Eduke, fair enough and points taken. Not a climber, just to clarify. But my sport does require favorable strength to body weight ratio, which is why I cited that and gymnastics (rings in particular) as being somewhat similar. In fact, now that I think about it, it’s fair to just say I am training rings. Being able to lever and planche takes considerable strength (arguably more than climbing) and the work is intense and isometric (which is why I mentioned endurance, but I guess that term is probably not the correct one). There isn’t a rings category in gymnastics for women because the strength bar is set very high for those skills. I have been training intensely over the past year and have the natural strength and aptitude such that with a bit more I could achieve some very great things generally not done by women.
Apologies for not specifying my gender; I took for granted that I am posting in the women’s forum. I’ve had difficulty finding experience stories that are relavent, which is why I asked. A lot of folks cite great strength gains as measured by lifts. Or talk about “massive pumps,” but most are male and taking either a combination of things or much higher doses.
As for training style and nutrition, I train for several hours every day, but given the technical skill involved there is a lot of rest and drills that aren’t strength work. Again, a lot of similarity with gymnastics. Watch a gymnast train and they will be there for hours but only on the apparatus for minutes at a time. I eat a clean diet that I guess you could say is pretty paleo (I do, however, include dairy). I track what I eat because I like data. I am not interested at this point in dieting down to super low bf levels for aesthetics, I eat to perform.
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