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Training Plan - Feedback please! 11-Feb-2012 At 10:50:37 AM Rocafella

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On 11/02/2012 Sonic wrote:
>On 11/02/2012 Rocafella wrote:
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>>My local gym is The Rock in Geelong - has walls, but only up to about
>>12m so not someting you get a wicked pump on..
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>Thats misguided rubbish, or the setting is shit. I always set steeper
>walls in shorter gyms with circuits in mind for those in that very position.
>Most gyms arent more than 10m high. You can easily train anaerobic pump
>on a small wall if you know what you're doing. Circuits, down-climbing,
>time intervals,etc all work.
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>Also - I'd probably do the campusing on one of the days with rest either
>side. Thats a pretty intense campus session for anybody and resting is
>when you gain the strength from your training. But thats just me.

Having climbed at the same gym for 10 years as well as working and setting there, I am inclined to disagree. You can definitely NOT get the same pump at The Rock as you can by the cloud wall or AME wall at Cliffhanger, or the lead wall at Bayside - if you argue with that, you probably think the world is flat. The Rock lends itself to power endurance by being short (in terms of vs outdoor route length averaging 20m+) and bouldery... And there is no part that is steep enough to train for the boudler problems I want to train...

However, I do agree with the campusing comment and its something I had considered as well... so I think I will switch that up til Thursday.. Probably make the Tuesday fingerboard more productive too!