Bouldering
Looking for a fun sport that involves a physical and mental challenge while toning and strengthening your whole body and improving your running? Bouldering ticks all the boxes
ALEX MESSENGER@ALEXMESSENGERPHOTO
Running turns us into superheroes. Returning flushed from a parkrun or getting back from a race with a medal around our neck is a guaranteed way to make us feel we have superpowers and can tackle anything life throws at us. But there’s another sport that’s pretty awesome in this regard too: bouldering. It’s an activity that transforms mere mortals into superheroes. And it can have a wealth of benefits for your running, too.
What is bouldering?
“Bouldering is gymnastic problem solving – think parkour meets gymnastics and you’re about there,” says Ben Levey, a bouldering coach at the Castle Climbing Centre in London (castle-climbing.co.uk). A sport that can be done indoors or out, it involves moving across rocks, boulders or climbing walls without using ropes or other equipment. “Bouldering is the purest form of climbing,” says Alex Messenger from the British Mountaineering Council (BMC). “It started as training for ‘real’ climbing, but once everyone realised how much fun it was, it exploded into a sport in its own right.”
Leggete l'articolo completo e molti altri in questo numero di
Women’s Running
Opzioni di acquisto di seguito
Se il problema è vostro,
Accesso
per leggere subito l'articolo completo.
Singolo numero digitale
Mar 2019
Questo numero e altri numeri arretrati non sono inclusi in un nuovo
abbonamento. Gli abbonamenti comprendono l'ultimo numero regolare e i nuovi numeri pubblicati durante l'abbonamento.
Women’s Running
Abbonamento digitale annuale
Plus the last 3 back issues for free
Adesso
€42,99
fatturati annualmente