The Climbing Bible: Technical, physical and mental training for rock climbing: 1

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Also included is a section for children and young climbers to help their parents and coaches create great sessions for kids. Everything is in there, from menta training, strength and endurance training, technique improvements, injury prevention and even an excerpt on climbing while pregnant. The name says it all, The Climbing Bible: Practical Exercises is a collection of exercises that have been collated to help you develop your climbing technique and strength.

I'll confess I do not have the authors original Climbing Bible book so was unsure what to expect from this but found it really useful. Until Wednesday 31 August, Vertebrate Publishing is offering up to 70% off a huge range of its award-winning climbing, mountaineering, hillwalking, cycling and off-road running books. If you only have a couple of appliances and you want to keep things simple, an all-in-one solution such as a powerbank might be suitable for you.It covers several different sections – motivation, confidence, fear of falling and dealing with failure, and gives practical advice on how to deal with anything you’re struggling with.

It also means that the book frequently refers to the earlier book, saying "we explained XYZ in that book". The exercises are generally clearly explained with helpful accompanying photographs, and bonus helpful hints annotated alongside in red. Overall a thoroughly useful and well-presented book that will help climbers looking to train particular aspects of their climbing or adults looking for exercises for their kids classes.From my training at home on my fingerboard I'm seeing benefits to paying more attention to the details following reading. An extract from the upcoming English edition of Mont Blanc Lines by Alex Buisse, a collection of stories and photos celebrating the finest climbing and skiing lines of the Mont Blanc massif. Stian is a former national team coach in climbing and is a personal trainer for several of Norway’s best climbers. I was really looking forward to learning all the ins and outs of climbing technique, but it’s not in here.