Great new workout idea

[Allen Johnson]

This may not be available to everyone but it was a fun idea so I thought I'd share it. We all know how much arms, shoulders, forearms, and even finger stregnth come into play when doing swordsmanship. The other day a friend took me rock climbing for the first time. What a workout! We were at simulated rock wall at a local fitness center and it didnt take long for my fingers and whole arms to be burning and strained. I really dislike doing the whole freeweight thing. So this may be a different but really fun thing to try and have some benifit come sword time <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[TimSheetz]

Rock Climbing is a very good workout. IT uses your body weight as the resistance. I like that sort of thing.

Tim

[Jake_Norwood]

I know that climbing is on that list of things they used to do for exercise.

Jake

[Jaron Bernstein]

I've really gotten into swimming lately as my "aerobic base" exercise. Not sure how much our ancestors swam, but I do like it.