Post by erik on Sept 12, 2014 14:24:24 GMT -7
Hello Mike and Mark!
First of all, thank you for providing us with this tremendous resource. I've already planned out one season of a training program and, since I'm currently in northern Canada, I set the goal of following three seasons of this program with the hopes of getting out to climb in the Bow Valley in summer 2015.
My question involves ARC. While I do think it's beneficial to build a base and I did climb like this primarily during my first few years of climbing (I spent hours traversing the gym walls that had various angles), I was wondering if it would be okay to skip it and move on to more of a strength phase or more of a power endurance phase. I have climbed a few 5.14s while I was a full-time teacher and student in South Korea. While there, I didn't really follow a structured training program other than doing laps on hard circuits, hang boarding a few times a week, and then getting on the project during climbing season. I guess my sessions in the gym while living in South Korea were all designed to build strength for a certain project. Now that I'm here in Canada, and it's going to be impossible for me to get out and look at potential projects for at least a year, I guess I'm kind of stuck trying to figure out what to do for training. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
First of all, thank you for providing us with this tremendous resource. I've already planned out one season of a training program and, since I'm currently in northern Canada, I set the goal of following three seasons of this program with the hopes of getting out to climb in the Bow Valley in summer 2015.
My question involves ARC. While I do think it's beneficial to build a base and I did climb like this primarily during my first few years of climbing (I spent hours traversing the gym walls that had various angles), I was wondering if it would be okay to skip it and move on to more of a strength phase or more of a power endurance phase. I have climbed a few 5.14s while I was a full-time teacher and student in South Korea. While there, I didn't really follow a structured training program other than doing laps on hard circuits, hang boarding a few times a week, and then getting on the project during climbing season. I guess my sessions in the gym while living in South Korea were all designed to build strength for a certain project. Now that I'm here in Canada, and it's going to be impossible for me to get out and look at potential projects for at least a year, I guess I'm kind of stuck trying to figure out what to do for training. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
