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Title: Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance
ISBN: 0762723130
Author:
Eric J. Horst
Publicate Date: 2002-12-01
Publish: 2002-12-01
List Price: $16.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: The Undefinitive Guide to Climbing
I had great expectations for this book. I have been climbing for 6 months (in the gym) and am up into 5.11's. I was looking for some instruction and guidance on focusing my training and getting to the next level. Unfortunately this book does not provide much of what I am looking for.
Largely it consists of a number of unsupported theories (often backed up by bogus graphs) and gross generalities which the author uses to expound on general training techniques. Many of the authors suggestions are well known techniques that any athelete could use but there is very little direct guidance on specific exercises that will target specific climbing deficiencies. I read a chapter of the book and at the end really don't have a good idea of what specific exercises I should be employing. Also the book is full of unexplained climbing jargon which takes a while to figure out.
I definitely would not reccomend this book to a beginning or even intermediate climber and I assume most advance climbers would be beyond the level of the book.
I am going to keep searching for a good book on climbing training techniques.
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2: Excelent.
It is really the definitive guide for climbing performance. Looks like "how to climb 5.12" with a lot more things. No doubt it is a good guide for who wants to upgrade his/her climb level.
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3: Excellent training book
This book delivers what it says, "Training for Climbing". It is not a technique book but very specifically a guide to training most efficiently for climbing. If you want to climber harder, this book provides lots of good advice.
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4: Thank you for this book!
I am an intermediate climber and have been searching for a good source of training techniques to better myself and accomplish more advanced climbs. "Training for Climbing" was suggested by the folks that work at my gym, so I ran out and bought it. This book is so full of information, that I'll be devouring it for weeks! Everything I've read so far is very fact based and straight forward. The parts on developing mental skills are especially interesting to me, as concentration is one of my biggest areas to work on.
My trainer at the gym has requested to look over the book and then we will formulate a work out program to get me in top shape for climbing. I can't wait! Thank you to Eric J. Horst for this comprehensive book on Training for Climbing.
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5: Just what I was looking for...
I've been climbing for a few years and I wanted to begin a more serious, structured training program to help me break through to the higher grades. Training For Climbing is the book I was looking for, given its scientific look at improving technique, strength and the mind. While such a detailed, measured approach to training may not be for everyone, it has great appeal to me as a longtime athlete who engaged in formal training for other sports. Training For Climbing helped me understand the many unique aspects to, well, training for climbing, which I found to be much different than what I had been used to from my previous sports experience. Furthermore, I enjoyed seeing the many research references and footnotes, and more importantly I was pleased by the overall LACK of "do as so-and-so hot-shot climber does" or "train like I train." Training For Climbing helped me diagnose and design the best training program for me, and I sense that the book will remain a key resource for me for many years to come.
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