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Post by willblack on Feb 16, 2017 13:55:14 GMT -7
I just quit my job as a routesetter, and realized that I haven't taken more than a week completely away from climbing in probably three years. I don't feel super injured, necessarily. I had a finger injury in November and still can't crimp with that hand but have managed to get back to bouldering the same grade I was before and I feel like I'm probably about as strong as I was before I got injured. I would like to take a couple weeks off, but I'm indecisive about how much time I should take off before I start training again. I'm thinking somewhere between two weeks and a month. A month sounds like a whole lot of time, and I don't want to take more time than is necessary but two weeks sounds like it might be too short. I'm curious to hear whether anyone else has any experience with taking several weeks off like this, and how much seems to be right for you.
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Post by srossabi42 on Feb 16, 2017 15:44:10 GMT -7
last summer i couldn't climb for 6 weeks because of work. i was worried about this being too much time off. when i could climb again it took a few weeks to get back into shape, but once i was back in shape i was soon climbing harder than before and felt much more healthy overall. after about 6 months of climbing with two week-long breaks, i'm still feeling more healthy than before the time off. i don't know that i would recommend exactly 6 weeks off, but i wouldn't worry so much about a month sounding like a lot of time
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Post by Chris W on Feb 16, 2017 18:46:15 GMT -7
I had to take 6 weeks off this spring (after my spring season, of course) and summer because of a hernia surgery. Technically, I wasn't supposed to do anything but walk and wasn't allowed to lift more than 15 pounds. After my body got over the initial shock of the surgery (close to two weeks) I went totally stir crazy for the remaining time until I could train again.
Ultimately, I didn't lose any fitness. I ARC'd for several weeks and did some general core and strength training, then launched into my fall training season. I set new PB's on almost all my hangboard grips, managed new PB's on the campus board, sent my fall goal route and sent my hardest route "on the road".
If you feel like you need or want the time off, just take it. Life's too short as it is.
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Post by willblack on Feb 17, 2017 9:11:12 GMT -7
Thanks guys, those are the responses I was hoping for. I'll probably take 3 weeks, maybe 4 if I can stand not climbing that long.
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Post by erk on Mar 2, 2017 18:22:33 GMT -7
One more take, when I have an injury a take 1-3 weeks off (usually closer to 1) then start hangboarding. If a grip doesn't aggravate my injury I proceed normally. If a grip does bother it, I take off a ton of weight and start to add it when I can.
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