Imagine that you are belaying your climbing partner and they are stuck at the crux. They keep climbing up and down-climbing but they aren’t going anywhere. You look at your belay device and you see the rope glide back and forth, gaining either more tension or slack. This is how nerves move throughout in your body.
Professional Climber Sasha Digiulian shows you the five best antagonist exercises to prevent climbing injury. It is important to strengthen the antagonist muscles in your body to increase strength, improve body symmetry and prevent injury.
Hanging on your arms during rest stances, climbing with a hunched posture, and strenuous overhead reaching can increase the likelihood of a rotator cuff strain. Proper posture is especially important during rest stances.
A few months ago I was scanning my inbox when I came across an email from Vogue Magazine for an interview request. I used to see the cover of the magazine all the time while waiting in line at the grocery store, but I never knew what it was about. So after receiving [...]
It is the end of the day. You are tired and beat, but you decide to give it one last go on your project. You get to the crux move and give it everything you've got. Suddenly you feel a sharp pain in your shoulder. You know that you likely injured your shoulder. [...]
Part 2 of an interview series with Eva Lopez on climbing and injury prevention techniques.
Climbing is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. With the number of climbers at nine million and growing, overuse injuries are occurring at an alarming rate. It’s always better to prevent injury than to deal with the painful consequences.
I had the opportunity to pick Eva Lopez's brain on her thoughts on preventing climbing injury. Eva has an amazing wealth of knowledge on training for climbing and preventing injury. She hosts an information packed blog at: http://en-eva-lopez.blogspot.com/ Check out the interview below. It is an extremely detailed look ant preventing injury. Enjoy: Eva [...]
I don't watch movies anymore and rarely watch television. But when Josh Levin told me to tune in and watch him perform on American Ninja Warrior, I decided to make an exception. American Ninja Warrior has gotten huge among the rock climbing community over the past few years.
Check out some of the injury prevention rock climbing tips from Professional Climber Dan Mirsky. Below is a photo excerpt from the upcoming book "Climb Injury Free" describing Dan's pre-climbing warm-up. A proper warm up is perhaps the most important thing I do to keep climbing injury free. I warm up for 30 minutes every [...]