Five Reasons You’ll Fall in Love with Climbing
Climbing is an oxymoron. It’s fun and it’s an incredible workout.
Climbing has more than five benefits, but here’s our top five:
get a workout without the work part
Rock climbing is hard, but it’s also incredibly fun! Like surfing or mountain biking, you’re getting a great workout while doing something enjoyable. Essentially, the main reason you’ll fall in love with climbing is it’s a physical puzzle that is a crap-ton of fun to solve.
lose weight, Get fit
Yep, you heard us right. If you climb consistently you’re certain to lose weight and strengthen your core (think ab muscles). Do it long enough and you’ll get that six-pack you’ve always wanted.
Climbing is multi-tasking. You can get your exercise and your social time all at once.
3. Two Birds with One Stone
Do you feel like you never have enough time in your day to do it all? Indoor climbing can help with that! Climbing is a social sport, so you can exercise and get social interaction in the same window of time. Additionally, at Stone, you can lift weights, ride a stationary bike, take a yoga class, or hop on one of our treadmills to stay well-rounded in your fitness.
4. It takes you to the most beautiful places
Once you get into rock climbing you’ll inevitably want to take some weekend trips or even plan your next vacation around climbing. The best climbing is often in remote and mountainous areas, or in some of our nation’s most beautiful National Parks, like Joshua Tree and Yosemite.
5. Climbing is for life
Unlike so many other sports (soccer, football, baseball) your window of time to enjoy it and perform at a high level is relatively small. Rock climbing is a very low-impact activity that someone can participate in well into their 60’s and 70’s.