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Macciza

14-Feb-2011
12:07:45 AM

Geez guys, come on . . .
Just put the weight on - then you will be 70 - 75 kgs - certainly not heavy!

More important is; how tall are you? What is your body fat percentage? Current strength / stamina? Body type etc . . . Are you a competition climber or just having fun?
Putting on a few kilos of muscles ain't gonna ruin your climbing career either way?
At the upper end of the climbing game, eaking out a bit more strength is about the only option available, certainly don't know any top climbers on weight loss programs . . .
At the lower end putting on some meaningful recruitable muscle won't hurt . . .

I know I have climbed with a couple of extra kilos of rope , gear, pack etc and it's really not that a big a deal, you get used to it . . .

Of course all this depends on the above question


IdratherbeclimbingM9

14-Feb-2011
5:01:48 AM

On 13/02/2011 Gravity wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I'm searching for a personal trainer that can help me with some personal
>goals. I want to start camera flying (skydiving) but I have found that
>I am too light (67kg) and need to wear lead weights to keep up with others.
>But, I don't want to put the weight on in a way that will be detrimental
>to my climbing. For example, the advice I have gotten thus far is to drink
>8 beers a day and eat nothing but maccas.

I thought gravity (no pun on user id intended), worked at the same rate of acceleration for all objects regardless of weight, but differences in surface area can have a slowing effect on some objects.
~> Put a heavy helmet-cam on and you will naturally tend to go into a dive angle presenting less surface area wind resistance, ... enabling keeping up with - ... ?

widewetandslippery

14-Feb-2011
7:40:39 AM

On 13/02/2011 nmonteith wrote:
>I would kill to still weigh 65kg.

Wanna go halves in a stolen vehicle and a gun Neil?


ajfclark

14-Feb-2011
8:15:12 AM

On 13/02/2011 Gravity wrote:
>Thanks ajfclark, some really good info there.

His 9 out of 10 book is quite good too.


Gavo

14-Feb-2011
8:24:29 AM

On 13/02/2011 Musique wrote:
>On 13/02/2011 Wendy wrote:
>. Long
>>winded way of saying what everyone else is - just carry the weights.
>
>
>Agreed - The lighter you are, the better for climbing.

So I need to lose weight.. noted


Miguel75

14-Feb-2011
9:11:40 AM

On 13/02/2011 rightarmbad wrote:
>Holds don't get bigger as you get heavier.
>They can only support so much weight before the rubber deforms and lets
>go.
>
>Lighter the better, simple as that.

Sweet. I'm working on thinking lighter, like 50 kg light. I thought I sucked at climbing, but I now realise it's the additional 47Kgs I'm carrying that suck at climbing.


ajfclark

14-Feb-2011
9:25:35 AM

On 14/02/2011 Gavo wrote:
>So I need to lose weight.. noted

You could catch this stomach bug I've got. Down about 4kg in 7 days so far. It's not even the messy exploding type.

Wendy

14-Feb-2011
9:30:16 AM

are you ever not ill Andrew?


ajfclark

14-Feb-2011
9:34:12 AM

Apparently. Not sure when though. I think it's work that does it too me. Absolutely fine for 2 weeks at Buffalo and consistently ratshit since I got back...

I do seem to have a pretty odd digestive system,. China could be interesting.

egosan

14-Feb-2011
10:39:37 AM

On 14/02/2011 Gavo wrote:

>So I need to lose weight.. noted

Tubby bitch!


wallwombat

14-Feb-2011
10:49:25 AM

On 14/02/2011 ajfclark wrote:
>On 13/02/2011 Gravity wrote:
>>Thanks ajfclark, some really good info there.
>
>His 9 out of 10 book is quite good too.

and he emphasizes, in that, that the Chris Sharma body type is the exception rather than the rule with elite climbers - most of them are weigh bugger all and are whippet thin, like Adam Ondra.


Gavo

14-Feb-2011
11:31:47 AM

Damn straight Im a tubby bitch! Im at 68!!!

Andrew, make me a stomach-bug brew and lets get this lard-shed-fest on the road!


ajfclark

14-Feb-2011
11:35:05 AM

You could also try the meth diet like cleaner girl:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1Pl1zGowc


wallwombat

14-Feb-2011
11:35:20 AM

I've been 80kg since I was 16.

I'm now 42.


Gavo

14-Feb-2011
11:43:54 AM

On 14/02/2011 wallwombat wrote:
>I've been 80kg since I was 16.
>
>I'm now 42.

That seems remarkably unhealthy


Gavo

14-Feb-2011
11:45:19 AM

On 14/02/2011 ajfclark wrote:
>You could also try the meth diet like cleaner girl:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1Pl1zG
>wc

I think Ill pass on that one!

There is always the tapeworm diet though...


ajfclark

14-Feb-2011
11:56:54 AM

Aw, come on... You don't get hungry between meals and it's only two sleeps till Christmas...


skip-skip

14-Feb-2011
12:07:13 PM

Extra weight will not be definitely detrimental. See The Beast Within Training School for personal rock climbing training.


MrsM10iswhereitsat.

14-Feb-2011
1:34:36 PM

On 14/02/2011 skip-skip wrote:
>Extra weight will not be definitely detrimental. See The Beast Within
>Training School for personal rock climbing training.

I think you are right Mr skip-skip. Less can be more but in the end it is less, and the photos I see published of anorexic climbers (often women), makes me shudder to think of the gastronomic sacrifices they make in their grade chasing.


Gavo

14-Feb-2011
2:54:20 PM

On 14/02/2011 MrsM10iswhereitsat wrote:

>I think you are right Mr skip-skip. Less can be more but in the end it
>is less, and the photos I see published of anorexic climbers (often women),
>makes me shudder to think of the gastronomic sacrifices they make in their
>grade chasing.

Maybe it helps them by imagining a big burger on the top of the route...

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