Self-Coached Climber : The Guide to Movement, Training, Performance

Finalist in the Mountain Exposition Category at the 2007 Banff Mountain Festival.

"Still the best book on improving at climbing ... worth every penny and more." – Dave MacLeod, online climbing coach blog

A dynamic package of training material from a pair of expert coaches, The Self-Coached Climber offers comprehensive instruction, from the basics of gripping holds to specific guidelines for developing a customized improvement plan. Hague and Hunter base their methods on the four fundamental components of all human movement—balance, force, time, and space—and explain how to apply these principles to achieve efficient results.

Presented in full color, this essential guide features 52 practical training exercises designed to advance technique and detailed anatomical illustrations that explain climbing physiology. The accompanying 85-minute DVD brings the concepts to life with live demonstrations of training exercises and an original documentary following a 5.14a/b redpoint attempt by Adam Stack and Chris Lindner.