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Through the whole move

I’ve just spent the week staying with family in Glasgow and visiting the fantastic new TCA bouldering centre as often as muscles allow. It’s obviously a bit different from most bouldering facilities, being the biggest in the UK, and this brings many new benefits for training, as well as some new ptifalls. Some observations on these: The first observation I made which was very heartening, was the notable absence of people complaining about being too short, or the moves being too reachy. Obviously, part


Climbing equipment review – Marmot ROM Jacket

One word sums up the Marmot ROM jacket – versatile! I have now worn the ROM jacket for warm winter days as an outer layer, as a mid layer in winter on colder days, for mountain multi pitch rock routes in the summer and for ski touring in the Alps. ROM stands for range of [...] Climbing equipment review Marmot ROM Jacket is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also lik: Climbing equipment review Mammut ...


Training in Texas, Endless Ascent

Image from Google My own training is in a state of flux; I haven't set new concrete new physical goals for the rest of the year, but I need to maintain some sort of base. I know I'll be kayaking a fair amount this spring, then rock climbing more and more (I've got an idea for a big rock traverse...). I think Crossfit does a fine job of physical prep for kayaking, and actually kayaking will take care of any issues. Being a lot stronger won't help for most actual kayaking, but it's important to be strong enough (threshold ...


Stretching: It's all changing again.

I'm supposed to be writing about the Endless Ascent, and will get back to that, but I keep getting off on tangents. One thing I'm very interested in is stretching, and how to stretch effectively. Many of the same questions that plague/make "fitness" interesting are also in the mix for "stretching" and flexibility. What is our goal with our stretching? Do we want to be more "flexible?" Have a better range of useful motion (meaning the athlete can move his or her body through the range, not just sag with ...