Belated thought -- if you fancy doing a bit of strength work at home:
As well as the pull-ups, one thing that's often recommended is to do a bit of work on the muscles that are antagonists to the ones you use in climbing; this balances things out and reduces the risk of overuse injuries.
The basic principle is to do stuff that works the "push" muscles of the arms and shoulders, e.g. push-ups and shoulder presses.
(Then there's more specific antagonist stuff to fix elbow tendonitis, but it's better to skip this by not getting the tendonitis in the first place.)
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Date: 2010-03-05 09:19 pm (UTC)As well as the pull-ups, one thing that's often recommended is to do a bit of work on the muscles that are antagonists to the ones you use in climbing; this balances things out and reduces the risk of overuse injuries.
The basic principle is to do stuff that works the "push" muscles of the arms and shoulders, e.g. push-ups and shoulder presses.
(Then there's more specific antagonist stuff to fix elbow tendonitis, but it's better to skip this by not getting the tendonitis in the first place.)