The Rock Climber's Exercise Guide by Eric Horst

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The Rock Climber's Exercise Guide by Eric Horst

The only exercise guide a rock climber will ever need! Rock climbing is one of the most physically challenging sports, testing strength, endurance, flexibility, and stamina. To improve in the sport, climbers must build and maintain each of these assets. Written by veteran climber and performance coach, Eric Horst, The Rock Climber's Exercise Guide provides climbers of all ages and experience with the knowledge and tools to design and follow a comprehensive, personalized exercise program. Enhance your skills, maximize your potential, and become the best climber you can be! Part I covers the basics of physical conditioning, including tools for self-assessment and goal-setting. Part I takes readers through warm-up and flexibility routines, entry-level strength training, weight-loss tips, and core-conditioning exercises. Part I explores climbing-specific conditioning, including exercises to develop power, endurance, balance, and stability. Part IV explains how to create a customized conditioning program for any style of climbing Eric Horst has been climbing for over thirty years. He is a performance coach who has helped thousands of climbers improve their performance through his books, magazine articles, seminars, and Web sites. He is the author of Training for Climbing, How to Climb 5.12, Learning to Climb Indoors, and Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. He lives with his wife Lisa Ann and their two sons, Cameron and Jonathan, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Eric Hörst has been climbing for over thirty years. He is a performance coach who has helped thousands of climbers improve their performance through his books, magazine articles, seminars, and Web sites. He is the author of Training for Climbing, How to Climb 5.12, Learning to Climb Indoors, and Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. He lives with his wife Lisa Ann and their two sons, Cameron and Jonathan, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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ISBN 13 9781493017638
ISBN 10 1493017632
Title The Rock Climber's Exercise Guide
Author Eric Van Der Horst
Series How To Climb Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Year published 2017-02-01
Number of pages 256
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