Conditioning for Climbers: The Complete Exercise Guide (How To Climb Series) Paperback – May 1, 2008

Horst is prolific in this space and knows what he is talking about. This has some excellent tips for conditioning, especially in the area of injury prevention. I have worked many of the exercises listed within into my conditioning program with good results. The only caveat is that he tends to overemphasize sport-specificity to the point of making general conditioning seem under-important.Particularly useful are the self-evaluation questionnaires, which can identify the particular area you need to train (and not just physical training, which is covered by this book, but also technical and mental training). While these self-evaluations are a part of all of Horst's books (including Training or Climbing, and How to Climb 5.12), the evaluations in this book are much more elaborate than those in any of the others. In spite of a lot of overlap with Training for Climbing and How to Climb 5.12, every climber should still have this book in his or her library.

I'm less than a year in after being introduced to rock climbing. I have had this book less than a month now and it has changed the way I view and critique the way I climb. It has helped me tremendously in the past couple of weeks as I have been keeping to a plan and set of routines in which that helps me grow positively without injuries. My learning curve is becoming smaller as I learn more about my body. I'm glad to have purchased this great read it has benefited me greatly since I have purchased it.

This is a comprehensive guide that I would recommend to anyone that wants to improve their climbing. The book has a lot of focus on injury prevention, sport specific conditioning (obviously), general conditioning, nutrition and training micro and macro cycles. I'm sure I missed something, but I can definitely tell you it has made me a better climber overall, after reading it sparingly.Getting advice from other climbers at the gym and at the crag is good and much appreciated, but this book helps you find your weaknesses as a climber with a great self-assessment questionnaire, and outlines what you need to do to get better.

I'm a fairly new climber and this book has really given me a good guide to reaching the goals I want to reach. It was also recommended by my uncle who climbed El Cap' in '88 so he's been around the block. If you want to work out in a way that will improve your climbing this book is a must read.

This is a great book of tips and exercises for someone wanting to improve thier climbing strengths. Good advice, backed up by science, you can tell that this stuff is not something someone is spouting off the top of their heads to make a buck. I am only a beginer to the sport, so I am not sure how useful it would be to an experienced climber. But for me, its a great help and a good read. I would have given it 5 stars for this review but I am plagued with problems with the digital copy for my kindle as it constantly crashes my device which makes it very frustrating to read. The content of the book is great, but like I said, the kindle version makes it nearly useless to use.(for me)

I have yet to get on the wall (but I will this coming week - God willing). It has been helpful in my rehab'ing a shoulder with 4 torn tendons (with supervision from my therapist)

This book has some really good information for the occasional climber with a lot of pictures to help develop proper technique. I used it when I was climbing more consistently and it helped me build up strength without injury. I never went beyong a beginner/intermediate level so I cannot speak for its use by advanced climbers.

This book helped me to understand climbing better as well as how to prepare better and get better at climbing.