This segment is dedicated to those activities that are mostly committed to actual construction of muscle and require a lot of strength than the ones previously enrolled. There are a few activities, such as rock climbing that, while the heights and risk might stimulate the heart more than actual repetitive muscle exhaustion, it’s a much more strength-based activity.
ROCK CLIMBING
A challenge to your senses, all manner of adventure sports are a fresh approach to fitness and an excellent way to cross-train your body into ultimate fitness. But do not allow the term “adventure” scare you. Rock climbing could be adventurous, but its benefit is the strengthening and conditioning of the entire body, with an emphasis on upper body power.
Without a doubt, rock climbing emphasizes coordination and strength. The two, in fact, are extremely interdependent. Upper body strength is key here, but having an overall balance of strength is a plus. Conditioning is something is that involved in addition to performing and practicing movements on a daily basis. This, too, is interdependent for the actual ability to climb at all, let alone enjoy climbing or setting goals in the outdoors. So what does that mean? A rock climbing gymnasium is actually the only place to start in a sane and safe fashion. Rock climbing needs a ton of skill, and practice. It is a synergy of many different attributes and abilities put together to compile a total picture of potentiality, strength, balance and calculated mental and physical agility.
Have we frightened you off yet? Don’t be scared. A rock climbing gym is a great place to enjoy the sport, and acquire skills that, even if you never venture out on to an actual rock, you’ll be able to benefit from.
Rock climbing acts about every muscle in the upper body (pectorals, deltoids, forearms, biceps, triceps, rectus abdominus, serratus, intercostals, latissimus dorsi, spinal erectors and teres major) as well as a few in the lower body (hip flexors, trocanter, quadriceps, hamstrings, and calves). It is probably the single most demanding total body engagement one can find in whatsoever strength-based activity.
Indoor climbing gyms have cropped up everywhere in the country—either as a part of a larger gym or as a separate entity that provides nothing but climbing to its members. Classes are essential as it’s a skill that is impossible to pick up by osmosis!
Rock climbing isn’t taken as seriously as in a ‘climbers-only’ gym, but it’s affordable and is a great way to get your feet wet in the sport to see if you like it. For a rock climbing only gym like Dyno-Rock Indoor Climbing Gym in Arlington, TX you pay a monthly fee ($45) and then pay a class fee for instruction ($10) and a rental fee for gear ($6 for harness, carabener, shoes, and chalk bag).
