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Bouldering Prep
Bouldering has quickly become a passion for both Darcy, myself & obviously Mr.Duke. It's such a fun activity, an amazing workout, and is like solving a fun puzzle. For me taking this up has actually helped me work on my shoulder issues, and my hip mobility. My hip mobility here doesn't look great, but that is without foam rolling and on the first squat.
Step 1: Mobility
Deep squat and deep side lunge, perform dynamically (meaning go in and out of the movement). Perform a squat to standing 10x and side to side lunge 10xper
2. Banded pull aparts 10x 2 sets
Pull band apart, retract the shoulder blades together and squeeze
3. External Rotation 10x per 2 sets
Keep elbow close to the body pull band out and open
4. Overhead pulldowns 10x 2 sets
Retract shoulder blades back and down
Step 2: Strengthen Grip/ Scapular retraction
Use different finger holes, try to pull yourself up using each. Perform scapular retraction to just strengthen the scapular movement and full pull ups to strengthen the whole movement.
Bouldering
Since the temperatures here have gone down, we have been looking into different ways to stay active this winter. I love working out at the gym, lifting weights, pushing sleds and sprinting as much as the next girl but sometimes it`s incredibly refreshing to move your body in a different way. To try something new, something different and that challenges you in a new way. We have gone rock climbing a couple times and loved it, so when a new bouldering gym opened up close to me we had to try it. So we headed to Rock Jungle Boulders for a sunday funday.
Bouldering is similar to rock climbing without being harnessed in, which was scary and thrilling at the same time. Much like rock climbing you can`t be afraid to get your hands dirty. Literally, my hands had new callouses and my nails were a little messed up. But it was SO worth it, and we wished we had left more time in our day to do it. It was challenging and fun to try different problems on the wall. They have them labelled 1-8 for toughness as being new we started at 1 and were working our way up to level 4 problems by the end of the day. We will definitely be doing this again as the snow flies and we want to change up our routine. My lats and arms were sore for days :D
**All opinions are my own and this post is in no way sponsored
Bouldering is similar to rock climbing without being harnessed in, which was scary and thrilling at the same time. Much like rock climbing you can`t be afraid to get your hands dirty. Literally, my hands had new callouses and my nails were a little messed up. But it was SO worth it, and we wished we had left more time in our day to do it. It was challenging and fun to try different problems on the wall. They have them labelled 1-8 for toughness as being new we started at 1 and were working our way up to level 4 problems by the end of the day. We will definitely be doing this again as the snow flies and we want to change up our routine. My lats and arms were sore for days :D
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