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How to Climb 5.12

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Stuck at a certain level in your climbing abilities? Can't seem to move from 5.9 to 5.10? Tired of listening to advice that doesn't work? Then this book will get you out of your rut...and FAST. Eric covers everything to move you to your first 5.12: training techniques, workout schedules, power training, mental exercises to focus, build confidence, and motivate, climbing strategies, even nutrition!

Every serious climber should have this book. It's also a great supplement to his other excellent training manual, "FLASH Training"

If you're getting into climbing and getting into it fast, there are about five books to get, and this is one. Eric Horst gives a solid overview about how to speed progress and avoid typical mistakes such as overtraining, a common problem that kept me in 5.9 longer than I needed. The progression from grade to grade is more a mental one than a physical one, as my weeklong slothfest followed by a near full number jump in climbing ability will attest. Buy this, Performance Rock Climbing by Dale Goddard, the Heather Sagar book, and as much John Long as you can afford, and you will move more quickly up the ladder. Or, you can lift and jog yourself to death and spend your money on fingerboards, supplements, and other dubious methods, and hang out at your current level for a few more months or years like the other groundlings. Success requires effort; efficient effort requires knowledge. Get some.

This book is really good. It teaches a lot of concepts about climbing, especially about head games. It elucidates misconceptions about the importance of our mind when climbing. Many times one's mentally incapable of making a route , not fisically as we think. Lots of hours doing pull ups is not the way to go. Read this book and I am sure you will use your mind smartly next time you go climbing. How to set your mind to a climb was the most important lesson I've learned from this book although there are a lot of information about work outs, finger power, nutrition and so on...

This the authoratative text for the advanced climber who wishes to boost his/her skills to the maximum potential.

Explaining the basics of medical knowledge the author lucidly shows how to apply this to climbing.

The book is rife with plenty of exercises and routines to keep even the most experienced climber busy.

By applying the principles in this book and training consistently you should see your climbing level jump by at least 4 grades within a few months ( eg - 5.10a - 5.11a ).

Be sure to mix your routines and not overtrain.

This is definitely not a book for beginner rock climbers.

This is a great book. Just a heads-up though.

The book "Training for Climbing" is an equally excellent reference - it contains much the same information as this book, only in more detail, with sections on anatomy, physiology etc. If you want to dispense with those discussions, buy this book. But I'd say buy one or the other, and save your extra money for another reference.

This is a great climbing book in that it presents two great ideas. They are you can climb 5.12.and you have to train like a real athlete to succeed at rock climbig. I know climbing is fun but I want to excell at it . This was very helpful in gaining the focus I need.

This book is a very thorough, overall guide to training for climbing. It is very helpful for discovering what you need to work on in order to maximize your climbing potential. I didn't realize how ignorant I was about training until I read this book.

How to Climb 5.12 offers very good guidelines for an aspiring climber who wants to excel at the sport. The mental and physical training techniques are very helpfulDancing on the Edge of an Endangered Planet

Or grade 25 in NZ/OZ terms - this book rocks!! Good tips on stretching exercises to improve your flexibility to make that critical move. Good tips on strength building exercises. Very motivational - I've bought myself a fingerboard on reading this book! I only climb grade 20 (5.10) but reckon you would get a lot out of this no matter what level you climb at. Best tip - climbing is the best way to improve your climbing, because you learn to identify the solution faster before you fall off!

I bought this and the "Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance" from the same author and I think it is a lot better than how to climb 5.12 beacause it has everything and a lot more things. I don't regret buying both, but If I knew It maybe I would just buy one of them. But both are excelent.