{"id":592,"date":"2009-01-07T09:27:13","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allclimbing.com\/?p=592"},"modified":"2009-01-07T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T16:27:13","slug":"climbing-training-plan-for-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allclimbing.com\/climbing-training-plan-for-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing Training Plan for 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the years, I think I’ve read almost every book on training for climbing. Always looking for that missing element to my training plans or that hidden technique I never knew existed.<\/p>\n

Obviously, there never has been a magic bullet, though many books would have you believe so (although I do recommend Training for Climbing<\/a>). As a result, I began to re-evaluate my own goals and training plans and came to a few conclusions based on what I’ve read, discussed with various doctors and physical trainers, and my own background.<\/p>\n

The short answer is there are no shortcuts. There is no magical plan that will make you climb 5.12<\/a> after reading a book.<\/p>\n

And even worse, every climber’s body is different, thus making a single plan or set of techniques vary greatly in their effectiveness.<\/p>\n

The good news is that I strongly believe there are a few simple steps climbers can take in order to make some rapid improvements in their climbing.<\/p>\n

Many of these you may already be doing, but I know I have room to improve on each of these areas.<\/p>\n

My overall plan is to simplify first with general goals and then built up to more specific ones as I make progress. <\/p>\n

There’s no point in my having a goal of “do 3 10 second dead hangs on the micro-edge” when I don’t even use my hangboard on a regular basis. Instead, I’m going to start with “use my hangboard to supplement my gym climbing training X times per week”. Then once it becomes a habit, I can start to add more specificity.<\/p>\n

So, without further ado, here is my personal training plan for the upcoming year in lieu of any New Year’s Resolutions I’d likely break or rationalize away anyway.<\/p>\n

Food \/ Nutrition<\/strong><\/p>\n