Tom Randall Instagram – How a pro climber trains for the hardest offwidth of their career.
Rab athlete @tompaulrandall is preparing for what he describes as the “longest and hardest offwidth” crack climb he will ever do.
And there’s only one place for such a niche training regime: the cellar.
“The last stage of preparation – I’m getting quite close to redpoint times now – is achieved by adding in extra intensity to the training laps in my cellar.
With a fully loaded weight vest you can make every move feel a couple of boulder grades harder, which is great for shocking the system into adapting a little further.
I’ve thrown a lot of offwidth climbing volume at myself over the first half of this year, which has got my fitness back to where it was when me and Pete did Century Crack, (which was a LOT of 🥵🥵🥵🥵 sessions!!) so now it’s just a case of adding in the ‘quality’ sessions on top and some work to get my headspace sorted for getting a redpoint done.”
#TheMountainPeople #WeAreRab | Posted on 05/Aug/2024 20:37:21
