Staying motivated training at home or alone – some ways to help to stick with it!
Motivation for isolated training
Tag: Training
Big wall training weekend with Angus Kille
Big wall training course. Depending on interest could be 1:2 or 1:4 or a larger group. It’s going to be up to €200 per person […]
Mournes Trip 21-22 May 2016
What a fantastic weekend, thanks again Jon for organising it. Even though the weather wasn’t the best for Saturday some got to climb and others had […]
What do you go to the climbing wall for?
Muscle memory and how we learn, and how to use this to train smarter.
(by Sé O’Hanlon, January 2014)
Mountain Leader Award
(by Allister Gerrard, June 2008)
How to achieve the ML, with one holder’s personal experiences.
Physical Training For Mountaineering
(by Chris Clarke, from IMC Newsletter Autumn 2003)
As the evenings shorten and the weather changes the opportunities to go climbing usually start to diminish at this time of the year. People start to think of indoor walls, hot rock and winter mountaineering trips. Whatever your approach to the next 6 months of the climbing calendar, you will certainly benefit from some form of structured physical training.
Orienteering
(by Gavan Doherty, Irish Orienteering Association, from IMC Newsletter Summer 2004)
Orienteering is competitive navigation on foot. If you enjoy running or walking, if you are interested in maps and navigation, or if you like outdoor sport then orienteering is for you!
Beginners Course 2004
(by Lynn Ryan, from IMC Newsletter Summer 2004)
"I had learnt … that climbing is not merely a sport but an addiction. I had been hooked from day one, so I wasn’t going to let something like a fear of heights stop me!"