What Climbers Get Wrong About "Antagonists"

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here's what climbers often get wrong about antagonist training first there's a general misunderstanding about which muscles you rely on for climbing climbers do lots of pulling so all pushing exercises must be antagonist right not really the PEX directly assist with vertical pulling and the triceps help with vertical and horizontal pushing rest extensors are also often labeled as antagonists but they're extremely important for improving muscle length tension relationships that allow us to pull harder if a working muscles that are frequently doing heavy lifting on the wall we probably shouldn't be calling them antagonists second working every antagonist we can think of is not the Ultimate Silver Bullet for injury prevention that many people think while I'm absolutely in favor of having a strong balanced musculature most of the injuries I see in my practice are not simply due to muscle imbalances they're due to poor load management and not listening to your body a million antagonist exercises won't save you from climbing on severely impaired tissue so make sure you nail your programming and Recovery first and foremost and that's today's beta
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Channel: Hooper's Beta
Views: 89,101
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Keywords: climbing, rock climbing, bouldering, sport climbing, rope climbing, climbon, climb stronger, climb better, rehab, physical therapy, doctor of physical therapy, orthopedics, strength, mobility, function, training, strength training, climb harder, sport, athletics, fun, education, sport training, training for climbing, climbing technique, climbing tips, climbing workout, climbing strength, climbing motivation, endurance training, antagonists, antagonist training, myths
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Length: 0min 55sec (55 seconds)
Published: Mon Jul 03 2023
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