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Will Cardio Get You Through The Crux? 31-May-2015 At 9:59:28 PM martym

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You're 17? Well bloody done mate!
The comments above are sound, but assuming you pursue this at a University level, you'll pick this up in due course. You've already got 4 people to participate in a longitudinal study - that's more than your average first year uni student will be able to muster!

A couple of suggestions (genuine curiosity) for future research:
- compare gym only regulars (of which the numbers seem to be increasing) to crag regulars; I'd be interested to know how much dragging 15kg backpacks several kilometers to and from the crag effects your climbing.
- endurance vs grades; what does it mean to "improve"? You could phrase this multipitches vs boulderers ;)
- compare fitness across climbing / circus sports / rowing / fencing - any other upper-body sports...