Power-Endurance, Integration, and Weight Loss
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Tag Archives: 2014 Winter Training
Experiment In Power: Climbing Workout #2
I’ve been messing around with post-activation potentiation for climbers, on and off, for a few years without any conclusions. While its effectiveness for total body strength is without question, the…
Maintaining Power
As power month comes to a close, Phil Requist has appropriately posted an article with some protocols for maintaining power throughout the year. His observation, that power gains lost are…
Climbing Power Workout #1
Here’s the first of the two power routines that I did this month. I did this one four times, and used it to gauge progress. Strength improved over 20% in…
When To End Your Training Block
My block of power training is complete, slightly ahead a schedule. I made great improvements in only six workouts, so why, you might ask, would I shut it down midway…
Rock & Ice’s Power Training Plan: Analysis
I was asked to review a recent article on power training, published in Rock & Ice magazine. The article, written by UK climber Neil Gresham, recommends this protocol for a…
Analyzing What Went Wrong
That sucked. My last training block did not go well. An analysis of why might help you the next time things aren’t going as well as planned. If you train, for…
Overtraining: Getting Worse When You Should Be Getting Better
This is a follow up post to Adaptation, where getting worse to get better was addressed. In order to make progress, there’s always some regression to deal with. Hard training…
Adaptation: Getting Worse To Get Better
Fitness is not a linear projection. You will look and feel better when you’re fit. You’ll have more energy. You’ll be able to sleep less. You’ll live longer. But the…
Climbing: A Different Look At Foundation Training
Here’s the recap of my foundation training. I covered what’s going on in this post, and this one, so read those if you haven’t and want to catch up. Otherwise…