I climb two to three times a week. Some time ago I noticed that simply holding my arms at my sides and shaking them didn’t effect a speedy recovery. I quickly realised that it must be due to blood and/or lactic acid pooling in my forearms. To counter this, I started holding my arms above my head, sometimes not even shaking them. I noticed that my forearms and hands recovered noticeably faster than they did with my arms at my side.
Today I came across an article by Eric Hörst of trainingforclimbing.com on a similar technique he calls the G-Tox (”g” is for gravity) with empirical evidence showing its usefulness.
If you climb, you might want to give this a try and see if it helps your recovery time. Comments and experiences are, as always, welcome.
