By Finn the Human
From The Land of Ooo
Dec 17, 2011
| Sheldon Deeny wrote: If you ever check this forum to look at ways to improve your climbing, do yourself a favor and read the book. Or read it again if you already have.
People come to this website to get advice? I thought it was just a place for people to practice their biting sarcasm. | 
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By saxfiend
Administrator
From Decatur, GA
Dec 17, 2011
| Taylor Ogden wrote: People come to this website to get advice? I thought it was just a place for people to practice their biting sarcasm.
You're thinking of rockclimbing.com. Common mistake.
JL |
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By Finn the Human
From The Land of Ooo
Dec 17, 2011
| And we're two for two! Lets keep this ball a rollin'! |
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By saxfiend
Administrator
From Decatur, GA
Dec 17, 2011
| Sheldon Deeny wrote: Seriously people, if you haven't bought and read and re-read the book, do it.
Sheldon, could you give us the full title and author(s) of this book?
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By Philip Lutz
From Akron/Oberlin, Ohio
Dec 17, 2011
| its by Dave MacLeod...i think the book is pretty good very general information in my opinion, but i really like his ideas and his blog is fun/useful to read
I am looking forward to the other books he will be coming out with |
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By Sheldon Deeny
From Midland, TX
Dec 18, 2011
| saxfiend wrote: Sheldon, could you give us the full title and author(s) of this book? JL
Oh yeah, it's "9 out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes" by Dave MacLeod. It can be found HERE
MacLeod also has a blog, as mentioned above. onlineclimbingcoach.blogspot.com |
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By Mike Anderson
From Dayton, OH
Dec 18, 2011
| I think there is a ton of great info in that book, but objectively, it's poorly (not at all?) organized, and it doesn't do a great job of telling you what to do. I imagine it's akin to interpreting the teachings of a cryptic kung fu master. |
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By Brian Scoggins
From Eugene, OR
Dec 18, 2011
| saxfiend wrote: You're thinking of rockclimbing.com. Common mistake. JL
And I come here to see people spray about their imagined superiority to Rockclimbing.com.
If I want useful information, I pick up a book. |
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By Brendan N. (grayhghost)
From Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 19, 2011
| Mike Anderson wrote: I think there is a ton of great info in that book, but objectively, it's poorly (not at all?) organized,
It does read like a random selection of his blog posts.
Mike Anderson wrote: and it doesn't do a great job of telling you what to do. I imagine it's akin to interpreting the teachings of a cryptic kung fu master.
Therein lies its beauty. McCleod understands that he is writing a book that will be read by thousands of different climbers with different strengths and weaknesses. He can't possibly give them the best advice for improving their climbing but he can inspire them to become active participants in their own improvement. Urging someone to investigate different training avenues and inspiring them to tackle their weaknesses is what "9 out of 10" is about and I think this approach is crucial in the long run. |
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By Will S
From Joshua Tree
Dec 19, 2011
| Sheldon Deeny wrote: All the questions on this forum about "What hangboard/campus routine should I do?" and "How do I get endurance" and blahblahblah would never even be posted if people read the book.
It's a very useful book. But you're a little over the top with the fanboi routine there. Since Dave seems to be, shall we say, "not very knowledgeable" WRT to hangboarding, people who can benefit from it (which is essentially everyone who wants to be stronger, contrary to the oft-repeated advice that you don't need to "train" until 5.13 or whatever) would be well served to ask their hangboarding questions among a group of people that collectively has dozens of years of experience with dedicated hangboarding and proven results from the same.
Good book, deserves a place in every climber's library, but don't rely on it for anything having to do with hangboarding. Why? Because while you can certainly climb harder by honing your technique a bit, ironing out the pyschological factors, etc...those things are relatively quick fixes and can be done in conjunction with something like hangboarding. So it's not a mutually exclusive "one or the other" choice, provided you have the time. And second, building finger strength is the opposite...a slow and laborious process. It takes years and years to get anywhere near your potential, so you might as well get started. And finally, the common theme among these "don't train until 5.xx level" is that they recommend more hard bouldering (in MacCleod's case) or more route climbing in other cases...but if I (like many), bouldered hard year round, my shoulders among other parts would be wrecked or constantly on the verge of chronic issues. Hanging, and to some extent campusing, are very structured and low-risk of injury (chronic or acute) compared to limit bouldering and continue to work the weak link (finger strength) while giving the highly-stressed parts a period of recovery.
You should also be aware that the training culture MacCleod is operating within is quite different from the US. All the talk about board angles and setting problems is from a perspective of people training in a very small facility and/or on small home woodys. For someone training in the typical US climbing gym these are all virtually non-issues. With 4-6 setters, constantly chaning problems, and a variety of wall geometry, it's just a different animal than doing the same dozen problems that you set on your 45 in the garage. |
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By Jake Jones
From The Eastern Flatlands
Dec 19, 2011
| Taylor Ogden wrote: People come to this website to get advice? I thought it was just a place for people to practice their biting sarcasm.
I visit for both and have found both answers and inspiration. |
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By Will S
From Joshua Tree
Dec 21, 2011
| Given the <18mo climbing, you are probably right in thinking the supporting structures...tendons, etc aren't ready for hangboarding and the like.
I may be a little over-stating the case about everyone benefiting from structured strength work like hangs, for newer climbers it really isn't needed. It just seems like everywhere I turn these days the current fashionable concept is that "people don't really need to train until 5.xx level, they just need to improve their movement", which I don't buy at all. Technique will take you a long way, strength will take you a long way, ignoring one or the other is a fools game. |
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