave

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