How much weight to lose for climbing?
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No one usually wants to hear this, but unless you're actually fat, then losing weight is the last thing to worry about. |
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AST wrote:No one usually wants to hear this, but unless you're actually fat, then losing weight is the last thing to worry about.This is exactly what I needed to hear, thank you. And... 1) Your technique is *perfect* No. 2) Your mental/psychological conditioning is excellent No. 3) Your general physical conditioning is excellent No. 4) Your finger strength and endurance are as honed as possible No. 5) You are generally injury free Yes! So yeah. Weight=not what I should be focusing on. |
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Nancy, your post immediately above is spot on, IMO. |
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Meh, dont focus so much on the numbers. Muscle weighs more than fat, and if you are really light for your height, you might not have much muscle mass either (which would be a bad thing as a climber). |
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NancyN wrote: This is exactly what I needed to hear, thank you. And... 1) Your technique is *perfect* No. 2) Your mental/psychological conditioning is excellent No. 3) Your general physical conditioning is excellent No. 4) Your finger strength and endurance are as honed as possible No. 5) You are generally injury free Yes! So yeah. Weight=not what I should be focusing on.Nancy you sound perfect weight for age, etc. 5 lbs is something that will melt away with a bit of diet and climbing workout into the spring,,not a major factor for a weight changing life event. Just strengthen up the weaknesses you list, and maybe concentrate on technique more than brute strength muscle mass issues. |
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Depending what type of climbing you do. Mixed - lose 15 lbs, bouldering - lose 10 lbs, sport- lose 5 lbs, trad - stay the same, ice - gain 5 lbs, big wall - gain 10 lbs, alpine - gain 20 lbs. That's it in the nut shell. |
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Train core strength. Alot of climbers get really caught up with fingers strength and get injured trying to make there fingers stronger. You will be shocked what you can hold onto, when your sucked into the wall all the time. |
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Protein powder, has always been a good food supplement for me. |
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I never go by the numbers, use a mirror and how you feel. Just eat healthy, minimal processed food/junk carbs, stay active, climb hard, and the rest will come. The more you eat (good foods/fats) the more you burn! I know a kid that would be considered "fat" and he crushes overhanging 5.12+ routes.... |
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Jeff Samuels wrote:Depending what type of climbing you do. Mixed - lose 15 lbs, bouldering - lose 10 lbs, sport- lose 5 lbs, trad - stay the same, ice - gain 5 lbs, big wall - gain 10 lbs, alpine - gain 20 lbs. That's it in the nut shell.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtNHuqHWefU&feature=player_embedded |
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FrankPS wrote: youtube.com/watch?v=WtNHuqH…This. |
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Jeff Samuels wrote:Depending what type of climbing you do. Mixed - lose 15 lbs, bouldering - lose 10 lbs, sport- lose 5 lbs, trad - stay the same, ice - gain 5 lbs, big wall - gain 10 lbs, alpine - gain 20 lbs. That's it in the nut shell.This seems reasonable for me except I'm not sure how I will haul myself up peaks weighing 240lbs before gear. |
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Ben Griffin wrote:Protein powder, has always been a good food supplement for me.this is good advice if the protein powder you are consuming is free of artificial flavoring sweeteners and other filler crap they put in them nowadays. find a really good company that is dedicated to giving bodybuilders Supplements and you all found a good protein powder probably. the Walmart crap does not compare at all to a pure supplement |
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MarktheCPA wrote: This seems reasonable for me except I'm not sure how I will haul myself up peaks weighing 240lbs before gear.If you are a solid muscle bound 220 pownder now you should not have a problem at all. |
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5.samadhi wrote: this is good advice if the protein powder you are consuming is free of artificial flavoring sweeteners and other filler crap they put in them nowadays. find a really good company that is dedicated to giving bodybuilders Supplements and you all found a good protein powder probably. the Walmart crap does not compare at all to a pure supplementFirst world problems! |
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Jeff Samuels wrote: First world problems!I know I'm still kind of in awe always about how awesome my life is. definitely do not take that shit for granted. |
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