The Training camp in Judenburg

Hey folks!

This post is about the training camp which took place in Judenburg from Tuesday to Thursday. It was a camp of the Styrian climbing team. Without exaggeration I can say that we all trained really hard and gave our best. After our arrival on Tuesday we did some warming up with our coach David, then we started with project climbing. As the gym in Judenburg is one of the best in the country, we all found a challenging route. I jumped onto a white 8b+ which worked its way through the steep main wall. At my first go I checked out all the moves and on my second go I came really close to the top, in fact I fell three moves before the final jug. 

Pinching hard on the first section of the 8b+

On my next go I managed to climb one move further, but unfortunately I was too pumped to continue. To finish the first day I climbed a couple of easier routes. 

Me on an endurance based 8a

Concentrating on the next clip

Fighting hard in the transition from the roof to the headwall

The next day began with some balance training then we focused on technique. I received a bunch of useful tips from our coach. Afterwards I tried the white 8b+ again. Sad to say that I couldn't do it because I felt a bit tired after the first day. Nevertheless I was quite pleased with my performance, almost climbing an 8b+ at my second go is not a bad effort for me :-). In the afternoon we did a competition simulation which was a really good training. To round off the day I did some campusing exercises and one arms. I slept quite well that night xD. 

Next day we did some running in the morning in order to rid ourselves of tiredness and exhausted forearms. Afterwards we concentrated on stretching. Then I climbed ten routes in two and a half hours to improve my basic endurance. After that I felt completely wasted. Actually I almost fell asleep after lunch xD. In the afternoon I just assisted David a little bit because I didn't feel capable of doing any exercise ^^. 

To sum up I think it was a great camp which was pretty intense in every respect. We focused on technique and balance training as well as on competition simulation and pure strength exercises. I really tried hard and absolutely need a restday now. On Saturday I'm going to drive to the Arena again to try my project. Let's see if the hard training payed off... 

Some more pics (many thanks to David who took almost all of the pictures, thumbs UP man, you did a great job :-D):

Trying to unlock the sequences from the ground

Tired but happy :D