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carloscrimpy
Oct 11, 2004, 7:32 AM
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i have to take two whole years without climbing i have been climbing for almost a year and love it but after the seasons over i am done for two years any suggestions on how to stay fit and is buying a hangboard a good option ?
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roughster
Oct 11, 2004, 8:01 AM
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Run and swim will help tremendously. Staying fit will be the biggest struggle most likely since from the looks of it, you are gonig on a "mission". Lots of home cooking to be eaten, heheh :D
Climbing will be there when you get back.
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prest_one
Oct 11, 2004, 8:03 AM
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I think that a hang board is a good investment defently hit the gym and perhaps run as often as you can. The thing that keeps me in shape for climbing above everything else is swimming. It basically works every muscle group that you could posibbly need for climbing as well as building up endurance. Two years with out climbing, god i couldnt imagine that i would go insane. Good Luck
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overlord
Oct 11, 2004, 9:35 AM
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hang board is a good investment in your case.
also make sure you maintain your general fitness. another good thing is to start joga.
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anykineclimb
Oct 11, 2004, 10:17 AM
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Hangboards are great if you'll be in one place and theres a suitable location to mount it.
A better alternative might be a set of rockrings. Bring along 2 biners and some 1" webbing and you'll always find a place to hang them.
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greyicewater
Oct 11, 2004, 12:34 PM
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first of all, i would like to say that i would go crazy after two weeks of not climbing... okay, now that that's said... the things that i do to maintain when i take just a week off is; i hang on my door frames for as long as i can stand the pain in my fingers from the freakin' wood, i do a lot of push ups, i use one of those donut things that help with your forearms, and i guess swimming helps, as it was said in other posts. i've never tried it, i think i'm going to check out swimming. running also helps... so does hiking. oh yeah, and a hang board would be excellent, but i don't have one because i'm a poor climbing boy.
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andy_reagan
Oct 11, 2004, 1:07 PM
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my opinion: buying a hangboard and training on it regularly would be an absolute waste of time. Just work on general fitness and conditioning. Mix some free weights in there, lots of pushups, pullups. Your contact strength will of course suffer, but you can bring that back up within a couple months of climbing.
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sevrdhed
Oct 11, 2004, 1:28 PM
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If you're going on a mission, just pray to go someplace where you can climb on your rest day! I agree with the rock rings, my buddy has a set, and they're very nice to get a workout on. I might have to get myself a pair.
Steve
P.S. If you ARE going on a mission... congrats, and good luck!
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killclimbz
Oct 11, 2004, 1:37 PM
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I would say do what you can to stay in shape, the worst thing that could happen is you pack on the pounds. Two years is long, but as long as you take care of yourself it shouldn't take much to get back into it.
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greyicewater
Oct 11, 2004, 2:19 PM
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after a three or four month break from climbing it took me about a month to get back to where i was before... actually, i think that i'm a lot stronger now than i ever was.
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sarcat
Oct 11, 2004, 2:43 PM
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When I went away for two years I returned to become a better, faster, stronger runner than I was before I left. 6.2 miles was always to far but the subsiquent track seasons were great.
Hopefully you'll go to an area where walking is the norm mode of transportation. You'll keep pounds off.
Have fun. Where to?
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overlord
Oct 11, 2004, 3:14 PM
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In reply to: my opinion: buying a hangboard and training on it regularly would be an absolute waste of time. Just work on general fitness and conditioning. Mix some free weights in there, lots of pushups, pullups. Your contact strength will of course suffer, but you can bring that back up within a couple months of climbing.
i disagree. a hangboard is an excellet tool if used properly. :P
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