Rock climbing is achievable, especially for beginners. Indoor rock climbing is much simpler because you can start with top-roping, bouldering or lead climbing. When striving for outdoor rock climbing, you might need to seek professional help for your safety. Rock climbing can be a very dangerous sport; it involves your whole body and mainly focuses on your technique and balance.
Benefits of rock climbing
- Rock climbing is good for physical exercise because it engages your core, back, shoulders, arms, legs and finger muscles.
- It is like jogging because it increases your heart rate and is good for your cardiorespiratory health.
- It amplifies your flexibility, balance and your hand-eye coordination.
- Rock climbing requires one to plan, make decisions and solve problems. It helps boost one’s memory and intellectual thinking.
- It also requires one to remain on the wall, which reduces stress and mindfulness
- Rock climbing builds one’s confidence because most people are afraid of heights. So once confidence is attained in that area, it can be achieved in other areas of life as well.
- It also builds a social community because people work together to solve problems, cheer each other up and build a supportive environment.
- In rock climbing you create strong bonds and trust because the belayer and climber have to constantly communicate and trust each other.
- With indoor climbing, it is accessible to all age groups, and they can meet new people while they learn how to rock climb.
Categories to look at while training for Rock Climbing
Warming up
- Lifting your arms above your head and stretching your fingers.
- Lift your arms to stretch from side to side.
- You can jog and walk so that you can pump some blood.
Building endurance
- Grounding your muscles to hold on to the wall for long periods of time can improve your performance and technique.
- Building endurance can start with climbing for 30-minute periods.
- Choose routes with tolerable moves and that you feel comfortable with.
Fingerboard training
- Hangboards are a type of equipment that helps with forearm and finger strength.
- Place either one or both of your feet behind the board and do one arm, partly supported hangs for 20 seconds at a time. Do it about 20 times and rest for 20 seconds before beginning each time.
Mental training
- Before any physical workout, a pre-workout mental routine is required. Professionals use the visualisation technique where they rehearse the sequence and imagine themselves coping well with the challenges they face.
- They also use the worry box, where they think of all their fears and worries and place them in one mental box.
Conclusion
Rock climbing is dangerous and requires a lot of safety equipment. At 5 Dippers, we provide you with specially designed chalk bags. We offer chalk bags that are not just practical but visually stunning too. You can keep your powdered or liquid chalk inside your chalk bag to keep your hands dry and have a much better grip. Mr Russell Gill has provided an opportunity for people to have an exciting experience in rock climbing.
FAQs Question 1: Does rock climbing require me to be fit? A: Rock climbing doesn't necessarily need you to be fit, but it uses your entire body, not just your arms and legs.
Question 2: What if I'm scared of heights?A: Rock climbing builds confidence, and the climber learns how to build trust with their partners and gear.
Question 3: What can I store in my chalk bag?A: You can put your nail clipper, brush, band aids and chalk powder.
