Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Training day one.

We went to The Spot yesterday before work. Katie had to leave at two, so after that I did a few burns on the tread wall, and then headed up stairs to do some campus and systems training.
A campus board looks something like this...
The idea is to ladder up and back down the wooden slats to improve finger strength. The one they have starts about 2.5 feet off the ground, so it is a bit hard to really get going without feet. I kept my feet on the wall tucked way under and went up and down on all the rungs they have, down to the smallest ones they have. I am sure doing this a few times a week for several weeks will give me some gains.
My skin got a little hurty though the rungs are wood and supposed to be gentle on the fingers. Next I moved to the systems board. This is to train certain hand positions and postures. You select a certain hold to use, and pull on. Using different holds and body positions will benefit that hold and or position and or muscle group used to attain said position will help you in your climbing. I used a few different hold types and held myself statically in position for a count of five before moving to the other side of my body and performing the same exercise. You can see a short video of what it looks like here. That might explain it better.
I can feel it today. My shoulders feel a little sore, but my skin feels really sore! Oh well. It will all be worth it in the end.

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