Post by acmesalute76 on Nov 4, 2018 13:20:44 GMT -7
I’ve been thinking a lot of what skills to focus on during my next base fitness phase. This time I worked on crossover moves and back flags, and both have now become something I commonly use while climbing. I have found that my biggest weakness at the moment is big, dynamic, powerful moves. Of course, these pretty much only appear on boulder problems at or near my limit, whether outside or on the moonboard (a training tool that has fully exposed me as a weak, technically oriented, static climber!).
Obviously I intend to work limit problems during my next power phase that focus on dynamic moves. But I’m wondering if it’s possible to develop the skills during my base fitness phase. There are some drills in the RCTM that seem to focus on accuracy, which look useful, but generally I’m pretty accurate on dead points that aren’t super hard. I tend to struggle when the move is sufficiently big, powerful, or complex to feel completely novel to me. The moonboard is a totally alien style of limited feet and big, powerful moves that completely owns me. But I can’t see doing hard moonboard problems as fitting in with the goal of climbing for mileage. I’ve thought about doing some outdoor bouldering sessions, but again the problems that would have challenging dynamic moves would be near my limit.
Any suggestions?
Obviously I intend to work limit problems during my next power phase that focus on dynamic moves. But I’m wondering if it’s possible to develop the skills during my base fitness phase. There are some drills in the RCTM that seem to focus on accuracy, which look useful, but generally I’m pretty accurate on dead points that aren’t super hard. I tend to struggle when the move is sufficiently big, powerful, or complex to feel completely novel to me. The moonboard is a totally alien style of limited feet and big, powerful moves that completely owns me. But I can’t see doing hard moonboard problems as fitting in with the goal of climbing for mileage. I’ve thought about doing some outdoor bouldering sessions, but again the problems that would have challenging dynamic moves would be near my limit.
Any suggestions?
