Moonboard Benchmark Buster Plan
Designed specifically for the Moonboard
I designed my Benchmark Buster plan based on my own training protocols on my Moonboards over the past five years.
It can be adapted to almost any climbing level. For those who are a bit unsure about the Moonboard, or training boards in general, this plan will help show you exactly what to do with your sessions, as well as providing supplementary (non-Moonboard) training that will support what you are doing on the board. Get stronger, stay injury free.
This training plan should be dropped into your yearly training schedule as a defined 5-week block. Don’t attempt to continue repeating it indefinitely. Without introducing different stimulus, you will stagnate, plateau and in the worst case, get injured. A good block length for this program is between 5 to 10 weeks. It’s feasible to do two or three blocks of this training (10-15 weeks) in each 12 month period.
- 5 weeks or 10 weeks — you choose
- Moonboard session plans, adaptable to your level
- Volume and projecting sessions
- Supplementary training
- Fingerboard sessions
- Weekly videos
- ‘Explainer’ videos
Goals of this plan
Primary goal: Smash through those benchmarks!
Underlying benefits: Smashing benchmarks and developing board fitness develops many useful traits for a rock climber.
Also: Finger strength (particularly in unusual and varied positions not achievable on a fingerboard), recruitment (speed of contraction on holds), core tension and general ‘snappiness’, which is extremely useful for route climbers who often tend towards a slower, more static style.
You’ll be undertaking an introductory week, with the following 3 weeks building in training load and intensity, followed by a de-load week where the magic happens.
Weekly time commitment:
- 2 - 3 sessions on the Moonboard per week. Session length varies between 1.5 to 2 hours.
- Supplementary strength and flexibility sessions throughout the week, no more than 1 hour a week.
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