Climbing is a physically demanding sport which is part of its attraction. While pushing yourself to the limit can be a rewarding challenge, you need to prepare you body for climbings strain on your body. Theres a huge difference between pushing yourself to the limit and causing yourself injury.
First off, make sure you are in good physical condition for climbing. You must build strength for climbing and some areas are more important than others. Youll be using your grip more than in other sports as well as your arms to lift the weight of your body. To test your grip, see how long you can hang by a bar. Now do over handed pull-ups to see your shoulder and arm strength. Keeping track of how youre doing will show your progress.
To increase your gripping ability there are several exercises including wrist curls, free lifts and pull-ups. Also perform wrist rotations to develop and stretch forearm muscles. Other major upper body muscle groups such as your chest and back must also be strengthened since they support your arms.
While gripping is the most important area to physically improve, there are other areas that will make your climb more manageable (or...
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