Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Performance (How To Climb Series)

Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Performance (How To Climb Series)

Increase your strength, power, skill, and focus to maximize your climbing performance. <br />Praise for Training for Climbing<br />“Training for Climbing is a great resource. Whether you’re just starting out or already ticking 5.13, you’ll find valuable information here to help you climb harder. This is the most complete and up-to-date training guide available.”<br />—Rock and Ice magazine<br /><br />Drawing on the latest climbing research, this third edition of the international best-selling Training for Climbing presents a comprehensive, evidence-based program for improving climbing performance. With the unique perspective of a veteran climber, researcher, and coach, Eric Hörst blends leading edge sport science with his decades of climbing and coaching experience to create a content-rich text packed with practical how-to and what-to-do information.<br />A few of the new topics explored include:<br />• Energy system training to develop greater strength, power-endurance, and aerobic endurance.<br />• Recalibrating the brain’s central governor for higher power output and stamina.<br />• Daily Undulating Periodization as an effective method of on-season programming.<br />• “Training zones” for rock climbers—the secret to truly effective training!<br />• Stabilizer training to improve arm power and reduce risk of shoulder injury. <br /><br />Also included are expanded chapters on developing strength, power, and endurance in the crucial finger flexor and pulling muscles, as well as a must-read chapter on developing exceptional core strength. Hörst completes his coaching with dedicated chapters on technique and mental training, performance nutrition, accelerating recovery, and injury prevention. The book’s 300-plus pages of expert instruction make for the most advanced and complete book of its type!<br /><br />Eric Hörst is an internationally renowned author and a climber of forty years. As a researcher and coach, Hörst has written hundreds of articles and coached thousands of climbers from around the world. He owns the popular website Training4Climbing.com.