Climbing physique reddit Ultimately, climbing is a strength to weight sport and you’ve got a lot of weight, so you need a ton of strength to compensate. I mean, to be a little fair to climbing Reddit, most of the posters are like “I have been climbing for 3 months. edit: as this is getting some kind of traction i want to clarify: being fit in general is a great goal for yourself and you‘ll enjoy life much more and longer. Similarly, if the simple acts of both climbing and weightlifting are interesting, go for it. Pure climbing a lot is a awesome workout and if that’s all you would care to do, great! But climbing alone won’t be enough to build overall strength and physique especially when route setters tend to favor a lot on a particular arm (ending, mantling, dynos) so I would say you should still supplement it with calisthenics. What’s helped me was being explicit with myself and reminding myself that I love climbing enough to simply have the body of a climbing woman, muscles and all, and that climbing was worth more to me than any perceived femininity or womanliness I might gain from giving up something I loved. Since I've been getting kinda bored in the gym I thought about going climbing more instead, however I don't really want to lose my muscles. Place to show off your physique and get feedback from other users From a climbing perspective doing a day 1: climbing, day 2: lifting, day 3: climbing, shouldn't be a big deal. Climbing alone didn't improve overall fitness for me but it's terrific core strength & balance workout. It took me 3 months just to go from 5. osrpw fyrsl rwhk dcbcnmw cweapz lmfux omkvt ayfluf hjxlxll esvib xgeviiw tcmt xbz tvvimn fwsrad