The Close Arm Push Up The close arm push up feels different from the normal push up. It is a harder variation and focuses a lot more on the Triceps whilst still incorporating the shoulders, back, core and chest. It also uses different stabilizing muscles to the regular push up. To set up for the close arm push up lower yourself to your knees. Make a triangle shape with your … Read More
The Push Up The push up is a great exercise which is often overlooked. Whilst climbing we predominantly use our pulling muscles and consequently, our pushing muscles are frequently neglected. When training it is important to train the antagonist muscle groups to ensure you keep the body balanced. By regularly incorporating push ups into your training regime you will not only get a stronger upper body and find it easier … Read More
Recently Jurassic Team member and GB Team member, Tommy Matthews entered the British Lead and Speed Climbing Championships in Sheffield. Tommy is naturally a boulderer and has not majored on lead or speed climbing. Now that these two forms and bouldering make up the new Olympic competition for 2020 he has started training and competing. Here in his own words is what happened! British Lead and Speed Climbing Championships Hi, … Read More
Power Training Now unlike strength training and power endurance training I love power training. Why, because instead of training the same pattern for hours you get to power through big moves, feet coming off, twisting and reaching. If you are not training power then you are missing out on some fun and you could be missing a trick! Here again the old adage of the British trad climber to ‘climb … Read More
Recently Jurassic Team member and GB Team member, Tommy Matthews entered The Depot Youth Boulder Cup competition in Manchester. Following a slightly bumpy competition period for Tommy he was determined to pull this one out of the bag. Here in his own words is what happened! Tommy Matthews – The Depot Youth Boulder Cup 2016 – Manchester Hi, I’m Tommy Matthews. These are my thoughts about The Depot Youth Boulder … Read More
Jurassic Centre’s of Coaching Excellence Now rolling out across Great Britain are our ‘Jurassic Centre’s of Coaching Excellence’. For £30 you get 90 minutes with one of our Performance Climber Coaches, access to our Myofascial Therapist and our Nutritionist. During the session your goals, climbing, general strength & conditioning will all be assessed and advice given. You will then receive a basic overview and a basic one month training plan … Read More
Power Endurance Training Many years ago, just as with strength training, I hated spending time at the wall repeating problems and routes for power endurance training. If you are like I was back then, you could be missing a trick! Here the old adage of the British trad climber to ‘climb more and you will get better, no need for any of that plastic holds and training stuff!’ did kind … Read More
Strength Training Many years ago I hated spending time off of the wall or rock for strength training. If you are like I was back then, you could be missing a trick! The old adage of the British trad climber was ‘climb more and you will get better, no need for any of that plastic holds and training stuff!’ To a certain extent that is true as you will get … Read More
How to Raise Your Metabolism In ‘Focus On – Healthy Nutrition and Body Weight’ we looked at how to obtain an optimum body weight whilst still eating well. Another important factor in regulating body weight is through raising metabolism and getting it working at a high rate. So what is our metabolism and how can we help it work at a high rate? Your body is constantly using energy to … Read More
What Makes A Great Climber? Great coaching comes from within and requires the same from others to succeed. When I was asked recently ‘what makes a great climber?’ I replied ‘great coaching, a motivated athlete, and motivated parents!’. Would you like to progress further with our help? Then why not Great Coaching Being a pro-climber or the one with the most coaching awards doesn’t make you the greatest coach in … Read More