Initially, climbing once a week may be as much as your body can handle -- climbing uses a bunch of muscles that tend not to get worked remotely so hard in the rest of life (unless you've been doing some highly-specific grip strength training work, I guess). That's especially true if you're bouldering, which tends to be more physically intense.
And it's not a bad idea at all to ramp up slowly and give your finger and elbow tendons time to keep up with your muscles -- it's very common for climbing n00bs who get hooked to rush straight into their first bout of elbow tendonitis (*raises hand*).
Beyond that, once your body's got over the initial shock, it'll depend on how hooked you get and how ambitious you are about it. *g*
Climbing might be something enjoyable you're happy to do once a week for fun with no pressure, or you might want to push your level as much as possible, in which case you'll almost certainly find that you need to build up to more sessions per week to develop your climbing-specific skills.
As a side-note: IMHO, climbing beautifully complements Crossfit-style strength and conditioning work (if by that we mean emphasis on functional movement, fun things with barbells and kettlebells, and as many Turkish get-ups as you can eat).
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Hi and welcome!
Date: 2013-11-04 09:39 am (UTC)And it's not a bad idea at all to ramp up slowly and give your finger and elbow tendons time to keep up with your muscles -- it's very common for climbing n00bs who get hooked to rush straight into their first bout of elbow tendonitis (*raises hand*).
Beyond that, once your body's got over the initial shock, it'll depend on how hooked you get and how ambitious you are about it. *g*
Climbing might be something enjoyable you're happy to do once a week for fun with no pressure, or you might want to push your level as much as possible, in which case you'll almost certainly find that you need to build up to more sessions per week to develop your climbing-specific skills.
As a side-note: IMHO, climbing beautifully complements Crossfit-style strength and conditioning work (if by that we mean emphasis on functional movement, fun things with barbells and kettlebells, and as many Turkish get-ups as you can eat).