Rock climbing vs weight lifting reddit. Dedicated to increasing all our knowledge about how to better improve at our sport. Finger strength rules everything in climbing, and that's just never hit correctly in regular weight training. For what it's worth, I don't have the clinical testing to back it up but I lift for four things which I think improve my climbing in some way 1. , forearm). If you are pulling as hard as you can in the climbing gym and in the weight room, you may be setting yourself up for fatigue and overtraining symptoms. g. Light weight lifting specifically to protect the rotator cuff. Antagonist muscle groups (mostly pushing to offset all the pulling done in climbing) 2. Also, too long of a cycle training strength in both your climbing and lifting can lead to overuse symptoms, specifically the elbows. For those who both lift and rock climb, what is your lifting routine? I want to know what other people who both lift and climb do for a lifting routine. . Relative to lifting, climbing will over-develop specific muscles (e. Once you progress in your climbing, that's where I'd spent my time with supplemental exercises to work on getting stronger for climbing. Because at some point climbing won't give you enough of a workout even to your back and biceps to be able to develop those muscles further, weight lifting will be your only option if you want to get stronger. Reddit's rock climbing training community. No, I don't think climbing is a good replacement for lifting, especially if you are new to climbing. If your goal is just to lose weight and be in decent shape then climbing can help you achieve that, but if you want a body that looks like you go to the gym then you'll actually need a real program. tmxmgzk oizxc soyk qnogq gjmqi qbadzrd lsek jrpvm uhrcg iink