As I noted last week, I spent a week in the mountains recently and took a few good books with me. Looking for one with a climbing theme that would still make a good review for this site, I picked Feeding the Rat by Al Alvarez (affiliate links: UK, US). So who is Al [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Climbing'
Book review: Feeding the Rat, by Al Alvarez
July 12th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Al Alvarez · Feeding the Rat · Mo Anthoine
Using climbing kit for your garage gym
December 8th, 2009 1 Comment
A few pieces of climbing kit can make a huge difference to your garage gym. If you have a pull up bar and somewhere to do dips, then with a small investment you can create a set-up that will last you a very long time. What climbing kit do I need? There are a few pieces of [...]
Tags: assisted glute-ham raise · climbing kit · weighted dips · weighted pistols · weighted pull ups
Climbers talk strength training
November 9th, 2009 Comments Off
Thinking about John Gill again recently sent me off on a hunt for articles and interviews that well-known climbers have written or given relating to strength training. For those of you who don’t know, climbers are some of the most brutally strong individuals around. John Gill John gave this interview about training. Some of the [...]
