{"id":586,"date":"2017-01-22T20:24:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T20:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?p=586"},"modified":"2017-01-22T21:02:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T21:02:29","slug":"preparation-for-young-climbers-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Preparation For Young Climber’s Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next Saturday I have\u00a0the first of three \u00a0Young Climber’s Series<\/a>\u00a0by the BMC<\/a>\u00a0which lead up to\u00a0a national final in Ratho.\u00a0 The top three scoring competitors qualify for the final and I have qualified three times in the previous years.\u00a0 I usually start my preparation a week before the actual competition and that is what today’s blog post is going to be about.<\/p>\n

\"At<\/a>
At last years YCS in Nottingham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Monday<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the Monday before a competition I would usually climb after school like I normally do but I would do a hard session that would make me really tired.\u00a0 I do this because I usually have one or two really hard sessions a week, the others are hard but not as long or demanding, so I want to get my hardest session in as far away from the competition as I can so that I am not tired on the day.\u00a0 On Monday I would\u00a0also\u00a0try to get to bed early so that I have the maximum amount of energy that I need for the competition.<\/p>\n

\"<\/a>
Some slab training at the Climbing Works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tuesday<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday is usually a rest day but I would still do some conditioning at the gym to stay on top of my training plan and I would go to bed early that night too.<\/p>\n

\"Using<\/a>
Using the theraband for my shoulders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wednesday<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday would usually be my last hard session and my last leading session before the comp so I always try to climb like it’s a competition in this session.\u00a0 I would try to go to bed especially early\u00a0on Wednesday as\u00a0that is when the competition seems really close so I start taking it more seriously.<\/p>\n

\"Leading<\/a>
Leading at Awesome Wall with my coach Ollie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Thursday I would probably go to The Climbing Works<\/a>\u00a0for a light session on the circuit board or I would just do a few REALLY hard climbs with limited attempts to mimic what\u00a0it would be like at a comp.\u00a0I would also do a small amount of conditioning. \u00a0That night I would\u00a0usually pack\u00a0my bag with all the extra competition things that I need\u00a0so that I am not stressed the\u00a0next day and head to bed a little later than usual\u00a0but not late enough for me to feel it on the Saturday. I do this to make sure I sleep well the next day\u00a0as\u00a0I am usually overcome with nerves.<\/p>\n

\"FiveTen<\/a>
FiveTen holds on the comp-wall at the Climbing Works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday\u00a0(day before comp)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Friday before a comp would usually be the day where I would not do anything physical but instead I would spend half an hour stretching and massaging all of my tight muscles.\u00a0 I also recommend eating chicken or quorn that night with your tea as it provides a lot of protein which would help repair the muscles that are might still be damaged from the earlier part of the week. Then I would take a relaxing bath to calm myself down and then I head to bed really early which is hard because I get so nervous.<\/p>\n

\"Training<\/a>
Training can be hard sometimes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next Saturday I have\u00a0the first of three \u00a0Young Climber’s Series\u00a0by the BMC\u00a0which lead up to\u00a0a national final in Ratho.\u00a0 The top three scoring competitors qualify for the final and I have qualified three times in the previous years.\u00a0 I usually start my preparation a week before the actual competition and that is what today’s blog … Continue reading Preparation For Young Climber’s Series<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bouldering"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6USQ6-9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}