Ms. Namita Nayyar
6 Key essentials for amateur planning to take up this adventure sport? How to go about from a beginner to a winner?
Ms. Gowri Varanashi
- Find an indoor climbing gym near you.
- Become part of the climbing community and find climbing partners/friends who can mentor you.
- Consistency: climbing 1-2 days a week regularly will help strengthen climbing muscles and get you going on your climbing journey.
- Then go outdoors and learn the risks involved, how to be safe, and climbing on rocks from people who are more experienced.
- Become self-sufficient: buy climbing gear and become more knowledgeable about the sport and figure out what the sport means to you.
- Most importantly, quoting Alex Lowe “The best climber in the world is the one who is having the most fun”.
Ms. Namita Nayyar
Your daily fitness routine includes which exercises? Days/week you train, types of exercises to focus on to gain flexibility and prevent or minimize injury?
Ms. Gowri Varanashi
I do pretty much some form of workout or stretching every day.
I climb at least 3-4 times a week in an indoor gym and 2-3 times a week minimum outdoors on rocks, which maintains my finger strength and overall fitness. Along with this, I do strength and conditioning, an important aspect when climbing harder or more regularly, by doing shoulder workouts twice a week, pull-ups/push-ups 2 or 3 times a week, core workouts 3-4 times a week, and stretching and leg workouts twice a week as well.
Ms. Namita Nayyar
Diet pattern you follow? Any specific diet you would like to share? 3 Foods you love to eat & cook?
Ms. Gowri Varanashi
Diet is something I wish to work on and it is a continuous learning journey for me since I am terrible at planning my nutrition and diet. My main goal is to eat as healthy as I can but ensure that it is nutritious food. I love to cook foraged foods (edible plants and mushrooms) from the wild, baking cakes or anything with chocolate and also simple south Indian food as well. To keep up with my protein intake, I do take a plant-based pea protein supplement after my workouts.
