Climbing Books and Biomechanics
20 June 2010 - 10:34am
Anyone ever seen a rock climbing book that's truely about improving technique? I can never seem to find what I am after. I want a book that has a lot of pictures and demonstrates optimum body positions for common climbing problems. Explains weight shifting, balance, twisting, holding techniques all the nitty gritty details that would make you a better climber. How to position the body for maximum reach, how to comfortably balance when your all bunched up, I want to know from a biomechanical point of view what muscle to use for power, which muscles to use to get a better rest... a proper technique and "move" book with a bit of easy to understand body science. Do these books exist?
You could try 'Performance Rock Climbing' by Dale Goddard and Udo Neumann, I used to have a copy, thought it was pretty good. Of course experience, climbing lots, on many different types of rock, and with a variety of people helps too.