Home workout tips for rock climbers – how to keep your grip strength in lockdown
- The best training for climbers is climbing but when you are stuck at home there are some simple exercises to maintain your strength
It can feel like climbing fitness disappears very quickly. Even after just a few weeks away from the gym or crag, your grip strength and endurance disappears.
But there are a few exercises you can do at home to keep your forearms working and work on other muscles too to improve your climbing.
Forearm curls
All you need is a rucksack and some bottles of water. Fill up the water bottles (1L equals 1kg) and put them in the rucksack. Hold the bag, face your hand up, with your forearm parallel to the ground then curl your fist up and down. You can alter the amount of sets and reps, or pause and hold the bag at the top of the curl, to increase the difficulty.
Isolate your forearm further still by placing it on a table, with you hand over the edge. Or, open your palm, so the weight is on your fingers.
Face your hand downwards to work other muscles in your forearm.