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Weight belt/vest for strength training 14-Aug-2010 At 1:06:21 AM Nooj

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On 13/08/2010 Wendy wrote:
>I still stick by my original comments that whilst strength is often the
>first thing people think about training, it is rarely the thing that will
>have the biggest impact on their climbing. With the exception of my friend
>who can now do 1 and a bit chin ups but climb 29, most climbers have strength
>to burn and it is not their weakness that they would most benefit from
>training. But perhaps it is popular because it is easy and concrete to
>work on strength, people feel like they are really doing something and
>getting a good work out and there are easily measured gains.

I think that's a brilliant observation, and I know that it's true for me at least.