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January Events |
Jan 1st:
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Jan 28st:
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Open Noon-7
Women's Night
Family Night
Slideshow
Military Night
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Team Update |
| There will be a Team Interest Meeting on January 20th at 6:30pm. Everyone 8-17 who is interested in the Edgeworks Climbing Team is invited to attend. For more information call 253-564-4899. |
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New Retail |
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Evolve Defy Shoe |
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Evolve Elektra Shoe |
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Metoliums Chalk & Bags |
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Prohands Grip Master |
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Petzl Reverso & Velocity |
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Black Diamond Primrose |
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Black Diamond Momentum |
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Black Diamond Chalk Bag |
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Sterling Velocity Rope |
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Coming Soon: |
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Klean Kanteen Bottles |
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Edgeworks Stickers |
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More! |
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| New Climbing School Dates |
College |
Northwest Collegiate Climbing Competitions is looking for climbers from PLU, UPS, UW-T, and TCC to compete in upcoming events! |
If you think your school has what it takes email jason (at) edgeworksclimbing.com |
2011 Comps:
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Jan 22 - Western WA Univ. |
Jan 29 - Eastern WA Univ. |
Feb 12 - Univ. of Wasington |
Feb 26 - Oregon State U |
Mar 5 - Univ. of Idaho |
Apr 2 - Central Washington U |
Apr 16 - Univ. of Oregon |
Apr 30 - Whitman College |
| Don't miss college night every Friday night at Edgeworks! |
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2011 New Year's Resolutions for the Rock Climber:  Many people make it a New Year’s resolution to work out more often or join a gym. The gyms are usually packed full for the first couple of months of the year, but then that slowly starts to die down as some lose their stamina. As a rock climber, if we don’t keep up the activity, and throw in some indoor climbing with that exercise routine, it’s almost like starting all over again when spring time rolls around. Here are some suggestions when it comes to resolutions for the rock climber to keep that body conditioned for climbing.
Get to the indoor climbing gym at least once a week. Some of us don’t get out as often as we’d like during spring, summer, and fall for climbing, but we aim for once a week at minimum outdoors. Although the indoor gym isn’t the same as climbing outdoors, it’s a great alternative to keep practicing and improving your climbing moves during the winter season. If you don’t have anyone to belay you, practice your climbing in the bouldering area.
Hang boards can be installed in your homes if you have a room you can do it in. If not, the indoor climbing gyms have these available which is great for training. You can practice on strengthening your finger and forearm strength along with your pull muscles, back and biceps. Also practice dead hangs where you just hang there with your dead weight and keep track of how long you can hang and watch the time increase the more you do it.
Become better at Yoga as this will really enhance your abilities in your climbing. It will give you that mental calmness and focus that you need in order to conquer that harder climb you’ve wanted to attack. Your balance, flexibility, core strength, and muscle endurance will also benefit from Yoga which is vital to your rock climbing.
Don’t overdo it on the weight training. This will actually do more harm than good when it comes to climbing. If you have too much bulk while you’re climbing this can make it more difficult due to extra weight and decrease in flexibility. If you’re looking more to tone up your body, add more reps to your routine. Usually it’s 8-10 reps for bulk and 12-15 reps for toning.
Focus on these resolutions to get your mind, body and strength ready for the outdoor climbing season and remember that it’s also important to rest. As much as you love climbing, your body needs that down time to recover in order to be ready for the next session.
-Erica Jessop |
Audrey Sniezek Vietnam Slideshow:
Edgeworks Climbing invites you to a slideshow presentation of Audrey Sniezekl's adventures in Vietnam on Friday, January 21st at 7pm. Audrey will be at the gym to narrate the slideshow and raffle off some sweat gear from Metolius, Blur, Sterling and La Sportiva! $5-10 suggested donation. |
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