Starting bouldering as secondary training

[Samuel Tanner]

Hi,

I have returned to GB training six months ago after some time away and I am working through the Foundation 1 progressions and mobility and stretch sequences following the recommended schedule for level 1. Before this I worked through the Intro schedule. Now my body is used to the workload, I would like to introduce a bouldering session once per week and then in a few months move to two sessions per week. My motivation is for climbing is to use my strength, to have some fun, and to be more social with my training.

My questions are:

1. Where should I introduce this first bouldering session and then later the second session? Should I introduce them to the stretch days - Wednesdays and/or Saturdays? if so should I do them before or after the Stretch sessions? If not, should I deviate from the recommended schedule?
2.  How best should I approach my Bouldering training? Although the primary motivation is not to get good at bouldering, If I am doing it for fun, I still want to excel at it. Any recommended reading or suggested ways to practice would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for your time.

 

Samuel

[Alessandro Mainente]

10 hours ago, Samuel Tanner said:

Hi,

I have returned to GB training six months ago after some time away and I am working through the Foundation 1 progressions and mobility and stretch sequences following the recommended schedule for level 1. Before this I worked through the Intro schedule. Now my body is used to the workload, I would like to introduce a bouldering session once per week and then in a few months move to two sessions per week. My motivation is for climbing is to use my strength, to have some fun, and to be more social with my training.

My questions are:

1. Where should I introduce this first bouldering session and then later the second session? Should I introduce them to the stretch days - Wednesdays and/or Saturdays? if so should I do them before or after the Stretch sessions? If not, should I deviate from the recommended schedule?
2.  How best should I approach my Bouldering training? Although the primary motivation is not to get good at bouldering, If I am doing it for fun, I still want to excel at it. Any recommended reading or suggested ways to practice would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for your time.

 

Samuel

HI Samuel for the first question it depends on how you react to the bouldering session. if you plan it after a normal upper body session maybe it is too hard, if you plan it just the day before a GST upper body workout maybe the GST workout won't be so good. so it depends. Also, it can depend on your actual level fo strength at the point when you are going to insert the bouldering session. this means that if your upper body pulling strength is higher compared to the effort required by the bouldering session then it has a low relevance where you are going to put it.

for the second question, I'm not expert on bouldering,