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Post by heelhook on Dec 15, 2014 17:36:02 GMT -7
Hey guys
I was wondering what your take is on antagonist muscles training. I haven't seen that topic covered in the book and I wonder if you consider to perform this type of exercises useful or desirable or if it's just a waste of time.
Thanks for the info!
Pablo
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Post by Chris W on Dec 15, 2014 21:32:37 GMT -7
I train my antagonist muscles; I'm getting older and seem to develop odd over-use injuries if I don't. I don't train them to the same extent or in quite the same way as my [climbing] muscles, but I still train them. For me, it's an ounce of prevention type of thing.
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Post by jessebruni on Dec 16, 2014 11:41:36 GMT -7
I'm not in a strength phase so I currently do antagonist training once a week. During strength or power I try to bump it up to 2 times a week. I find that not doing antagonist work makes me feel more tweaky. I can generally do antagonist training also on the day before, or after a climbing day without it affecting my performance/recovery as it trains different muscle groups.
I like to do wrist pronators, reverse wrist curls, shoulder presses, side lateral raises, tricep overhed press, push-ups, dips and bench presses. I also like to do high weight, low rep sets to build strength but avoid bulk. Personally I think it's made me stronger overall, and I certainly feel way less tweaky then I used to before I started doing these.
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