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    How are you building and increasing connective tissue (e.g. wrists and elbow)?

    @tanyagomes Climbing has its own skills associated with it. It's really up to you if you think there is good crossover with the ones you're currently training for. FWIW good climbing technique has you keeping your arms as strait as you can as much as you can when making moves. Bent arms gas your...
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    How are you building and increasing connective tissue (e.g. wrists and elbow)?

    @believer4892 Glad to help friend! And good luck beating those walls! As a side note, it's my bday today and the gf and I are about to hit the slopes on our little ski trip. Trying snowboarding for the first time. It's sure to be equal amounts fun and embarrassing lol. But your comment adds even...
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    How are you building and increasing connective tissue (e.g. wrists and elbow)?

    @zetetic999 I started with doing a slightly modified version of the RR on days when I didn't climb with Sunday as a rest day. I did pull ups, dips, pushups, and rows (although I question how necessary those are since there's a lot of crossover with climbing) those days and after I climbed I'd do...
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    How are you building and increasing connective tissue (e.g. wrists and elbow)?

    @tanyagomes When I first started climbing I was over the moon about it and didn't quite give myself enough time to rest. I'd sometimes go 2-3 days in a row and on those consecutive days I'd get crazy pain in my elbows/shoulders if I pushed to hard. It was akin to growing pains. A pain that...
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    How are you building and increasing connective tissue (e.g. wrists and elbow)?

    @bibbigo Rock climbing 3x a week has worked wonders for my wrists, elbows and shoulders. Minus a setback I had from an overdeveloped back messing with my rotator cuff. Now I don't skip my antagonistic exercises heh.
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