Climbing: Training for Peak Performance

"Whatever your talent, experience, and ambition, if you climb you would do well to read Clyde Soles' training manual. This book will allow you to pull down harder, last longer, and have more fun while you're at it." -- Jon Krakauer, author of "Into Thin Air"

* Climbing exercises to build strength, endurance, flexibility, and aerobic fitness
* Up-to-date nutritional information to power your climbing training
* Climbing fitness tips that prepares you both mentally and physically

Climbers at all levels benefit from working to build core strength, opening the door to higher levels of achievement. This important edition in the Mountaineers Outdoor Expert series covers everything you need to improve your climbing fitness in ways that takes your performance to the next level. There is even instruction on yoga, Pilates, and herbal supplements, as well as a section on core training. Climbing: Training for Peak Performance also contains information about rehabilitation after an injury, plus several new training programs.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 08/25/2008
ISBN: 9781594850981
Pages: 269
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.42h x 6.84w x 0.54d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 82