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Artificial training must be balanced with specific...

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:32 pm
by xarope
The meat:
Artificial training must be balanced with specific training but the opposite is also true and has always been true: super specific training must be balanced with artificial training, with general fitness, with techniques used to correct imbalances and overuse injuries that climbing usually causes. Degrees of emphasis vary throughout the year. Attention to corrective training and general fitness will also allow this climber to profit from his experience in ten years. This is true for every athlete: take care of postural and overuse issues, and injury-proof yourself now or else all of the experience in the world will be wasted because injuries will force you to stop the sport long before you can take advantage of your wisdom and efficiency.

Of course, that won’t matter to the athlete who intends to roll over and give in at the age of 30 or 40 ...
The full "article" http://www.gymjones.com/schedule.php?date=20100418