Rock climbing body reddit I also follow what Steve Bechtel calls "strength integrated," which is basically doing your hangboarding sets in sequence with your lifts. At our gym the community is super supportive and welcoming/encouraging of new climbers. That's how the kids on the teams at my gym look. Discuss any of the books, training, nutrition, and lifestyle. Most of the big guys you see on the blocks are lifting or doing other strength training besides just climbing (see bodyweight fitness reddit). A couple things that help me is lots of water and hot baths to help loosen muscle groups after a good climb. 5-2 hours on Wednesday, training climbing as per Louis Parkinsons recommendations. As a result there are many more people using climbing as a fun workout more than pursuing it as a true sport. I don't know about this, I find bouldering leaves me far more sore than pull days, and if I do an upper body workout the day after bouldering I am seriously sore for the rest of the week. It’s not just climbing unfortunately.