Does watermelon increase blood sugar?

7 EXERCISES TO GET BETTER AT CLIMBING

 In recent years, climbing has become one of the leading activities in the fitness industry. Although it remains an outdoor sport of course, modern fitness studios are trying to create more and more opportunities to work on your climbing skills indoors. It is not just about the pure power for it, but also learning and refining the technology is the focus. A good climber is not only characterized by the strength to be able to pull up his own body weight in a playful way, but also flexibility and a good sense of balance seem to be a prerequisite. So you should concentrate on your grip strength, balance and dynamic stability as well as on pulling movements.

With these goal in mind, the following exercise aim to promote strength and endurance as well as core stability, balance, coordination and mobility. You can integrate the exercises as an independent climbing-specific training into your plan or you can simply incorporate them into existing training. How do you do it , the important thing is  you do as many repetitions as possible in 30 seconds of each exercise. However, always pay attention to a clean, controlled execution. After doing all of the exercises, recover for 1 minute and repeat the series 2 more times.

 


TRX rowing

Grab the TRX (at hip height) and bend forward at a 45 ° angle. Initiate the movement by contracting your shoulder blades and then pulling your chest towards the handles. Hold this position for 2 second, then slow, return to the starting position. Repeat for 30 seconds.

 

Standing Ball Press

Take a 4-6kg medicine ball. Just hold it just in front of your chest with your fingers and pull your shoulder blades together. Push the medicine ball forward horizontally until your arms are straight. Make sure you move your arms parallel to the floor and maintain a stable posture. Pull the ball back to you chest and repeat the exercise again for 30 seconds.

 

Climbing Wall Squat Thrust

Find two comfortable holds on the climbing wall and hold on to them. Bring your feet to hip height. This is your starting position. Now jump with both legs, as high as possible against the wall and then back to the starting position. Again, do as many repetitions as possible for 30 seconds.

Spiderman pull-up

The starting position is the wide overhand grip on the pull-up bar. As you pull up, bring your right knee to the right side of the elbow. Now slowly lower the body again and repeat with the other side.

Spiderman push up

Get into the push-up position. Lower your body while bringing your right knee to your right elbow. Push yourself to the starting position and repeat the game with the other side.

Swedish bar push-pull

Stand in front of the wall bars and grab a rung at hip height with one hand. With the other hand you grasp the highest rung possible for you. Keep your body close to the wall bars. Now you push against the lower rung while you pull on the upper one. The lower arm is stretched while the upper arm bends. Return  the starting position and switch sides.

Plank hip stretch

Get into the push-up and hold the position for 7 seconds. Without moving your hands, bring your right leg forward to your right hand. Hold this position again for 7 seconds. Take the starting position and repeat on the other side.

 

Comments