A new trend in training for bouldering is to put all the focus on doing the hardest possible moves. While limit bouldering sessions are certainly important for building power, they do not allow you to do a larger volume of climbing moves. Doing a volume workout that features a larger variety of moves below your actual limit is also critically important. Volume workouts give us a chance to practice our skills, build strength, and learn how to apply the strength and power we’ve developed through our other training to our climbing movement.
To really stress the importance of not always operating exclusively at your limit, here’s a sample volume workout taken from the TrainingBeta Bouldering Strength and Power Program. The bulk of the workout is about climbing a larger number of boulders right at your onsight/flash level. This workout is a great opportunity to practice decisive and efficient climbing movement all while exposing your body to a wide variety of climbing movement at a range of different angles. The day’s training finishes with a pretty intense core circuit because every climber out there could use a stronger core!
Give the workout a shot and if you like it be sure to check out the full Bouldering Strength and Power Program for yourself.
Free Volume Workout: Week 34 – Workout 2
Bouldering Strength and Power Program
If you like what you saw above and want to continue adding structure to your bouldering training, be sure to check out the full program. Here’s what it’s all about:
Here is your roadmap to gaining more strength and power on boulder problems. This online bouldering training program is laid out for you by a climbing trainer so you don’t have to plan anything. The workouts and drills are scalable to any level of climber, so it’ll help no matter how hard you currently boulder.
This Bouldering Strength and Power Training Program is for boulderers of all abilities. You get 3 unique workouts every week. The program trains every aspect of climbing, and in your dashboard you’ll find that every workout is labeled with the icons below to tell you if you’ll be training Power, Power Endurance, Finger Strength, Projecting, or Resting that day. Often you’ll be doing more than one of those things during each workout.
Check out the full program for yourself by clicking through below!
However, if this program doesn’t sound like the right fit for you, we offer a variety of programs that train everything from endurance to finger strength. Check them all out here: Climbing Training Programs.
Full Program: Bouldering Strength and Power
(photo courtesy of Brandon and Gabi Fox|@justgoclimb)
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