Muscle Groups Affected By Climbing

[Dan O'Conn]

Hi, I was wondering: Do activities such as rope climbing, rock
climbinb, chin ups, tree climbing, etc. work the chest/Pec
muscles as well as arms?

[Mistress K]

"Dan O'Connor" <dsoc21@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I was wondering: Do activities such as rope climbing,
> rock climbinb, chin ups, tree climbing, etc. work the
> chest/Pec muscles as well as arms?
>

Yes, they would, but perhaps not to the degree you might wish.
These types of activities involve pretty much the entire body.
Chinups not so much, but certainly climbing, which is quite a
complex set of actions. Pecs are involved as both prime movers
and stabilizers. Any action which moves the arms across the
body involves the pecs, and there are many of these types of
movements in climbing. However if you are looking for chest
hypertrophy or pressing strength in particular then perhaps
you might consider additional chest/pressing work.

Krista

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[R. McGeddo]

In message <KH%Ya.172879$EQ5.171211@twister.nyroc.rr.com>, Dan
O'Connor <dsoc21@nycap.rr.com> was banging on about
>Hi, I was wondering: Do activities such as rope climbing,
>rock climbinb, chin ups, tree climbing, etc. work the
>chest/Pec muscles as well as arms?

If you spend several hours a day, several days a week
throughout the year rock climbing (indoor walls during bad
weather), you will end as skinny as hell and built like a
marathon runner, or high jumper.

Regular rock climbing develops good all round fitness (unless
you fall off without proper protection) with the emphasis on
power to weight ratio rather than pure strength

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[Bobmac]

Mistress Krista wrote:

> "Dan O'Connor" <dsoc21@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:KH%Ya.172879$EQ5.171211@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>
>>Hi, I was wondering: Do activities such as rope climbing,
>>rock climbinb, chin ups, tree climbing, etc. work the
>>chest/Pec muscles as well as arms?
>>
>>
>
>
> Yes, they would, but perhaps not to the degree you might
> wish. These types of activities involve pretty much the
> entire body. Chinups not so much, but certainly climbing,
> which is quite a complex set of actions. Pecs are involved
> as both prime movers and stabilizers. Any action which moves
> the arms across the body involves the pecs, and there are
> many of these types of movements in climbing. However if you
> are looking for chest hypertrophy or pressing strength in
> particular then perhaps you might consider additional
> chest/pressing work.
>

I have heard the pectoral muscles described as the most
athletically overrated muscles on the human body. Outside of
(gridiron)football linemen, I can't really think of anyone who
uses them as a primary source of strength. rm

[Steve Frei]

"R. McGeddon" wrote:
>
> In message <KH%Ya.172879$EQ5.171211@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> Dan O'Connor <dsoc21@nycap.rr.com> was banging on about
> >Hi, I was wondering: Do activities such as rope climbing,
> >rock climbinb, chin ups, tree climbing, etc. work the
> >chest/Pec muscles as well as arms?
>
> If you spend several hours a day, several days a week
> throughout the year rock climbing (indoor walls during bad
> weather), you will end as skinny as hell and built like a
> marathon runner, or high jumper.
>
> Regular rock climbing develops good all round fitness
> (unless you fall off without proper protection) with the
> emphasis on power to weight ratio rather than pure strength

Yup. I've heard stories of good climbers who do hundreds
of pullups every day, particularly focusing on
fingertips pullups.

-S-