Self-Coached Climber: The Guide to Movement, Training, Performance

✍ Scribed by Dan M. Hague, Douglas Hunter

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 376
• Edition: Pap/DVD
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Still the best book on improving at climbing ... worth every penny and more." -- Dave MacLeod, online climbing coach blog

In full color with 52 practical training exercises designed to advance technique

Detailed anatomical illustrations explain climbing physiology

Includes an 85-minute DVD that shows concepts in action

A dynamic package of training material from a pair of expert coaches, The Self-Coached Climber offers comprehensive instruction, from the basics of gripping holds to specific guidelines for developing a customized improvement plan. Hague and Hunter base their methods on the four fundamental components of all human movement--balance, force, time, and space--and explain how to apply these principles to achieve efficient results. The DVD presents live demonstrations of training exercises and features an original documentary of a 5.14a/b redpoint attempt by Adam Stack and Chris Lindner.

Self-Coached Climber was named a finalist in the Mountain Exposition Category at the 2007 Banff Mountain Festival. For more information go to: http://www.banffmountainfestivals.ca/festivals/2007/book/finalists.asp

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Balance .................................................1
Establishing a Good Base of Support
Body Awareness
Turning and Flagging
Controlling Force: Movement Initiation and Movement Centers
Learning Movement in Climbing
Improving Your Redpoint and On-Sight Tactics
The Physiology of Climbing
Aerobic Endurance Training
Anaerobic Endurance Training
Strength and Power
Emotional and Mental Training
Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
Chapter 13 Your Personalized Training Plan 1 ............................ 89
Glossary
References
About the Authors
Index

✦ Subjects

climbing