Agree 100% climbing fills a lot of gaps in lifting and vice versa. For general health, something with a more cardio focus would be useful too though, in my opinion.
Thatās your walk in.
I knew a guy who used to get his girlfriend to carry his rucksack so that his legs didnāt put on muscle. Dick move.
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And his girlfriend bought that bullshit?
It was incredible. I donāt know if he thought it made him more hardcore but it just made everyone think less of him. Especially when youāre surrounded by far better climbers who donāt pull that BS. At the time the wall would have various champs and several national squad members in at the same time.
I donāt think Iād want to be with a girlfriend who thought that little of herself, honestly.
Have a look at Shauna coxsey and her training. Now that climbing is in the Olympics she has access to extra training resources. The programming is interesting as Iāve seen her do overhead squats rather than back squats. It makes sense in terms of promoting the shoulder functioning.
@Voxel
In Asian terms, this is usually quite literal 
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And core strength.
Honestly, if I could lose the ego, Iād probably be well served using overhead squats as a main movement.
The only thing I can say about leg strength and climbing is that itās always embarrassing to run an Elvis while on a send
Itās a culture I have no first hand experience with so Iāll offer nothing to the discourse.
If I didnāt want to flat bench more than I already do Iād replace it with an incline press with limited ROM. Have considered doing this now that my shoulder is acting up again. Or āregressā back into doing incline DB press before benching.
She might not have started out like that, maybe he wore on her psyche over time to have her accept such bullshit from him. Until I know more itās a Schrƶdinger-thing for me. She might be a victim to his psychological power-play, or simply not sure of herself. I wonāt cast any judgement as this remains unknown.
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I remember reading plenty of T-nation articles about people that wouldnāt take the bike to the gym to not eat into their gainz.
Iāve flat benched a grand total of once since CoVid started. I donāt really miss it. Iāll probably have to have a 6 week stretch of it leading up to fake meet at Christmas time and 531 next year, but iām not excited about it.
Technically I like the lift though. Leg drive, arch, tucking, thereās a lot going on to stimulate my brain.
I do essentially none of those things. I could never go full powerlifter.
The bar feels so light when I nail the technique. That sensation is addicting to me
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Leg strength and climbing is an interesting area. For routes you need a great deal of isometric strength endurance and, I think, passive flexibility plays a part. I donāt think squats will help with standing up on a coin edge and staying there for a while but I noticed that when I was doing lots of rock overs I could do pistol squats.
Loads of climbers ruin their knees but Iām not sure why. Sure, since are twisted but assume maybe due to relatively weak hamstrings.
Also, havenāt benched or squatted since march. But I now just lift in my back garden.
I get that.
I donāt remember ever feeling like leg strength was an issue for me climbing, and my legs were even more extremely not-strong than they are now. I did, and still do, have a very large useable range of motion though. If I could get my foot to it, I could use it. That was enough to get me to a not-shit level.
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