Reply To: Skinny vs. big climbers

I was in a climbing gym one day when the Perth Wildcats basketball team came in: big strong guys, large muscles. They were useless, could not get off the ground. Too heavy, muscles in wrong places, no grip. The climbing muscles are very small and specific – forearms, front head of delts, core muscles…..not the showy muscles one sees in “Men’s Health”….outer abs, ha, ha…… When I go to weights gym I am careful not to use too much weight and train more for endurance (lots of reps)…I used to bodybuild 20yrs ago and to this day if I use heavy weights muscles start popping up in all the wrong places….pecs, triceps…. you get the idea…maybe this is a better answer?