Conditioning for Climbers: The Complete Exercise Book (How to Climb Series): Training for Strength, Power, Endurance, Flexibility, and Stability - Softcover

Book 19 of 29: How To Climb

Horst, Eric Van Der

 
9781493017638: Conditioning for Climbers: The Complete Exercise Book (How to Climb Series): Training for Strength, Power, Endurance, Flexibility, and Stability
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1493017632 ISBN 13: 9781493017638
Publisher: Falcon Guides, 2016

Synopsis

The only conditioning book a rock climber needs! Rock climbing is one of the most physically challenging sports, testing strength, endurance, flexibility, and stamina. Good climbers have to build and maintain each of these assets. This is revised and updated edition of the classic book, Conditioning for Climbers, provides climbers of all ages and experience with the knowledge and tools to design and follow a comprehensive, personalized exercise program.

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About the Author

Eric Hörst has been climbing for over thirty years. He is a performance coach who has helped thousands of climbers improve their performance through his books, magazine articles, seminars, and Web sites. He is the author of Training for Climbing, How to Climb 5.12, Learning to Climb Indoors, and Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. He lives with his wife Lisa Ann and their two sons, Cameron and Jonathan, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

From the Back Cover

The only exercise guide a rock climber will ever need! Rock climbing is one of the most physically challenging sports, testing strength, endurance, flexibility, and stamina. To improve in the sport, climbers must build and maintain each of these assets. Written by veteran climber and performance coach, Eric Hörst, The Rock Climber's Exercise Guide provides climbers of all ages and experience with the knowledge and tools to design and follow a comprehensive, personalized exercise program. Enhance your skills, maximize your potential, and become the best climber you can be! Part I covers the basics of physical conditioning, including tools for self-assessment and goal-setting. Part II takes readers through warm-up and flexibility routines, entry-level strength training, weight-loss tips, and core-conditioning exercises. Part III explores climbing-specific conditioning, including exercises to develop power, endurance, balance, and stability. Part IV explains how to create a customized conditioning program for any style of climbing Eric Hörst has been climbing for over thirty years. He is a performance coach who has helped thousands of climbers improve their performance through his books, magazine articles, seminars, and Web sites. He is the author of Training for Climbing, How to Climb 5.12, Learning to Climb Indoors, and Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. He lives with his wife Lisa Ann and their two sons, Cameron and Jonathan, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
Falcon Guides
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1493017632
ISBN 13 
9781493017638
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256