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duracellbunny
Oct 16, 2002, 3:11 AM
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I begun climbing in the gym and two or three weeks later the callos (calluses) in my hands started hurting very much after one hour climbing.
This doesn't happen when I am climbing for 5 hours on real rock.
My questions are these: what do you do in that situation?, and what do I have to do to relief the pain while I am climbing in the gym?
Thanks
Climb safe and hard!!!!!!!!!
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petsfed
Oct 16, 2002, 3:55 AM
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I presume you mean calluses and not something else.
You're probably climbing too much. I go at most 2 days in a row climbing before I have an equivalent rest.
If you're only going weekly, you might want to try taping, because you might be ripping your calluses off without an intermediate "flapper" stage. Also avoid sharp edges when you climb. Hard to say with any certainty however because we don't have too terribly much information. And I'd never seen the word callos before. Could be I'm just not getting out enough.
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duracellbunny
Oct 16, 2002, 12:17 PM
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Thanks a lot for your information. You are right, the word is calluses, callos is in Spanish, Ups!!!
Actually I am climbing in the gym twice a week, for about one hour each day and I am climbing outside, on real rock, every Saturday and Sunday, for about 5 hours
I agree with you about sharp holds......
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petsfed
Oct 16, 2002, 3:12 PM
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Tape, and maybe consult a dermatologist. Oh, and don't use lotion immmediatley after you climb. Softens the calluses too quickly, so they never really harden to where you want them. You want dry, craggy lumps where you contact the rock most. Unattractive, sure, but you've got a climber as a husband so who cares?
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djmicro
Oct 30, 2002, 5:21 AM
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I had roughly the same problem when I started climbed (I don't know how long you've been climbing). It didn't bother me that much though. My first 5-6 months of climbing I used to climb 5 days a week, 3-6 hours a day. After a while your hands get used to the rigorous exercise and adapts (if I don't climb for a week the skin on my hands starts falling off)
If you still have a problem I would also suggest that you see a doctor.
PS Cyclists have the same problem, so try talking to one of them.
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