Rock climb your way to fitness and natural weight loss
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Did you know that rock climbing in one of the most natural and effective exercises for building strength and ultimately losing weight? With indoor climbing walls popping up all over the country and some great outdoor climbing opportunities available, more and more people are tying knots and clambering themselves up to a better body.
Climbing improves your balance, flexibility, strength, proprioception, alleviates stresses, and raises your metabolism. In fact climbing has so many positive benefits that now many schools throughout Europe promote climbing from a very early age. If you choose to climb outside you also get the added bonus of fresh air and a cardiovascular workout as you make your way up to the foot of the climb.
If you want to lose weight and keep it off then rock climbing can seriously help. The more you climb the stronger you become, and the more toned you get. Muscle requires a lot more energy to sustain itself and so burns calories for you even when you are not exercising. So regular climbing sessions will certainly help reduce and keep your weight down.
Climbing is also a very natural exercise using only your bodyweight and so limits the amount of injuries that many sustain by regular visits to the gym. Think back to our natural evolution and childhoods, we all have a desire to climb trees and swing from things. Climbing feels natural and the body responds very well to it.
You may be thinking I’m not strong enough to climb or carrying too much weight but this is rarely the case. Climbing caters for all standards and routes are graded from very easy levels to very hard. This makes climbing suitable for all standards and offers great goals and progressions as your fitness improves. Visit your local climbing centre and climb yourself to fitness and natural weight loss today.


