The reason behind such instability is that a person’s core is the basis, and centre of ALL movements. Just as a house, building or sky scraper has foundations, so do we; our core.
If we put this into an anatomical perspective one sees two separate skeletons. The Axial skeleton and Appendicular skeleton. The Axial skeleton consists of the spine, rib cage and skull. Our Appendicular skeleton consists of the bones which comprise our upper and lower limbs. This special division is an important point to note.
If one now imagines the Axial skeleton as our base (or foundation), the platform from which all upper and lower limb movements can occur we will start to see a link in functional integration of movement. It stands to reason therefore to say that through supporting and developing the musculature within our axis, stability and strength at our extremity will result.
How do we do this?
The single biggest mistake most people make when attempting to ‘get strong’ is train those big, good looking superficial muscles while neglecting the ones we can’t see. Unfortunately, those ‘muscles you can’t see’ are, in some ways, more important than our ‘good lookers’ as it is there function to keep stability. The ‘good lookers’ often have function in moving the extremities. Imagine trying to build a roller coaster where the pillars were not cemented down, it just wouldn’t work. Our bodies are no exception.
Secondly, isolated movements which bare no real functional importance are a big no no. Climbing in particular requires immense feats of strength coupled with precise and accurate ‘whole body’ musculoskeletal co-ordination. All of this must occur in succession and not separately for us to be successful.
With that said lets discuss a few specific exercises which will help to improve your core stability, your efficiency and ultimately, YOUR climbing! Please ensure you do all exercises in listed progression and do so slowly.
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