The Climbing Bible: Practical Exercises: Technique and strength training for climbing: 2

Great series, really enjoying these.

Gift to wife and son who climb (all 3)

Great book full of little tips

Lovely read - well illustrated and a must for any climbing fan.

A great purchase for my climbing crazy son, the book is full of lots of details need for progressing in his climbing journey

Good

This book is almost worth buying just for the gorgeous photos; the stories from Norwegian climbers are also a treat. They also help to link the exercises to "real" climbing, giving additional motivation and inspiration. The exercises are generally clearly explained with helpful accompanying photographs, and bonus helpful hints annotated alongside in red. Short summaries accompany many of the wordier explanations, so that you can check how many reps "at a glance". There is a good variety of exercises, with suitable emphasis given to how you can train without injury and to offering variations and ways of making training more fun. However, it is important to note that this book is intended as a companion to The Climbing Bible (English translation published 2020). As such it leaves out endurance, flexibility and the mental side of climbing. Instead, the three chapters focus on Technique, Strength & Power and Children/Youth respectively, providing exercises whereby you can train these aspects. It also means that the book frequently refers to the earlier book, saying "we explained XYZ in that book". Whilst this book does stand alone, I suspect it might work even better if used in conjunction with the other book. Fortunately Vertebrate offers a bundle which will allow you to do just that. The translation from the Norwegian is excellent, with only one small slip that I spotted. Overall a thoroughly useful and well-presented book that will help climbers looking to train particular aspects of their climbing or adults looking for exercises for their kids classes.

Liked by the climber who received it

Ottimo libro con consigli, esercizi e trucchi.

Very informative with illustrations

Good amount of drills, very well explained but somehow I expected more for the price.

Satisfait

Good book