New Rock

A sunny weekend in the Lakes meant some new rock for me to try out.  I headed up to Kentmere and worked some overhanging problems, which was great fun.  Its a good idea to try out different types of rock as this helps you to become more flexible in your approach to climbing, as different rock types require different sorts of problem solving.  Even if you are restricted in where you can get to easily, don't fall into the trap of training on a few problems you know well.  Save those for recover or mileage days, but be sure to try harder problems as well, even if you only do a few moves.  Your brain needs fresh challenges to keep your motivation up but also to develop what we call "plasticity" or new neural networks.  Ultimately this will help you respond more quickly to whatever the rock throws at you.