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

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This is a highly comprehensive book that covers climbing techniques, training, injury prevention, and tactics. Personally, I would have preferred the author to delve deeper into the technique chapters, while being more concise in the training and tactic chapters. However, this is probably because I am new to climbing and have not yet begun my training. With its first section that focuses on technique grip positions, balance, direction of force, and dynamics, the Climbing Bible: Practical Exercises starts with the foundations and basics and lends a hand through your climbing development with exercises to help you train strength and power, with wall exercises, finger strength exercises and beam exercises, arm exercises and more.

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The technique section is particularly accessible, and really well explained. There’s plenty of clear photos to show exactly what’s being explained, and the guide does a really good job of catering for both beginner climbers and also covering more advanced techniques. The photos are also good for helping to summon up some motivation on those days when you really don’t feel like training! Alongside the text there is a great number of photographs to supplement the text you so you cn really see in detail the techniques in detail. Also some great shots from around the world of climbers out and about good for building up your general psyche. It is illustrated with 400 technique and action photos, and features stories from top climbers as well as a foreword by climber and bestselling author Jo Nesbø.The physical training includes plenty of exercises that can be done at home with minimal equipment – surprisingly useful this year! I manage to injure myself fairly regularly climbing and haven’t really known where to start with conditioning and injury prevention exercises, but the section on this is really clear and has given me several things to start trying that I can do at home. The authors, as well as being strong climbers themselves, are both coaches at an international level, with a deep and long-gathered knowledge of the best training methods. Due to their 20 years of experience and research, the Climbing Bible: Practical Exercises is an extensive exercise library, and now it's all available to you.

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I was impressed by one interesting perspective from the authors, which may have potential applications to other areas of life:More and more people around the world are discovering how great climbing is, both indoors and outdoors. The Climbing Bible by internationally renowned climbers and coaches Martin Mobråten and Stian Christophersen is a comprehensive guide to help you train effectively to become a better climber.

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The original book was written in Norwegian and published and 2018, and this English version was published in 2020, and the translation is excellent. This is a very substantial book on the technical, physical and mental tactics to become a better climber. The authors, Martin Mobråten and Stian Christophersen, both climb and coach at very high standards of difficulty (8c+ and 8c for those who are in the know). Christophersen is also a physiotherapist and coaches the Norwegian climbing team. The book covers Technical, Physical and Mental training, with three additional chapters on Tactics, General training and injury prevention, and finally, training plans. It is richly comprehensive, and their experience in coaching shines through each section. Interviews with leading climbers - entitled A Climber’s Story - expand on particular themes and give fascinating insights – who would have thought that you could write a PhD on using deadhangs for finger strength training? (p.114). The illustrations are excellent throughout and there is an even balance between indoor and outdoor settings.

Martin Mobråten has a master’s degree in civil engineering, has climbed for over 20 years, been an athlete on the Norwegian national team and is a former Nordic champion in climbing. He has climbed extensively outdoors and has redpointed several routes graded F8c+ and boulder problems up to Font 8c. Martin has coached the Norwegian Climbing Federation’s youth recruits and many of the stronger juniors in the Trondheim community for the past ten years. Martin works daily with climbing courses, route setting and facilitating climbing both indoors and outdoors. If you are just a climber wanting to perfect your game, or a parent or coach who wants a trusted text to refer to in your child or students learning, Vertebrate publishing's The Climbing Bible: Practical Exercises is a book to live and climb by. We started our climbing careers together twenty-five years ago and have been through our own personal evolution as climbers as well as observing others going through the same process. Why are we still in love with this sport? What have we done right and wrong in our own careers, and what have we done right and wrong while coaching others? Why do some people turn to sport and competition climbing where others go in other directions of the sport? And, most importantly; why do some people never stop climbing? I found the mental training section really valuable. 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. There is a huge amount of stuff to work through and implement in your own climbing.