As far as priorities, I love climbing but I'm also starting college next fall and want to get as ripped as possible before then

I saw a similar thread just a few posts down but my plan is pretty different so I'll just make my own. Basically I've weightlifted off and on for the past couple years and I've started up again seriously these past two weeks. I also have a membership to a climbing gym and climb 3 times a week. As far as priorities, I love climbing but I'm also starting college next fall and want to get as ripped as possible before then...so about equal I guess. The biggest thing I'm wondering is if you guys think I'll see any gains with this plan. I know if I'm overworking I'll build endurance,but risk injury and probably won't see any gains in mass...Anyway, my current plan is as follows:

Monday-Shoulders/back+ 1h30min gym climbing
Tuesday-Rest day
Wednesday-Chest/Biceps/Triceps
Thursday-2h30min climbing
Friday-Rest day
Saturday-Legs+2h30min climbing

Btw, I climb with a partner so it's not like straight-up climbing for 2 1/2 hours or something.Thanks in advance for your help!!

Edit:Sunday is also a rest day

For example, what type of routines will be doing during the climbing days (4x4's, redpoints, threshold bouldering, etc.?) and what type of lifting are you doing (hypertrophy training, endurance training, power training?). More importantly, how do you see the two working together. For example, do you really need to do a full back workout if you've done a climbing workout built around 4x4's? Do you really want to lift before you climb? Do you need to climb for the amount of time listed, if so why? What role does climbing fulfill in your fitness routine that you don't get from weightlifting?

If your motivation for bodybuilding lies in impressing others, then you are probably the type of person who will work really hard to gain 20 pounds of muscle, only to find that it hurts your climbing performance. When you find that you climb poorly, you will probably quit climbing, because it makes you appear unskilled.

This type of achievement orientation can serve you in attaining some of your goals, but eventually leads to maladaptive behaviors in the form of unhealthy obsession with training, denying yourself the opportunity to enjoy learning new skills, or doing illegal drugs to get that perfect physique.

I hope that you climb because you intrinsically love to do so, or you value climbing as a way of adding variety to your workout. I also hope that you continue your interest in bodybuilding, because you value personal achievement, and not the mesomorphic physique that you perceive other college students to be impressed by.

The people on the bodybuilding site seem really supportive, so turn to them if all of the anti-establishment climbers on rc.com try to shoot you down.

Good luck, and stay healthy.

I pretty much climb whatever I feel like in the gym. I do at least an hour of bouldering every week. I don't really look at climbing as a "workout", per se,I just climb because I love it. However, I do recognize the fact that climbing is a major workout so I'm wanting to be cautious as I try to both climb and lift. Regarding what type of lifting...I couldn't tell you a specific name; but basically I do
2-3 exercises per muscle group, doing 3 sets of
8-10 trying to increase weight every week.

I appreciate the response sidepull. just curious does anyone here have personal experience with what I'm talking about(trying to lift and climb consistently)?

these last few posts bring up a good point. what are your goals, explicitly? do you want to climb better, or is it just for fun? if it's just for fun, what do you consider fun and do you need to do anything to get there? as for lifting, what do you mean by "cut?" do you have strength goals (clean and jerk x lbs, bench y lbs, etc.)? do you have body fat percent goals? do you just want to look good? if that's the case, what does it mean to you to "look good?"

Ok, I definitely want to climb better( I consistently onsight 5.10a right now and can get 5.10d but have to work it). But really my question is just what have people found to work well when trying to incorporate both climbing and lifting into a weekly routine? Did they burn out quickly? Do they have any good tips based on their experience?etc...Feel free if you want, however I'm really not looking for lifting or climbing tips...just curious about doing both together. So just to be clear" I love climbing and don't want to stop,it would also be a big waste of money if I did...but I also want to lift/bulk so that's really what I'm wondering about. Thanks again everyone...

3 years ago I tried combining lifting and climbing, my body simply couldn't handle it...it led to numeorus injuries including a torn shoulder...which took close to a year and half to heal...and to this day I still have to keep an eye on it.

At the time I was on the HIT series for lifting which was great for strength and bulk; unfortunately my climbing was quite disorganized, not understanding cycling, rest days, and differention on what/when to focus on i.e. power, power endurance, endurance, etc.

Also, did not take into consideration that increasing weight quickly (aka eating a crap load for bulking) would put an enormous amount of strain on my fingers, my fingers could not keep up with the 'sudden' change, combined with trying to 'quickly improve' my climbing led to finger injuries.

So with injuries, being sick, and just plain unhappy with my climbing progress, one could say I was burned out....

In the end I gave up lifting completely (physical therapist orders)

To be frankly honest, I am glad I made that decision, I know that straight of the bat that my body cannot handle the loads of both lifting and climbing.
The best thing is that I have progressively been getting stronger (climbing and strength wise!) while being injury free for over a year and a half!! (Which I deem a grand success, but cannot have been done without the help and advice of those who helped / continue to help me)

There are people out there who can do both lifting and climbing, and that's great, it can be def be done.

BTW, climbing in itself is a phenomenal bodybuilder (look at boulderers, strong sport & trad climbers), combined with exercises for balancing out muscle imbalances, a good diet, proper rest, SMART planning etc and the results will start to show.

Anyways, truly consider what your goals are, and be honest with yourself.

Cheers

So you would like to blindly mix them together without knowing how to correctly train for either on their own....basically the jest of your post.

Coming from someone who used to struggle with gaining weight until I learned how to correctly train (and more importantly eat), I can tell you that if you plan on climbing multiple x's a week and mixing in lifting with the goal of gaining muscle weight, ie. "bulking", you're just going to be spinning your wheels and are going to burn out with zero weight gain. An educated guess tells me that while you are burning out on your quest to getting "teh hyooge gunzorz" and "teh pecz of steel" your climbing will also suffer.

Regardless of what I think is going to happen to you, to answer your question my schedule is usually this:

Sun: weights
Mon: gym bouldering
Tue: off
Wed: climbing
Thur: weights
Fri: off
Sat: climbing

It changes around and there are days of high intensity and low intensity as well as days of training for strength and days for endurance (for both climbing and lifting). Training at your max for both climbing and lifting will surely burn you out and/or cause injury. Like I said before, it's important to know how to train for each seperately before you go just blindly trying to do both. You will not meet any of your goals that way...trust me.

I saw a similar thread just a few posts down but my plan is pretty different so I'll just make my own. Basically I've weightlifted off and on for the past couple years and I've started up again seriously these past two weeks. I also have a membership to a climbing gym and climb 3 times a week. As far as priorities, I love climbing but I'm also starting college next fall and want to get as ripped as possible before then...so about equal I guess. The biggest thing I'm wondering is if you guys think I'll see any gains with this plan. I know if I'm overworking I'll build endurance,but risk injury and probably won't see any gains in mass...Anyway, my current plan is as follows:

Monday-Shoulders/back+ 1h30min gym climbing
Tuesday-Rest day
Wednesday-Chest/Biceps/Triceps
Thursday-2h30min climbing
Friday-Rest day
Saturday-Legs+2h30min climbing

Btw, I climb with a partner so it's not like straight-up climbing for 2 1/2 hours or something.Thanks in advance for your help!!

Edit:Sunday is also a rest day