Bode Miller (skiing) autographed 2006 Winter Olympics USPS First Day Cover
Bode Miller (skiing) autographed 2006 Winter Olympics USPS First Day Cover
2006 Winter Olympics United States Postal Service First Day Cover autographed by American superstar alpine skier Bode Miller. ONLY ONE LEFT.
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Customer Review: Climber’s Training Bible
I bought this book about five years ago and have used it extensively. If you are looking for a book on how to climb, this is not the book. If, however, you are looking for a book that will maximize your physical performance and prevent injury, this is the book for you. Packed with hundreds of pages of insightful text, detailed photos and illustrations, and illuminating charts and tables, this book takes twenty-first century sports medicine and science and condenses it into a practical format for the modern climber. I highly recommend this book.
Customer Review: Easy to understand book giving the why and providing the how
I thoroughly enjoyed the blend of pure science and application to on rock performance.
The authors are world renowned climbers with a clear enthusiasm for the sport and lucid understanding of it’s foundations.
Succinctly, the authors view performance climbing as a harmonious blend of physical and psychological factors, the former subdivided into co-ordination ( technique ),balance, endurance, strength and flexibility.
The book is premised on the concept of the weak link which determines the greatest hinderance to climbing.
For example a body builder who climbs should not work on strength but rather flexibility and technique.
Similarly, a ballerina should not work on balance and flexibility but rather strength and technique.
The key to pushing the grades is to identify your weakest link and train to improve it.
The book is replete with training regimens, exercises, and techniques which address each area stated above.
The single best strategy implicit in the book is to identify when you reach a plateau and to realize that you are now training incorrectly. You should now strive to identify what is now your weakest link and train it. This cycle should continue as long as climb and wish to improve.
A four grade improvement is possible and should be expected within 3 months of adapting your current climbing strategy to this book.
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